A COUNCIL committee has upheld a decision to turn £810,000 worth of loans to Notts County Cricket Club into a grant.
A committee at Rushcliffe Borough Council met last night after Liberal Democrat Councillor Sam Boote challenged the original decision.
The council gave the club a £1.2 million loan in 2007 to help build the Bridgford Road stand and floodlighting. In return, the club launched a community project in Cotgrave for young people.
The council agreed to convert £810,000 of the loan into grants to reflect the work of the project. Conservative Councillor John Cranswick said: "This has been a massive benefit.."
But Mr Boote said: "I don't yet have enough information that the hand-out is buying a reasonable benefit that can be adequately explained to taxpayers."
