Re your statement -Most things on the planet were bought for one use, and 500 years later they are probably being used for something rather different.
500 years is fine JM, I'm talking a few years, it's a kick in the balls.
Let's say that land gets/has been bought on the good intention of staying an education facility, but within 5 years the venture turns sour and the current land owners (the Chinese from what I gather) decide to sell it on (no doubt, at a profit) and get out while the going's good, the future buyer of that land could be any number of brain dead money bags wasters, lets say WimpeyHomes and is again a sight for a gazillion new houses or whatever, which in turn dilutes the infrastructure of Stafford.
Would there ever be a consideration of having a contract in place (that can't be broken) to...
...you know what, I can't be bothered, I can't even bring myself to type out and explain my hate regarding the inconsideration of the people in charge and their lack of structured knowledge on what is best for a small part of this country (and the rest of it for that matter), who would never consider history as a lesson that can be learned from.