Crucial decision looms on the new Anfield stadium
Oct 13 2007 by Larry Neild, Liverpool Daily Post
A CRUCIAL decision on Liverpool FC’s revised plans for its new stadium on Stanley Park will be made on October 30.
A special sitting of the city council’s planning committee will spend the day studying the proposals before making a final decision on the £300m project.
Last night, city council regeneration executive member Cllr Mike Storey said: “The right decision on the day will pave the way for a start on the new stadium early in 2008. This is so important not just for the club, but the Anfield community and the city as a whole.
“Liverpool FC is so crucial to our growing tourism sector. On match days every hotel room in the city is taken. I am delighted to see the scheme moving forward and look forward to seeing work start as soon as possible.”
Previous plans have already won approval and supporters of the new scheme are confident of winning official backing for the amended planning application.
Committee members will head for Stanley Park for a visit to the proposed stadium site before debating the scheme.
Last night, council sources said the American owners of the club, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, were pulling out all the stops to ensure planning documents and drawings were ready in time for what will be a crucial meeting.
US-based architects and planners are currently working alongside British design teams and the city council’s planning department.
The move comes just weeks after the final slice of public funding for the Stanley Park project was agreed by the board of the Northwest Regional Development Agency. The board agreed to an award of £9.3m to add to the £9m already given from the European Objective 1 fund.
The public cash will go towards refurbishing Stanley Park and building a new community partnership centre alongside the new ground. It is hoped the improvement scheme will give historic Stanley Park its biggest-ever facelift.
If the new plans are agreed at the end of this month, it will enable work on the new ground to start early in 2008, with opening planned for the start of the 2010/11 season.
The new plans are vastly different to the original proposals, hence the new planning application.
The scale of the project remains the same, with permission being sought for a 60,000-seater stadium, but there will be the possibility of extensions to add thousands of extra seats.
Oct 13 2007 by Larry Neild, Liverpool Daily Post
A CRUCIAL decision on Liverpool FC’s revised plans for its new stadium on Stanley Park will be made on October 30.
A special sitting of the city council’s planning committee will spend the day studying the proposals before making a final decision on the £300m project.
Last night, city council regeneration executive member Cllr Mike Storey said: “The right decision on the day will pave the way for a start on the new stadium early in 2008. This is so important not just for the club, but the Anfield community and the city as a whole.
“Liverpool FC is so crucial to our growing tourism sector. On match days every hotel room in the city is taken. I am delighted to see the scheme moving forward and look forward to seeing work start as soon as possible.”
Previous plans have already won approval and supporters of the new scheme are confident of winning official backing for the amended planning application.
Committee members will head for Stanley Park for a visit to the proposed stadium site before debating the scheme.
Last night, council sources said the American owners of the club, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, were pulling out all the stops to ensure planning documents and drawings were ready in time for what will be a crucial meeting.
US-based architects and planners are currently working alongside British design teams and the city council’s planning department.
The move comes just weeks after the final slice of public funding for the Stanley Park project was agreed by the board of the Northwest Regional Development Agency. The board agreed to an award of £9.3m to add to the £9m already given from the European Objective 1 fund.
The public cash will go towards refurbishing Stanley Park and building a new community partnership centre alongside the new ground. It is hoped the improvement scheme will give historic Stanley Park its biggest-ever facelift.
If the new plans are agreed at the end of this month, it will enable work on the new ground to start early in 2008, with opening planned for the start of the 2010/11 season.
The new plans are vastly different to the original proposals, hence the new planning application.
The scale of the project remains the same, with permission being sought for a 60,000-seater stadium, but there will be the possibility of extensions to add thousands of extra seats.
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