Whilst our club and council seem to have taken 18 months so far to change a bit on some leases which have still not been signed off, our old friends Peterborough have managed to negotiate a deal to buy London Road and surrounding land from the council for just over £5m, have identified with the council some land on which to build a new 20000 capacity ground upon with the aim of opening in three years time, this enabling them to sell the newly acquired old ground for demolition and housing development. They’ve done all that in 8 months.
Obviously the Peterborough City Council wheels don’t move as slowly as the NBC wheels!
They've been arguing with the council since 2012, refused to pay rent in 2013, agreed to buy the ground in 2018 but didnt happen because of a land agreement, then agreed it last year. So yes since both parties agreed its taken 8 months but was going on for years before.