EFL League Two - Stockport Council - Stadium Lease & the Council.

Stockport Council have made moves to complete the lease of Stockport County football
clubs stadium Edgeley Park, hoping to complete the lease by the end of April 2024.

A new lease for the stadium was agreed in 2022, but it had not been finalised.

Yesterday, Wednesday 28 February 2024, Stockport councillors voted to approve revised
terms, to resolve the outstanding commercial points, & allow the completion of the new
lease by the end of April 2024.

New terms, propose that the club pay a increased rent of £88,039 per year, until 2066
at which point it will revert to a peppercorn, being a token nominal level of rent.

The deal will see the council retain the freehold on the ground, which will " Only be
permitted to be used as a sports stadium " & similar functions.
It contains a forfeiture provision, if the club fails to pay the agreed rent on the ground,
at which point the 250 year lease woud fall away, & the ownership revert back to the
council's freehold.

Edgeley Park was bought by the council in 2015 to " Ensure that it remained a football
stadium, & Stockport County football club could continue to play there ".