Fulham FC submits planning application

Friday January 13, 2012

Fulham Football Club has this week submitted a planning application to increase capacity at home ground, Craven Cottage, from 25,700 to 30,000.

The club wants to develop the Riverside Stand and other improvements to the ground, which has been the Barclays Premier League club's home since 1896. The application also outlines plans to open up the Thames River path walk from Hammersmith to Putney.

Fulham FC will hold exhibitions on January 25 and 28 to showcase the final design that has been submitted, but the club does not yet at this stage have more details about the exhibitions.

There is no date yet for when it is due to come before the council’s planning application committee and the documents are due to be published on the council’s website (REF: 2012/00038/FUL) in the next week, when the application is officially validated by the council.

Residents will be able to view the plans online, at Fulham FC’s own exhibitions or by visiting Hammersmith Town Hall. A statutory public consultation will last for 21 working days and allow residents and local businesses to make their views known to the council.

H&F Council held a planning forum on December 7, 2011 followed by a design review panel on December 13 on the scheme.