Football club buys training ground land from council for less than £1m
Doncaster Rovers Football Club has taken ownership of its Cantley Park Training Ground after purchasing the land freehold from the City of Doncaster Council, papers show.
The Rovers bought the 15-acre site, off of Ascot Avenue in Cantley, for an undisclosed fee, with council documents only revealing the agreed sale price to be less than £1million.
Before the purchase, DRFC held a 99-year lease with the local authority for the site, known as the Club Doncaster Elite Performance Centre, which it paid rent for.
On top of the purchase price, DRFC is also required to reimburse the council’s surveyors and legal fees relating to the sale, the documents said.
Additionally, the club would make “an ongoing contribution of the maintenance and repair costs for the access road serving the site”.
The sale of the site to Doncaster Rovers constitutes a loss of public open space, the council documents show.
Councillors for the area – Nick Allen, Chris Kidgers and David Carroll – were reportedly consulted and raised no objections.