Chelsea's Submit Application For New Stadium

[davieG]

Approved

 

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/03/chelseas-ugly-new-football-portal-wins-approval/

 

http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2017/03/06/chelseas-new-612-million-stadium-given-green-light/

[Finnegan]

It's still ****ing ugly.

[Darkon84]

I'll wait and see how it actually turns out, but it looks like it really could be something quite spectacular.

[purpleronnie]

Crazy amount of money for 20,000 more seats.

[Wymsey]

Looks like a shopping centre and football stadium at the same time from the outside.

 

But maybe at least all fans will have clear access of the games, and not like the situation at The London Stadium where some supporter's views are blocked by the score screens and poorly-planned seating accommodation  (such as where a lower temporary stand, apparently, is so low that they have stand up or even move elsewhere to watch the game).. 

[stripeyfox]

At least it's more ambitious than standard ident-i-kit stadiums. Even Tottenham's redevelopment of WHL is going to look more or less like Arsenal's but with blue seats. Chelsea's plan may not be everyone's cup of tea but it is bold. It is Roman's legacy.

 

 

[GaelicFox]

3 minutes ago, stripeyfox said:

At least it's more ambitious than standard ident-i-kit stadiums. Even Tottenham's redevelopment of WHL is going to look more or less like Arsenal's but with blue seats. Chelsea's plan may not be everyone's cup of tea but it is bold. It is Roman's legacy.

 

 

I'm with this ! 

 

Wembley , WHL and emirates all the same building to be honest 

[StanSP]

spectacularly ugly

[Strokes]

Looks magnificent.

[purpleronnie]

Love it or hate it I'd much prefer distinctive designs like this than the generic bowls we have built over the past 20 years.

[Finnaldo]

Not gonna lie, I've always preferred grand Graeco-Roman-style classical architecture. I know this one has a modern twist with the shape and the brick but it still has the basic influences.

 

There's only so many 'modern abstract' or 'pop-up' stadiums you can see until it just becomes boring. The massive pillar, brick Brutalist style makes it both a beautiful building and I imagine pretty intimidating for an away fan. Love it personally.  

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

I think it looks bloody brilliant

[Facecloth]

Looks like an egg slicer.

[Strokes]

16 hours ago, Facecloth said:

Looks like an egg slicer.

That's a big fùcking egg

 

[ajthefox]

Like the use of brick and that they've done something different but I don't like how brutal it is and I'm not keen on the form and how it seems to stay the same the whole way round.

[stripeyfox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42648061

 

Chelsea stadium: £1bn Stamford Bridge hit by family dispute

By Alistair Magowan

BBC Sport

• 9 hours ago
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The Crosthwaites' home is dwarfed by what will be Europe's most expensive stadium at £1bn

Little has ever stood between Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and realising his ambitions for the club.

But plans for a £1bn new stadium are being held up by one family over their right to light - and the lack of it shining into their home when the new Stamford Bridge is built.

The Crosthwaites have lived in their west London cottage for 50 years and it is so close to the Premier League club's ground that you could almost kick a football from their doorstep onto the pitch.

The family - made up of parents Lucinda and Nicolas, plus children Louis and Rose - took out an injunction in May over their belief the towering new 60,000-capacity stadium will cast a permanent shadow over parts of their home.

The new stadium was granted planning permission one year ago and has been signed off by the Mayor of London, but Chelsea have called on the local council to intervene and take advantage of planning laws to stop the injunction effectively ending the planned development.

Hammersmith and Fulham councillors are meeting on Monday to decide what happens next.

Billionaire Abramovich is a man who usually gets what he wants, but the dispute has already put the brakes on the project's investment and there is a risk that Europe's most expensive stadium may not even get built.

The club have told the local council that work cannot go ahead while there remains a risk the injunction could successfully stop the development. And the council says if it does not act to help Chelsea the "development would not proceed as proposed".

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has invested more than £1bn in the club since 2003

What's the family's argument?

The Crosthwaites own a large house in an expensive part of west London - a three-bedroom property on the same street sold for £1.18m last year.

Chelsea's offer of legal advice worth £50,000, and further compensation understood to be in the region of a six-figure sum could not persuade them to waive their 'right to light' in their home.

Daughter Rose says their home is the nearest property to the new stadium. And even though it's on the other side of a railway from Stamford Bridge - and in a different borough - she says that "sunlight and daylight will be seriously affected".

"It is deemed as having an unacceptable and harmful impact by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea," she added in a recent letter as part of the case.

The family have said via their lawyers they are not opposed to the redevelopment of the stadium, but have suggested the east stand in question could be "cut-back or re-designed so as not to cause interference".

And they have highlighted a "disproportionate amount of hospitality seating" which takes up more space than normal seating.

They say there will be almost 17,000 hospitality seats, 28% of the total, and compare that to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium where hospitality comprises 16% of the capacity.

The family also believe Chelsea's attempt to effectively sidestep the injunction with the help of Hammersmith and Fulham council is not in the public interest and possibly illegal.

Their house sits in the neighbouring Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which they say has been firmly opposed to the development.

The back of Stamford Bridge (left) is only a drop-kick from the front of the Crosthwaites' home (right)

How have Chelsea responded?

Premier League champions Chelsea have outlined that the planning and development of their new stadium has been above board on every aspect.

