On the morning of 17 January, Dave Chapman of TCDS is told, in a conversation with Tom Atherton, that they had received another offer, but that he could not disclose the amount of the offer, nor their identity, so as to protect client confidentiality. Dave Chapman then writes to Tom Atherton to remind him that TCDS’s offer is for £460,000 now, and an overage agreement worth, at that time, £4,999,500. Later that day, Eversheds Solicitors [...]

On 13 January 2020, after weeks of exchanges between solicitors finalising the contract of sale of the site to TCDS, TCDS write to confirm it is ready to exchange contracts.