The council don't want the club out of the town as they rely on them for the rent on the land but also with footfall towards the ground, they will come up with any reason possible to stop the club leaving the current land but they couldn't stop them leaving the Swindon borough BUT would it be a good idea for the club to do that.
I don't remember that much but possibly greenfield.... both sound right to me as a layman
forward swindon = SBC in yet another company so it's the same issue again but they are adamant on rebuilding the town centre but have an ugly lump of a stadium in the middle of it. The club have so much potential in a town of 200k+ but realistically they are being held back by a crappy stadium, it's an under used by the town. Look at Reading's, Worcester and Oxford (hotel and conference facilities
Sewage works), they have various facilities to build additional revenue to the club.
Corrected the above for you
In terms of council regeneration vehicles I have not dealt with the one in Swindon, but you would be surprised. I have been working on two big schemes where the planners hate the scheme but have not refused them as yet (in one case its been going on for a year +) as the Council regeneration vehicle who are judged purely on investment and jobs created desperately want it to happen and are thus lobbying all over the place on our behalf to persuade members etc to over ride the planners.
Anyway as I said above it ain't gong to happen in my lifetime and I have had enough planning for today!