GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL are set to approve a land purchase deal with Celtic. The club will pay the council £100,000 for the vacant land on Janefield Street and will use the land for match day parking for disabled supporters.
The deal is set to be agreed later this week. The Council meets on Thursday and are set to ratify the deal for the land that has previously had a short-term licence for parking but has been out of use and vacant for the past five years.
“The proposed purchaser (Celtic) is seeking to acquire the land to create dedicated disabled car parking,” a report to councillors reveals, as reported by Glasgow News.
“The football club’s disabled section is located in the north west corner of the stadium.
“The entrance to this section lies adjacent to the site.”
The land has a rather unusual history which probably benefits Celtic in this instance. Apparently the city’s authority bought the land in 1945 under wartime emergency housing powers and the houses were later demolished prior to the creation of Glasgow City Council in 1996. Many Celtic Supporters of a certain vintage will be familiar with the old houses that you’d pass on the way to the Jungle or Celtic End.
The report to the City councillors states the land did not transfer to Glasgow Housing Association as part of the housing stock transfer and remained with the authority.
“The proposed purchaser is seeking to acquire the land at Janefield Street to create dedicated disabled car parking,” the report reads.
“The football club’s disabled section is located in the north west corner of the stadium. The entrance to this section lies adjacent to the subject.
There are two access gates to the site as well as floodlights.
Terms of the sale state the site “shall be used for the parking of vehicles, in connection with the operation of Celtic Park, and/or for pedestrian and vehicular access and egress to and from any adjacent land, declaring that this shall not prevent the property being used for the marshalling and management of crowds on match days/in relation to the operation of Celtic Park.
“No other uses are permissible without the prior written consent from the Seller, which shall be granted at its sole discretion only,” they add.
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