A judge is considering a council's decision to sell land next to the Cobblers' stadium to the club.
At the centre of the legal case is the land behind Northampton Town's unfinished East StandA dispute over the disposal of land next to Northampton Town's Sixfields stadium has reached the High Court.was brought by rival bidder, property developer Cilldara.She reserved judgement and is due to give her decision in the case at a later date.
The dispute is over the decision by the council's cabinet to approve the sale of the land behind the unfinished East Stand to CDNL on 8 March 2022 for £2.05m, despite a higher bid from Cilldara of £3m. CDNL had originally offered £890k, in line with an independent valuation for the land obtained by the council, with Cilldara making a counter bid of more than double that amount.
He argued the council was not obtaining "best consideration" as required by law by rejecting the higher bid, that the decision was "irrational" and that the council had been "predisposed" to favour CDNL.
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