Dear Tom Hennigan,

Reference number: 38106

I confirm receipt of your information request and that we are dealing with this and will respond to you in due course.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 allow up to 20 working days for responding to information requests.

If you are not content with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Requests for internal reviews should be addressed to the Monitoring Officer, PO Box 1720, Huddersfield HD1 9EL. Alternatively, you can send an email to: [email address].

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Regards

Information Governance Team
Kirklees Council
Governance Service
PO Box 1720
HUDDERSFIELD
HD1 9EL

Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for Freedom of Information)

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Dear Tom Hennigan,

Thank you for your recent enquiry.

From our preliminary assessment, it is clear that we will not be able to answer your request without further clarification.

The Council requires further information in order to identify and locate the information you have asked for. In particular, the service have asked if you could clarify what you mean in terms of ‘invested’ for question 2.

Once you have clarified the information you require, we will action your request. If we do not receive clarification within one month, this question will be considered to have lapsed.

• Under section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA), a public authority need not comply with a request unless any further information reasonably required to locate the information is supplied.

• Under regulation 12(4)(c) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2014 (EIR), a public authority can refuse to answer a request that is too general, provided the public authority has gone back to the requester and asked for extra information, offering advice and assistance to help to explain, clarify or rephrase their request.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you would like to discuss this email, please contact us.

Regards

Information Governance Team
Kirklees Council
Governance Service
PO Box 1720
HUDDERSFIELD
HD1 9EL

Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for Freedom of Information)

For more information about how we deal with your personal data, please see the Kirklees Council privacy notice

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Dear Tom Hennigan,

I am writing in response to your request dated 31 January 2025. This has
been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Council’s response to your specific questions is set out below:

I would like to request the following information of the acquisition of
the John Smiths Stadium by Kevin Nagle in 2024.

 1. What was the process of the acquisition; in the report "Amendments and
to ownership and control arrangements: Kirklees Stadium Development
LTD."

The report sets out the rationale and the process for the changes in
control at the stadium. If the report does not provide the answers sought,
please could you clarify the question and what information you are
seeking?

 2. In regards to the report, the statement "the restructuring will
mitigate the council's liabilities" I would like to know the amount of
money the council has invested into the stadium since it's opening.

Our interpretation of the question is whether the Council has spent
anything directly on the stadium itself – The Council has not spent
anything on the physical site.

The ownership by KMC of 40% of KSDL is public record. The capitalisation
of the company was increased in 2020 to £150k in total, and under that KMC
injected c £60k at that time.

The rest of the information can be found at Companies House:
[1]https://find-and-update.company-informat...

 3. Also the amount of revenue and rent that the council has received from
Huddersfield Town Football Club, Huddersfield Giants Rugby League
Football Club and any other events held at the stadium.

Nil. The Council has no relationship with HTAFC, HRLFC as regards to rent,
as this is paid to KSDL.

 4. The report also refers to a proposal put forward in 2020 for increased
rent which wasn't supported by HTAFC, what was the proposed new rent
and was this decision made based on Covid-19 and lockdown.

This information is regarded as commercially confidential, please see the
attached Refusal Notice under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 for further information.

If you are not content with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review.  Requests for internal reviews should
be submitted within 2 months of the date of receipt of the response to
your original request and should be addressed to the Monitoring Officer,
PO Box 1720, Huddersfield HD1 9EL.  Alternatively, you can send an email
to: [2][email address]. 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of any review you have the right
under section 50 of the 2000 Act to apply to the Information Commissioner
for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt
with in accordance with the requirements of the Act.  The Information
Commissioner’s website is at [3]www.ico.org.uk and gives more information
about the role and duties of the Commissioner.  The ICO telephone helpline
on 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745 is available between 9am and 5pm, Monday
to Friday.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team

Kirklees Council
Governance Service

PO Box 1720
HUDDERSFIELD
HD1 9EL

Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for
Freedom of Information)

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the [4]Kirklees Council privacy notice

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