CAE Glass Park could face not having a food trader for the summer months, according to an item agenda for an upcoming council meeting.

The news come after Oswestry Town Council confirmed the new owner of a business that currently operates out of the park wishes to transfer the tender and continue working there.

The current trading business, Coffee Hatch, was award the tender in 2023 in controversial circumstances after the popular previous tenants were outbid in a blind process.

A document prepared for Oswestry Town Council’s full meeting on Wednesday, March 13 set out the issues surrounding the transfer of the tender plus also options for councillors to consider.

It said: “At the beginning of 2023, councillors awarded the Light Refreshment license to trade at Cae Glas Park, to The Coffee Hatch following an open procurement exercise.

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“This enabled The Coffee Hatch to trade at Cae Glas Park until the end of the 2025/26 year.

“The owner of the Coffee Hatch has written to the council setting out that they are selling the business and, by extension, the horsebox that they had been trading from at Cae Glas Park.

“Officers have been contacted by the potential new owner, and their solicitors, regarding the license and wish to take on the license as part of the business.

“Although the license agreement does not dismiss the right of assignment (from current business to new business), as it means a change from the original application, members need to consider their options.

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“The council have the right to terminate the license without notice, and should members wish to do this, a tender process would need to be conducted for future years.

“It is not recommended that the council chooses this option.”

Councillors have two options which is to agree to the transfer which, as there is no change in name, would mean the new owner would have to agree to heads of terms.

Or, if they do not agree, then the new owner would cancel the tender as is their legal right.

The report added: “Members will note that a tender exercise will take approximately four months and it is unlikely that the park will have a trader during the summer months.”

The meeting will start at 7pm on Wednesday.