foxy lady Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) If that doesn't put you off nothing will. SCC's lawyers cost them (OK us) a fortune over the Sevenstone/Hammerson fiasco. There is some good news here. I have read through the obligations of charity trustees. It would appear that it is they who are personally liable to make restitution to the charity should it be deemed that they acted in any way disadvantageos to the charity's aims and interests. The trustees of the Graves Park Charity are required to forget that they are Sheffield councillors when acting for the charity. So as trustees they would be liable themselves rather than the bill going to the council tax payers. Sheffield Council do not own the park so the buck stops with the trustees. I do hope they are rich. Edited January 19, 2016 by foxy lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger123W Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 They are nibbling away at Graves Park like crazy ! Its only a matter of time before its all gone for development :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 It's a shame only solicitors are going to win on this. If the Friends had started raising the funds to buy the building as their base 2 years ago many would probably have chipped in and the council would have waited. In fact they have waited and it's only when the property is almost at auction that anything like a viable business proposition is being prepared. It saddens me that so much effort is now being spent on a very hard case, when it could be being spent helping decide how to spend the sale proceeds for the benefit of the park and it's users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 It's a shame only solicitors are going to win on this. If the Friends had started raising the funds to buy the building as their base 2 years ago many would probably have chipped in and the council would have waited. In fact they have waited and it's only when the property is almost at auction that anything like a viable business proposition is being prepared. It saddens me that so much effort is now being spent on a very hard case, when it could be being spent helping decide how to spend the sale proceeds for the benefit of the park and it's users. As the covenant says any money raised must be used to buy replacement land of equal amenity value to the park the options aren't huge. However it looks like it could cost more in legal expenses than a sale would raise even if one is allowed. So it is very unlikely there needs to be a discussion about how to spend the ill gotten loot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remyrobson Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/cobnar-cottage.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 The friends of Graves Park crowdfunding needs to raise £10,000 by Monday to try and halt the sale of Cobnar Cottage, please donate what you can to help.. https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/Friends-of-Graves-Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubaidani13 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 The friends of Graves Park crowdfunding needs to raise £10,000 by Monday to try and halt the sale of Cobnar Cottage, please donate what you can to help.. https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/Friends-of-Graves-Park Expecting a last minute rush??? ---------- Post added 26-01-2016 at 15:39 ---------- Sold! £152k a quite bit over what i wanted to go bearing in mind the stonework needed, but a nice little extra bonus for the council to spend on the park as they expected 100k. all in all a good result??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon26 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Sold! £152k a quite bit over what i wanted to go bearing in mind the stonework needed, but a nice little extra bonus for the council to spend on the park as they expected 100k. all in all a good result??? They normally put in low estimates. At least it wasn't as wide of the mark as Highlightly Farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubaidani13 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 They normally put in low estimates. At least it wasn't as wide of the mark as Highlightly Farm. according to the legal pack SCC only expected to raise 80k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon26 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 according to the legal pack SCC only expected to raise 80k Yep I know that. It reached what I expected it would go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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