Hammersmith & Fulham Council has authorized Chelsea FC’s planning application to develop a new 60,000-seat stadium on the existing site of Stamford Bridge.
The decision was made January 11, 2018, at a satisfying of Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council’s planning as well as advancement manage Committee.
The new stadium will be developed on the present site of Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge grounds in Fulham Road, as well as need the demolition of the existing stadium.
H&F Council Leader, Cllr Stephen Cowan, said:
Chelsea’s new stadium will provide some genuine benefits to the borough. however we have likewise made it remove to the club that we completely expect them to work with regional residents to minimise the disruption of the works.
We are pleased to assist usher in this interesting new phase in Chelsea FC’s history. as well as we will continue to work difficult to provide as numerous securities as well as benefits as possible for the area by working with the club as well as regional residents.
During the consultation about the scheme, 70 per cent of respondents stated they were in favour of the re-development of the stadium.
Aerial view of the suggested new Stamford Bridge stadium
Community benefits
The council has been scrutinising the application because November 2015 as well as worked difficult to protected £22m in benefits to the regional community. This includes a £3.75m contribution to develop budget-friendly housing for regional residents – not overseas investors. in Camiseta Celta de Vigo addition to the guaranteed enhancement of regional leisure, entertainment as well as sporting facilities in the borough.
H&F as well as Chelsea FC will now finalise the section 106 grant to catch the neighborhood benefits that the club has agreed to provide.
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As a condition of the approval, the council has needed Chelsea FC to produce a new company as well as neighborhood Liaison group to notify residents as well as companies of the different stages of the Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Ecuador demolition as well as building programme, working hours as well as to offer a 24-hour get in touch with for residents as well as companies if they have a issue about the works.
The club is likewise needed to set up bird as well as bat boxes during the works to assist safeguard regional wildlife, in addition to producing at least 427 cycle racks in the development. This is part of H&F’s push to ended up being the greenest council in the country.
Entrance to the suggested new Chelsea Football Club stadium
The plan
Chelsea FC were established in 1905 as well as have always played at Stamford Bridge. The long-running works to the present 42,000-seat stadium were begun in the ’70s however were only completed in 2001. The plans likewise include a new club shop, kiosks, museum as well as a restaurant/cafe.
The works would see decking platforms developed over the district Line to the north-west as well as over the southern rail line to the east.
Once the works are completed, pedestrians will be able to walk to the ground on match days from Fulham Broadway station as well as Fulham Road, with motorists able to gain access to the site through Wansdown Place.
Chelsea FC now have three years to begin work on the site before the approval expires.
The brick-clad stadium – which won plaudits from members of the planning committee for its look – was developed by designers Herzog & de Meuron, the exact same firm which produced the ‘Bird Nest’ Olympic stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Images, courtesy: Hammersmith & Fulham Council
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