MCC shuns £75m development plan
The MCC committee has turned down a revised £75m offer for a downgraded development at the Nursery End at Lord's.
The MCC committee has turned down a revised £75m offer for a downgraded development at the Nursery End at Lord's.
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The MCC committee received a report from the chief executive, Derek Brewer, into a new proposal from the Rifkind Levy Partnership, from whom MCC leases a strip of land at the Nursery.
A club statement said that the committee rejected the development proposals for four reasons:
- The visual and environmental impact would damage the character and ambience of Lord's;
- Loss of operational space essential for the running of Lord's on major match days;
- MCC would lose control of about 10% of the ground to third parties
- It would inhibit the MCC Masterplan - the preferred proposal which includes moving the Nursery Ground towards Wellington Road and therefore onto the leasehold land proposed for development.
The MCC Masterplan video can be seen here
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