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Another point occurs to me. Kings Park is bigger than it used to be, and the training pitches are outside the area covered by the Five Parks Act with its various - and understandable - restrictions aimed at protecting recreational land from change of use.
So, by building the new stadium on the training pitches footprint, the club will also avoid a whole load of complication in trying to sidestep the restrictions of the Five Parks Act. In particular, it will no longer have to swap the land it owns at the south of Dean Court for the Athletics Track which is covered by the Five Parks Act. (The plan was to move the Athletics Track out of the Five Parks Act area and, in return, expand the Park by adding in the land the club owns on the south of the current Dean Court footprint.)
So, by building the new stadium on the training pitches footprint, the club will also avoid a whole load of complication in trying to sidestep the restrictions of the Five Parks Act. In particular, it will no longer have to swap the land it owns at the south of Dean Court for the Athletics Track which is covered by the Five Parks Act. (The plan was to move the Athletics Track out of the Five Parks Act area and, in return, expand the Park by adding in the land the club owns on the south of the current Dean Court footprint.)
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