It has been formally announced that West Ham United have been selected as the preferred tenant of the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 games, beating a bid from Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
The unanimous decision of the Olympic Park Legacy Company to select West Ham was supported by the government and London Major Boris Johnson. West Ham’s bid for the £537m venue was judged to provide the best legacy for the stadium.
West Ham intends to convert the showpiece stadium and will leave the athletics track untouched. Spurs’ plan was widely criticised because it would have involved removing the running track and replacing part of the stadium.
The OPLC will now look to negotiate a mutually acceptable lease with the consortium comprising West Ham United and Newham Council. However, other options will be considered if they are unable to reach a deal.
West Ham plan to move from Upton Park in 2014/15.
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Sean Logan, Solicitor, Commercial Property, Hart Brown
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Monday, 21 February 2011
Government can’t see the wood for the trees!
Since highlighting on Tuesday the Government’s plan to sell off large amounts of England’s public forest, it appears that there is to be a complete u-turn.
After heavy criticism from campaigners it seems that the proposals will be dropped, with the consultation swiftly wound up and the policy rethought.
At Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons, Labour leader Ed Miliband asked Mr Cameron: “Can you tell us whether you are happy with your flagship policy on forestry?” Mr Cameron replied: “The short answer to that is no.”
A new panel of experts is now set to look at public access and biodiversity within the publicly owned woodland, and plans to offload public forest to private companies and individuals has also been dropped.
The u-turn will be welcomed by the many users of England’s public forest including the 520,000+ people who signed the online petition against the move.
Sean Logan, Solicitor, Hart Brown
After heavy criticism from campaigners it seems that the proposals will be dropped, with the consultation swiftly wound up and the policy rethought.
At Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons, Labour leader Ed Miliband asked Mr Cameron: “Can you tell us whether you are happy with your flagship policy on forestry?” Mr Cameron replied: “The short answer to that is no.”
A new panel of experts is now set to look at public access and biodiversity within the publicly owned woodland, and plans to offload public forest to private companies and individuals has also been dropped.
The u-turn will be welcomed by the many users of England’s public forest including the 520,000+ people who signed the online petition against the move.
Sean Logan, Solicitor, Hart Brown
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
England’s forests: the time to act is now
Over the last five financial years the Forestry Commission has being selling on average almost 900 hectares of land each year. In 2010, ministers announced that a further 40,000 hectares (representing 15.5% of English forests owned by the Forestry Commission) would be sold over the four year period 2011/12 to 2014/15.
England’s premier “heritage” woodlands such as the Forest of Dean will be handed free to a new national charity or to existing charitable trusts. However, communities and environment groups will be invited to buy thousands of hectares of land, in addition to large areas of commercial woodland that will be sold on 150-year leases to private companies.
A consultation, running from 27 January 2011 for 12 weeks, has been launched to invite views on the proposal put forward to deal with the future ownership and management of the public forest estate in England.
Campaigners warn that selling off public forests will lead to woodland being destroyed and not maintained, and the public being barred from access to the land. They fear that some sites in time may be vulnerable to developments such as housing estates and golf courses.
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has responded to concerns saying that disposing of the land would enable the government and the Forestry Commission to focus on their most important roles and allow those who are most involved with England’s woodlands to play a much greater role in their future. She claims the sell-off could raise £150-250m over 10 years and highlight that public access will be maintained and biodiversity protected.
Opinion polls suggest over 80% of the public wants to keep English forests in public hands and online petition Save Our Forests has been signed by more than 520,000 people.
Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below, or why not have your say by contributing to the consultation at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-8D3G4M.
Find out more about the author of this article, Sean Logan
England’s premier “heritage” woodlands such as the Forest of Dean will be handed free to a new national charity or to existing charitable trusts. However, communities and environment groups will be invited to buy thousands of hectares of land, in addition to large areas of commercial woodland that will be sold on 150-year leases to private companies.
A consultation, running from 27 January 2011 for 12 weeks, has been launched to invite views on the proposal put forward to deal with the future ownership and management of the public forest estate in England.
Campaigners warn that selling off public forests will lead to woodland being destroyed and not maintained, and the public being barred from access to the land. They fear that some sites in time may be vulnerable to developments such as housing estates and golf courses.
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has responded to concerns saying that disposing of the land would enable the government and the Forestry Commission to focus on their most important roles and allow those who are most involved with England’s woodlands to play a much greater role in their future. She claims the sell-off could raise £150-250m over 10 years and highlight that public access will be maintained and biodiversity protected.
Opinion polls suggest over 80% of the public wants to keep English forests in public hands and online petition Save Our Forests has been signed by more than 520,000 people.
Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below, or why not have your say by contributing to the consultation at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-8D3G4M.
Find out more about the author of this article, Sean Logan
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