Stamford Bridge Thread

[Vesper 27,435]

Chelsea’s £1bn stadium could be revived under planning rule change

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/chelseas-1bn-stadium-could-be-revived-under-planning-rule-change-23-06-2020/

Chelsea FC could be given an extra year to start work on Stamford Bridge stadium, after the government announced changes to the current planning system.

Planning consents for the £1bn Stamford Bridge overhaul expired at the end of March because Chelsea FC failed to start construction on the project, despite receiving planning permission three years ago.

However, there is fresh hope that the project will be brought back from the brink after Housing, Communities & Local Government secretary Robert Jenrick yesterday announced changes to planning rules in order to spark a post-Covid construction boom.

Jenrick announced that "planning permission deadlines will be extended, planning appeals will be sped up and builders will be allowed more flexible working hours following agreements with their local council".

Planning permission usually expires after three years if work has not started onsite. However, sites with consent that have an expiry date between the start of lockdown (March 23) and the end of this year will now see their consent extended to 1 April 2021.

Jenrick said that these measures “will prevent work that has been temporarily disrupted by the pandemic from stopping altogether”.

As Chelsea’s planning consent expired on the 31 March, it could be subject to the extension. More details about which schemes will qualify for the planning extension will be revealed when legislation is tabled later this week.

Jenrick added: “New laws will enable us to speed up the pace of planning appeals and save hundreds of construction sites from being cancelled before they have a chance to get spades in the ground, helping to protect hundreds of thousands of jobs and create many others.

“Taken together, these measures will help to keep workers safe and our economy moving as we work together to bounce back from the pandemic.”

Work never got underway at the site after Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich pulled the project after its estimated cost rose from £500,000 to an estimated £1bn.

Under the original plan, the existing 41,600-seater stadium in west London would be demolished to make way for the construction of the new 60,000 capacity football stadium and an ancillary stadium.

The 6.2ha site is bounded by London Underground’s District line to the north-west, and the Southern mainline railway to the east. Currently, these lines are in open air cuttings, but to increase the capacity of the stadium, decks would be built over the top of the lines to allow the footprint of the stadium to be increased.

Under the plans, the roof of the stadium would be supported by 264 radial steel roof trusses that will span 50m over the stadium bowl. The trusses are supported by a steel tension ring arrangement which is supported by the same number of vertical concrete columns around the stadium’s perimeter.

The main columns around the perimeter of the structure would then be clad in brick.

 

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[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

Yeah but I doubt that extension will get us anywhere. I for one cant see us do it within the new time-limit. As Vesper says we are def. being left in the dust in that regard.

[killer1257 3,282]

Who knows when people can come back to stadiums

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[!Hazard! 3,394]

3 hours ago, killer1257 said:

Who knows when people can come back to stadiums

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I.e. this would be the perfect time to start building a new one. When stands are empty nobody cares whether we are playing at the Bridge or at Wembley.

Sadly it doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon if ever?

[NikkiCFC 7,631]

3 hours ago, killer1257 said:

Who knows when people can come back to stadiums
 

If you have irresponsible government like we do already! 

[Magic Lamps 11,473]

If we are serious about this pandemic thing then there should be no audiences in stadiums till there is mass immunization by vaccination or infection. It is not even necessary to have audiences at all IMO. Maybe we should wait for how this situation develops before considering new stadium plans

[nachikethas 1,149]

Went to the Bridge one last time before leaving the UK. Next time when I come here I want to see a new stadium.  

[NikkiCFC 7,631]

If you come any time next 5 years not gonna see anything new.

[Milan 17,835]

 

[Jase 43,479]

Meanwhile, over at Stamford Bridge.....

[NikkiCFC 7,631]

Even LC... We have to do something... We are so behind at this point....

 

[Mário César 825]

exactly

its time to expense SB

[NikkiCFC 7,631]

Not to expense but to build new one!

[bigbluewillie 1,809]

We missed the opportunity, when we didn't purchase Battersea Power Station.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

14 minutes ago, bigbluewillie said:

We missed the opportunity, when we didn't purchase Battersea Power Station.

The CPO would opposed it anyway. 

[Fulham Broadway 16,443]

After 30 years standing returns against Liverpool on 2nd January

It will be monitored by the independent firm CFE Research, and its findings will be provided to the government for a decision on a possible wider roll-out of safe standing for next season.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,776]

On 13/08/2021 at 16:26, bigbluewillie said:

We missed the opportunity, when we didn't purchase Battersea Power Station.

As I remember it we were massively outbid for that site because, even when income from the redevelopment of The Bridge was taken into account, the revenue generating power of a football stadium was dwarfed by that of a mixed development of residential and commercial property on so large a scale. That meant CFC's competitors for the site could easily rationalise bidding far more than Roman could justify.

For various reasons I always was, and still am, in favour of a site away from Stamford Bridge. The problem is that it looks impossible to find one which is geographically appropriate, likely to receive planning permission and affordable.

Edited November 9, 2021 by OhForAGreavsie