stadium update - main stand getting redeveloped

[SummerOnions]

Liverpool hope to submit plans to redevelop Anfield in April and complete work on an expanded Main Stand before 2018, according to the latest regeneration proposal for the area. A document entitled the Anfield Spatial Regeneration Framework (SRF) was released on Thursday giving more details on Liverpool's stadium plans plus the city council's attempt to improve housing and job prospects in Anfield. The SRF will be considered by the council next Friday and, if the draft is approved, a four-week public consultation will take place before it can be officially adopted by the council in April. Liverpool would immediately apply for planning permission to expand the Main Stand and Anfield Road Stand, it hopes, although the city council has still to acquire four houses – owned by two owners – that need to be demolished for the stadium development to occur. Deals have been agreed for 67 of the 71 properties affected by the stadium plans and compulsory purchase orders could be served on the remaining four houses by the end of February. CPOs, however, are considered a last resort and could potentially delay the scheme by at least 12 months. While Liverpool will seek planning permission to expand two sides of Anfield, the SRF draft mentions that: "subject to residents' support and planning approval, the club would wish to expand its Main Stand, followed by potential redevelopment of its Anfield Road stand." The club would initially focus on a complex expansion of its Main Stand before deciding on the viability of following suit at the Anfield Road end. While no designs are included in the SRF, it is understood Liverpool intend to build "up and over" the existing Main Stand, partially demolish the existing structure, and finally join the old and new stands together. It is projected there will be no reduction in Anfield's matchday capacity while work is underway. "The stadium is expected to be a landmark not only for the Anfield area but representing the Liverpool city on a global stage," the SRF states. "Therefore the highest quality of design is required." The SRF also reveals plans for a '96 Avenue' in honour of those who died at Hillsborough. The "wide, high quality" avenue would run behind the new Main Stand between Stanley Park and Walton Breck Road and "would be a major focal point for the area". Liverpool have held discussions about a possible relocation of the Hillsborough Memorial with representatives of the families. The Memorial may have to be moved during construction work and the ultimate aim, according to the SRF, is to have "an area of quiet contemplation and reflection for the Hillsborough Memorial".

 

[Oncy]

10 years on from the first embryonic steps to a new stadium and the ability to compete globally and we are now but 4 years from a redeveloped stand!!

Get the fuck in.
#amazingspeed

 

[cloggypop]

Hooray!!!





*Totally forgets anything about transfer deadlines*

 

[peterhague]

10 years on from the first embryonic steps to a new stadium and the ability to compete globally and we are now but 4 years from a redeveloped stand!!

Get the fuck in.
#amazingspeed

The first designs went public during my first months at university - over 13 years ago now.

 

[doctor_mac]

Fucking hell. We're not even hoping to build it. We 'hope' to submit plans. It doesn't take hope to submit plans FFS. It takes an envelope and some fucking stamps.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Oh. Hold on.


We won't be held to ransom on Anfield regeneration, vows Mayor Joe Anderson http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-wont-held-ransom-anfield-6649206 … via @livechonews

 

[Silver Sean]

If we were in a city with one club it would be happening, or would have happened by now. Unfortunately we're right next door to a bunch of blueshite pricks who can quite easily piss on our chips by simply living nearby.

 

[Silver Sean]

A redeveloped new main stand you say. Does that mean the end of restricted views? I'll miss those poles.

 

[Mors]

No news really, just that we hope to submit a planning request one day, and maybe years after that we'll actually do it. Don't we have to buy all the houses and flatten them before any of this can happen?

 

[Asbo]

4 houses owned by 2 people, compulsory purchase order coming.

Edge Lane redevelopment held up by one women, resolved 27 years after compulsory purchase order issued, I am not 100% sure but I think she died?

 

[Red Astaire]

Steve Gorman ‏@steve_gorman1m
BREAKING NEWS: Anfield redevelopment sources state that @SpursOfficial is now showing interest in the remaining houses around Anfield. #LFC

 

[Boozer]

A redeveloped new main stand you say. Does that mean the end of restricted views? I'll miss those poles.

Yeah, fuck 'em off. The Romanians said they'd be cheaper.