Tottenham Hotspur park lease decision to be challenged in court

[mawspurs]

A decision to lease part of a park in north London to Tottenham Hotspur FC is to be challenged in court. A judge has granted permission for a judicial review of Enfield Council's decision to lease land at Whitewebbs Park to the club for 25 years.

The Premier League club wants to set up a women's football academy on the site of the park's former golf course.

Source: BBC

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Is this the park where Ndombele and Mourinho met up during lockdown?

 

[Twizzle]

gee we are moving onward and upward

not too long ago the thought of a specialist women's academy would have been unheard of

 

[Locotoro]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this land part of a members golf club??

 

[DJS]

Shame as you could walk through the golf club of an evening as all open and was a good walk.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Final day yesterday , be bit of a blow for the Spurs women if Enfield Council lose the case but it would save the club money in not having to build the pitches , renovate buildings and paying the lease fee etc.

One moment, please...

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Here is the the original desicion by Enfield Council on the tenders for the lease it looks like as can be seen in para 36 , Spurs were not the highest bidders in rental terms.
One of the arguments is that people walk their dogs on the old golf course . If the council lose this case and offer the lease to bidder C , a golf driving range would be built and a smaller golf course built so the loss to walkers and dog walkers would seem to be the same.
Bid E was withdrawn so just leaves the five bids.
The Guardian did a story on this casting Spurs as the villains but of course never mentioned the other bids.

https://www.enfield.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/18674/Whitewebbs-decision-report-Leisure-and-culture.pdf