You can all look through this document if you like........
https://www.northampton.gov.uk/downloads/file/8573/land-at-sixfields---13th-september-2013This was the transfer of land to County Developments Northampton from Northampton Borough Council.
This land extended quite a way to the East of the Athletics Stadium, and included the current Council recycling centre and the hard standing car park next to the bowling alley/Gym.
It also included the North Car Park where the fairground is sometimes situated (the gravel car park)
Importantly though, this sale in itself DID NOT INCLUDE the Athletics site, as this was leased to the Football Club. However as part of this deal it was this land that the football club had to give up to CDNL. This was referred to in the plans as the "Blue Land"
The sale of the land by the Council to CDNL was for the princely sum of £1......and then over the sales period of the development a further 5 MILLION pounds was to be paid....PLUS half of the difference (if any) if the total monies raised from the sale of the land exceeded £110 MILLION POUNDS........yes One Hundred and Ten Million Pounds!!
That's how valuable this land was when the contract for the sale of the land was signed on 13th September 2013.
For anyone who remembers the old East Stand.....you will be aware that there were offices and changing rooms under the centre part of the East Stand, with seating on the back facing out towards the Athletics track. This led to part of the stand jutting out onto the Athletics area.
There is a supplemental agreement signed on 11th April 2014 which seems to INCREASE the land controlled by the Football Club, taking its boundary around half way out onto the old athletics site. The rest of the land was still due to CDNL, however the second sales figure now due to the Council rose from 5 million to 6.5 million pounds, and the amount of retail/commercial space allowed was raised from 85,000 square feet to 150,000 square feet.
So there are two plans...one from 2013 and one from 2014.......the boundary of the land controlled by the football club changed.....and therefore this adds credence to the "overlapping leases" scenario.