Nottingham Forest reveals collapse of half stadium and announces substitutes part of its stadium redevelopment plans

Nottingham Forest has made some tactical substitutions in its planning application to redevelop the City Ground.

It has submitted revised documents to planning officers at Rushcliffe Borough Council, who are overseeing the plans to transform the Championship club’s ground.

The club has big ambitions, despite a disappointing season which saw its focus stuck on avoiding relegation rather than promotion to the Premier League.

But the ground’s redevelopment, which has been a key issue for more than two years, is a statement of its intent.

In a statement, Nottingham Forest said: “We will continue to work with our specialist advisers and in partnership with the local councils to move this important application through the planning process.

“We hope to be able to update supporters on the outcome of the application in late summer.”

The revised plans include a reduced residential block, which is now designed for 169 flats instead of 248. A redeveloped Peter Taylor stand would increase the ground’s capacity by 5,000 seats.

In late May Nottingham Forest made substantial changes in their planning application for the expansion of City Ground. There are several alterations within the stadium itself, however none of them change the capacity goal (up to 38,000 after expansion) or even the volume of the proposed new south stand.

The most noticeable change is new outer cladding. The scale and massing has not changed, however the architectural detailing on this elevation has been updated to reduce the size of the diagonal band and continue the appearance further into the elevation to provide additional visual interest to this elevation. The elevation also now features changes in cladding to provide additional ‘breaks’ to the elevation. the club wrote in its letter explaining the modifications.

Further change concerns Nottingham’s shop.