Chesterfield Borough Council is looking for a brand new operator for Tapton Park Golf Course, a 27-hole pay-and-play facility located on the sting of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
HMH Golf & Leisure has been instructed to carry the property to market, with provides invited by January 11, 2024.
Tapton Park Golf Course, which initially opened in 1934, is specified by mature parkland – previously the grounds of Tapton Home. The services comprise an 18-hole, 6,104-yard (par 72) golf course; 9 gap 2,613 yard (par 34) course; 6-hole pitch & putt course/foot golf course; 14-bay floodlit vary, follow services and a 6,750 sq ft clubhouse.
Councillor Jonathan Davies, Chesterfield Borough Council’s cupboard member for well being and wellbeing, mentioned: “Tapton Park Golf Course is a improbable facility, which is why we’re looking for a brand new and skilled operator to take care of the programs and clubhouse, and meet the Council’s intention of guaranteeing everybody has the chance to play the nice sport of golf.
We all know the programs are already exceptionally well-liked with 39,000 rounds of golf performed on common yearly, which is a superb base from which the fitting operator can construct a profitable income stream that may be certain that the services stay enticing and financially sustainable for a few years to return.
The chosen operator might want to keep Tapton Park Golf Course as a pay-to-play facility, which means anybody can go to with no membership. They can even be anticipated to encourage participation in golf, work carefully with the resident members’ membership, and preserve the programs and clubhouse to a excessive normal”.
A 25-year FRI lease is offered, albeit Chesterfield Borough Council will contemplate granting an extended lease time period, topic to sure situations being met. Annual rental provides are invited.
Proposals for Tapton Park Golf Course will probably be evaluated not solely on the proposed degree of annual lease and capital funding, but in addition on how properly operators are in a position to proof their capacity to fulfill the Council’s goals, which embrace:
- To protect the prevailing golf services for the advantage of native residents.
- To safe an skilled operator for the property.
- To encourage elevated participation in golf.
- To make sure harmonious liaison with Tapton Park Golf Membership
- To encourage extra neighborhood outreach programmes.
- To make sure the upkeep of the non-golf areas of Tapton Park to guard and preserve the pure atmosphere and ecological character of the property.
For additional info on Tapton Park Golf Course, please contact Ben Allen at HMH on 07887 804430 or electronic mail [email protected]
