Nottingham Forest get City Ground expansion boost with council recommendation
Nottingham Forest's long-awaited redevelopment of the City Ground is finally set to get the go-ahead.
The plans to knock down the current Peter Taylor stand and replace it with a new and bigger structure, taking the capacity up to 35,000, will be heard by Rushcliffe Borough Council on June 26.
In a huge breakthrough for the club, the council's planning department has 'recommended that planning permission be granted subject to a series of planning conditions.'
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Forest have previously stated that they will begin work as quickly as they can once they have full planning permission and that is likely to be next year. After that, the club intend to push through with plans to increase the capacity of the stadium to 40,000 by developing the Bridgford stand.
As The Athletic revealed last year, the club also have an agreement in principle with Nottingham City Council, their current landlords, to buy the freehold for the land that the stadium occupies.
'Nottingham Forest has been in regular dialogue with Rushcliffe Borough Council, Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council regarding the redevelopment of the City Ground,' a joint statement from the club and council read on Wednesday.
'The parties can confirm they are working towards the Rushcliffe Borough Council Planning Committee date of Thursday, 26 June to consider the application. There will be no further comment other than as required by the relevant legal process.'
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