Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Neil Williams said:

“Despite the almost audible fanfare from the Labour Council, this does not mean that the Charity Commission has ruled that that everything in the lease is good – only that the Council had completed the process in a correct fashion.

“While it does mean that the objective of “transferring the financial risk” of Ally Pally has been achieved, the question remains: at what cost to some of the precious heritage in the building?”