Sheffield City Council acts as Trustee for Graves Park, and so any decision to allow St Lukes to redevelop at Graves Park will be made by the Cabinet but could, and probably will, be "called in" to Full Council.

It may well be that that is where the decision is made and that the Green Party Councillor's vote will count. Councillors have been advised by the city solicitor that this is a quasi-legal responsibility so that Councillors must keep an open mind and not vote on purely party political lines.

The Charity Commission have written an open letter to the Friends of Graves Park which makes it quite clear that the terms of the trust would not allow the land to be used for anything other than parkland. St Lukes say they have received legal advice which contradicts this, but they have not published it. We have asked the Chief Exec of St Lukes to let us see their legal advice but so far they have not done responded; for example, they have not put it in their press releases, neither did they didn't share it at the meeting with the Friends of Graves Park chaired by Richard Caborn.

If St Lukes are right and it IS legally possible to do some kind of land swap, only then would the Council be able to dispose of the land. In which case the other pros and cons would come into play.