Herefordshire Council have, late this afternoon, listed Edgar Street as available to lease on their property register - without the two ends.
The listing is behind a user registration demand, but contains the following detail:
The property comprises the football pitch, stadium, changing room’s bars and associated hospitality suites together with offices and private car parking. The east and west stadium, fronting Edgar Street and Merton Meadow entrance are purpose built buildings being approximately 35 years old.
The east stand has seating for approximately 930 and incorporates the various hospitality suites/ bars together with the players changing rooms and admin offices. There are standing terraces to the north and south ends of the pitch, these are excluded from the leased area. The south terrace had its Safety Certificate withdrawn. West Stand – 1799 seating plus 1689 standing East Stand – 930 seating North terrace – 624 standing ( the above stadium capacity are for guidance only and occupiers will be required to apply for a Safety Certificate and spectator numbers will be governed by the Safety Certificate and may be lower than those stated above.)
The Property is being offer on a new fixed term lease expiring 31 July 2017 at an annual rent of £10,000. Draft lease available on request. The tenant shall be responsible for all outgoings in relation to their occupation. Rateable value £41,250.
The listing also list contact details for the relevant person, in this case Ian Higgs the Development Manager of the Council.