http://www.kcfm.co.uk/news/local-ne...d-for-kc-stadium-to-become-a-community-asset/ "A group of Hull City supporters have applied for the KC Stadium to be made an asset of community value.If approved, it will mean that if the city council ever put the stadium up for sale, the Hull City Supporters Trust will get a chance to bid to buy it.Mark Gretton from the Supporters Trust says it'll provide a safety-net for the fans' interests whatever happens in the future:"We're not planning on bidding for this. We're not necessarily expecting that the stadium will be put up for sale, but we think it gives a degree of transparency and helps us as supporters and helps the people and the city of Hull to know what's happening with a major asset at the heart of the community." He says it's only fair that the fans get to know any future changes at the stadium:"We hear a lot about the money that's put in to football by the owners, but both Hull FC and Hull City have been kept going over a lot of years because the money that all of us fans have put in. I think it's right that we have a little bit more transparency on our teams." Mark says the fans of Hull City and FC deserve to know about whatever the future holds for the stadium, and their teams."Ownership of the ground is important, and I think as a fan knowing what's happening and knowing if the stadium changes hands, which could have a big effect on our club, that we will be able to be aware of that from the start, to know who it is, who's coming and who's putting bids in, and I think that will help." In a statement, Hull City Council says: "We can confirm that we have received an application nominating the KC Stadium as an Asset of Community Value.“We are legally obliged to consider any such application and assess the eligibility of the nomination to be included as a Community asset on a public list. As part of this process, we must notify all parties with a vested interest and invite them to comment on the nomination.”
The first application wasn't rejected, HCC just weren't happy with the plan showing the boundary of the KC site, which was amusing, as we got the boundary plan from HCC.
Sorry to be pedantic, but that sounds like a rejection to me. Although to be fair it appears to have been caused purely by the councils typical level of incompetence.
It depends on what was requested of the Council. I'd have thought approaching the Land Registry and getting the approved plan directly was possibly an approach. As for incompetence, I guess it depends on what you expect. Providing private groups with maps isn't generally a Council function. The application doesn't change very much in the great scheme of things anyway.
On what authority does HCST have to apply on behalf on fans when they don't have any members !!! HCST sounds more like a banana republic than a supports trust
Forgive me but what's the point? It's not as if the fans are ever going to be able to afford to buy the stadium. What does this actually achieve?
We do have members, about 130 people signed up in the first few hours of the launch. And as Hattie says, we applied as the official Hull City supporters trust.
The supporters trusts are not the only ones looking at protecting football grounds. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...club-ground-moving-cheaper-town-stadiums.html
So you concider 130 members represents the the majority of fans !! Like I said what mandate do you have it's the members who should decide what you do and since you've you've only just opened membership up its appears to be a dictatorship
Of course it doesn't represent the majority of fans, the membership only opened a matter of hours ago. Dictatorship
We applied as CTWD two months ago... http://citytillwedie.com/ctwd-nominate-the-kc-stadium-to-be-an-asset-of-community-value/
But it doesn't say that CTWD applied, the inference is that HCST applied. Transparency? How come this was a burning issue that needed doing before the Trust was formed, and before the Trust even managed to sort a proper website domain out?
