Approval Given For Southend United’s Long-Awaited Football Stadium Plans
Plans for Southend United's new 22,000-seater stadium have been granted planning permission, following their submission four years ago.
There was an almost unanimous vote by Southend Council councillors in favour of the development at Fossetts Farm on Monday.
Club owner Ron Martin said the new stadium "would fulfil Southend United's ambitions for the next 100 years".
The 27-hectare / 67-acre site around Fossetts Farm, which includes Southend United's current training grounds, is mostly undeveloped green belt land.
In the north of the town, that has been granted city status, nearly 1,500 homes will also be built on the site.
The new stadium will include a 107 bed hotel, and will have high-rise residential blocks of 182 homes at two corners.
A fan plaza with cafes and bars is also planned and 30% of the 1,461 homes proposed on the wider Fossetts Farm site are allocated to be affordable.
The club's current home, Roots Hall, will be redeveloped into 502 new homes for rent once it has relocated.
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