The Isle of Wight council have issued a statement following the news breaking on Thursday night that the current tenants of Brown’s Golf Course would not be reopening.
Kate and Geoff Scandrett had said,
“We’ve been unable to agree a new lease which gives us confidence we’d be able to invest all that’s needed in Brown’s and return a reasonable business profit over the term on offer.”
The council say they offered a five year lease with no proposal to increase the rent.
A spokesperson for the council told News OnTheWight,
“The lessee informed IWC of their decision to terminate the lease in January. IWC had offered a five year lease to allow the lessee to invest in the site and there were no changes to the full repairing lease proposed by IWC, nor were the council proposing to increase the rent.
“IWC is now looking at options to re-advertise or manage the golf course in house. We are meeting with stakeholders in early March to develop a masterplan for the whole area which will include looking at the long term future of the golf course.”
