The short circuit oval has been recognised as a Sports venue and as such if this facility is removed from the people of Birmingham the local authority must provide an alternative venue of the same or better standard. The concern from the motorsport and local community is that although Birmingham City Council are aware of this, as of yet has been no talks about the long term future of the venue, the focus has been on the redevelopment of the site for factories to supply the Jaguar Land Rover supply chain. This is something that the community of users regularly accessing the site feel very strongly about with there being so many derelict sites in the city, there is a lack of understanding why removing a sporting facility is a priority for the council. When the lease was given to the parks operators the land had recently been converted from landfill. The West Coast Main Line that runs past the site once had boardings erected by the council to stop people entering the city from seeing the site, as the licensee's of the site developed the venue these were taken down.