Dan Whelan The developer has acquired the 12-acre Kirkmanshulme Road site from Crown Oil Pension Fund for an undisclosed sum, enabling it to demolish the greyhound track and build 247 homes. Campaigners had been hoping to pull together a bid to buy site in Gorton, Manchester, to save the stadium from being knocked down, but were ultimately unsuccessful. Countryside Properties was granted conditional planning approval to redevelop the stadium in December 2019, but construction work could not start until the housebuilder had acquired the site. The sale was delayed due to a moratorium that was implemented at the time the stadium was designated as an asset of community value.