Another day, another small victory for football against the enemy – albeit one with some fairly startling revelations along the way. On a Tuesday night of high drama in the civic chambers, Millwall Football Club won a significant stage victory last week in their attempts to resist Lewisham council’s compulsory purchase of land around The Den, a move the club believe will jeopardise their future existence.
After two and a half hours of meandering interrogation in a muggy suite at Catford town hall the council’s scrutiny committee voted overwhelmingly to call back in the CPO on Millwall’s land for further consideration. The chair, councillor Alan Hall, delivered a devastating verdict, citing “insufficient grounds for a compelling case in the public interest”. The committee also raised concerns over the ownership and finances of Renewal, the increasingly mysterious offshore-owned property developer Lewisham insists is the only party capable of delivering the scheme.
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