A new report says a historic golf club is viable, but plans to close it.
It’s the latest twist on a sour long-term war at the 94-year-old Swinton Park Golf Club that activists worry about closing as soon as this week.
But the club’s largest shareholder said it wastes 10,000 euros a month and set out the feasibility report, commissioned through Salford City Council, as “skewed. “
Earlier this year, a real estate corporation showed interest in acquiring the club, it is understood that a payment of 10 million pounds was filed for the hundred hectares.
The offer will be made through Your Housing Group Ltd on behalf of its subsidiary NUVU, which will offer rental homes and condominiums.
Last year, club owners voted “in favor of continuing” with a 30 million pound offer to buy the club from bellway Homes to a building permit.
This agreement did not materialize and the owners moved to the company.
Donations from owners to sell provoked a backlash from club members who established a crusader group.
In an effort to mediate between the owners, Your Housing and the activists, Salford City Council paid an audit to determine whether the club is viable as a golf club.
The report concluded that it is feasible, but Alan Nuttall, the club’s majority shareholder, told MEN that the club’s closure is “imminent. “
The city’s mayor, Paul Dennett, said: “Following the announcement of a possible sale of Swinton Park Golf Club to a genuine real estate developer (YourHousing), the city council, acting as a fair intermediary, commissioned an independent assessment of the viability of the golf course in July.
This initiative undertaken to help explain the feasibility of the operation of the golf course and, therefore, the long term of the course as an operating company.
“The owners of Swinton Park Golf Club, Save our Swinton Park Group and yourHousing Group buyers contributed to the report.
“The report concludes that the golf course is a viable fear and this reinforces the argument of making plans contrary to any replacement in the site’s existing recreational use and supports its designation in the proposed local plan for recreational or golf use.
“I have already said publicly that I would like the golf course to be preserved for recreational purposes, as defined in the draft plan, and I still agree.
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“This is a historic golf club with a glorious history and the feasibility report indicates that the course will be a perspective for potential new owners who are as passionate about the game as existing members.
“Given the findings of the report, I urge the current owners of Swinton Park Golf Club to consider any imaginable sale of the site only for their current use as a golf course, giving someone else the opportunity to use it for this purpose.
David Marsh of Save Our Swinton Park said: “The golf club is an oasis in a jungle of accommodation. We have a local businessman who is willing to invest 1. 5 million pounds in the clubhouse with a new place to eat and, in all likelihood, a small hotel, would settle for an alliance that meant the field might not be built.
“Our organization is able to buy the club for 1. 5 million pounds from the owners. “
Mr. Dennett added: “Following the news of the outcome of the independent feasibility assessment, I am saddened to be told that the club owners plan to close the club and notify existing staff of the dismissal of factors.
“This news is troubling because I sense that a potential club customer has made an offer to acquire it and keep it as a golf course. “
“With this in mind, I implore the current owners of Swinton Park Golf Club to sell the golf course only to a party interested in maintaining the club for its current purpose. “
“The outcome of the sustainability report further showed the allocation of the site through the City Council in our draft of the local plan to be conserved for recreational / golf purposes, which the City will continue to try to protect and which any potential clients should be aware of. “
Marsh said the sustainability report had conclusively shown that the club had a long history as a golf club.
It’s had about 290 members lately. But he’s lost 120 since it became known that the owners were promoting him.
But Mr. Nuttall, speaking to HOMMES from his home in Marbella, said that in 2017 the club on the brink of bankruptcy and that he had put 700,000 euros to save him, while contributions from 21 other members who have become shareholders raised a total of 1,235 million. Pounds.
He said he had used just under 1 million pounds to pay for the bank.
“Two ordinary general assemblies were held in the presence of 155 of the members and it was accepted that those who acquired the shares would take over the club.
“Just to make sure that an email is sent to all members to tell them they can buy an inventory for 1,000 euros. Many other people said they would buy five or ten, but they didn’t know where their back wallet was. .
“We spent 165,000 euros at the clubhouse and increased turnover by attracting more social members. “
It stated that despite this, the club had lost 63,000 euros in the first year of operation under the new owner; 33,000 at the time of the year; 80, 000 euros in the 3rd year.
“We’re wasting $10, 000 a month. We are wasting 10,000 euros a month and we also owe 110,000 euros of VAT and 150,000 euros of debt. We tried to continue, we extended the life of the golf club in two years. “
Commenting on the sustainability report, he said: “We are not happy with it. I think it’s partial. We intend to rebut it firmly. “