Surely, all the interested parties cannot be held to ransom by a club who made themselves voluntarily homeless.

Surely any legal professional worth their salt would have confidence in their ability to argue this. They can't use the excuse of artificially high rent to say they were forced out. Rent does not work that way. As current legislation stands, the owner can charge what they deem fit and if you don't agree, you vote with your feet.

Also, Wakefield Council have been bitten by something similar to this before.

They placed a covenant on the old ABC Cinema on Kirkgate, stating it could only be used for showing films. This then led to a very valuable piece of real-estate falling into disrepair and remaining empty for fifteen plus years. This has spread around the surrounding buildings making it a visual and financial eyesore.
An architect I know has told me that by the end, WMDC would have pretty much agreed to anything being built there.

My point is, things can change quickly and very laudable ideas that absolutely seemed correct at the time can soon look like terrible decisions.

Also, purely just my point of view but, I haven't heard of too many people who engaged a bank in a very high stakes game of brinksmanship and came out on top.

I would be delighted to be proved wrong though.

You seem a little lost in Wakefield. Sandal Cricket club is in ....................................................... Sandal.
Sandal goes from Haddingley Hill where it meets Belle Isle to Chevet Lane where it becomes Milnthorpe. So Sandal RUFC play in Milnthorpe as their ground name suggests.

So if Sandal RUFC play in Milnthorpe and not in Sandal as you suggest, then why can't the cricket club play in Agbrigg as they back on to the houses on...........................................Agbrigg road AGBRIGG, while we are on the subject why do they call it Portobello Estate and not Sandal Estate or even Milnsthorpe estate? lost no, confused yes

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Remember seeing a house for sale in the Wakey Express a few years ago, I think it was on St Catherines Street or somewhere close by just off Agbrigg Road, but according to the advert it was in Lower Sandal (!!), and not Agbrigg

Me and our lass were looking for a house before we got we'd,same again FIL,in the Express it said Sandal.We took a ride to have a look,it was on one of the cul de sac's of Agbrigg Road,turned the car round and left.Sandal my ariss.