A public consultation of 13,000 local residents earned 97.5% support, and they have paid compensation to other homeowners who have been affected by losing their 'right to light'.

Chelsea also claim that the new stadium will "further enhance the economic, cultural and social services they provide", including £6m worth of educational programmes, a £7m improvement to local infrastructure and an additional £16.3m spent in local businesses as 2.4 million people visit the area annually.

That forms the key argument in the part of the law being disputed - section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Chelsea say the land can be compulsorily acquired by the council - and override the injunction - if Hammersmith and Fulham think it would contribute to the economic, environmental or social wellbeing of the area.

The club also says it will lease the land off the council and cover any liabilities or costs.

The family's lawyers say the council can purchase land "which they require" but ask whether it is "convenient" rather than "indispensable".

From the scene - BBC Sport's Simon Stone

There is no doubt the Crosthwaites live in a very desirable part of London. The trees which shield them from the railway line are part of a conservation area.

However, their home is not an enormous property. Chelsea players who perform at Stamford Bridge will doubtless live in far bigger homes.

The thing that makes this particular house unique is that, unlike all the other properties on the street, it is directly opposite the stadium.

All the rest look straight at an adjacent hotel, which is to be pulled down to allow Stamford Bridge to be rebuilt. Those houses could get marginally more light because the stadium will be further away.

For the Crosthwaites, no such consolation exists. And, as the family have occupied the same house for half a century, they are committed to fighting Roman Abramovich, no matter how much the odds are stacked against them.

The new stadium has been designed by architects Herzog and De Meuron, who were also responsible for the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium in Beijing

Which way is the council heading?

Hammersmith and Fulham council accepts that acquiring the land should only be done where necessary to allow beneficial regeneration to take place and be sure that it justifies interfering with the human rights of those affected.

A report for councillors, drawn up by head of planning and regeneration John Finlayson and to be discussed on Monday, recommends that the council buys the land (owned by Chelsea and Network Rail) and leases it back to the club so that development can go ahead.

As it stands, the club "will not be able to implement the development or secure any necessary development financing whilst there remains a risk that the existing injunctive proceedings might succeed", the report warns.

Finlayson's report adds: "There is a compelling case in the public interest for the council to acquire the land for planning purposes and enable the development to proceed and the public benefits to be realised."

Without the council exercising its statutory powers, though, the "development would not proceed as proposed" it warns.

It is understood that should the council decide to pursue the purchase, the Crosthwaite family will seek further legal advice - so the case may yet still run.

Chelsea's Stamford Bridge holds 41,663 fans - some way behind their main London rivals

Chelsea's battle for a new home

Abramovich has wanted to increase Chelsea's stadium capacity for several years but was thwarted in his previous attempts to buy Battersea Power Station, ultimately losing out to property developers.

If successful, the Blues would not be able to move into their new home until the 2024-25 season, yet it would at last put them in line with their main London rivals.

Eleven years ago, Arsenal built the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium, in 2016 West Ham moved to the 57,000-capacity Olympic Stadium, and Tottenham are redeveloping their White Hart Lane ground at the moment.

The 41,000-capacity Stamford Bridge is the seventh biggest stadium used by a Premier League team, well behind Manchester United's 75,500-seater Old Trafford.

Chelsea are yet to find a temporary home for the four years it might take to build the new stadium, but Wembley Stadium is being considered as a possible option.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

They'll just hire whichever arsonist helped Spurs out to sort that particular problem

[AjcW]

Might be controversial but I can't stand people like that! 

 

There was a ****ing football ground in your way when you moved in, you probably got it considerably cheaper than anything else in West London... you knew what you were getting in to!

 

[Itsthejoeker]

28 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Might be controversial but I can't stand people like that! 

 

There was a ****ing football ground in your way when you moved in, you probably got it considerably cheaper than anything else in West London... you knew what you were getting in to!

 

 

If they've lived there for 50 years there's a good chance they moved in before the East Stand was built.

 

Plus, who back then could have ever imagined this would have been a problem? Ooo, let's not move in here that football ground might become a 60,000 brutalist structure that will block out all our sunlight.

[AjcW]

3 minutes ago, Itsthejoeker said:

 

If they've lived there for 50 years there's a good chance they moved in before the East Stand was built.

 

Plus, who back then could have ever imagined this would have been a problem? Ooo, let's not move in here that football ground might become a 60,000 brutalist structure that will block out all our sunlight.

Possibly didn't read the 50 years part because it said they lived there with kids  

 

Anyway, I think it looks amazing. 

[Itsthejoeker]

13 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Possibly didn't read the 50 years part because it said they lived there with kids  

 

Anyway, I think it looks amazing. 

 

I agree, but I imagine it'd be very different if it were all you could see when you open your curtains.

[Steven]

2 hours ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said:

They'll just hire whichever arsonist helped Spurs out to sort that particular problem

I did a laugh emoji but of course not funny for the business concerned.

[oxford blue]

I don't understand why Chelsea offer at least £2m for the property holding up the development. Delays in building the stadium will soon be worth more than that - especially as there are 17,000 'hospitality' seats. I expect many of these will be marketed to tourists. Notsure if they intend to encourage younger fans or just maximise income in the short term...

[Fox92]

I had it in my head that tomorrow will be my last visit to Stamford Bridge? I though it was their last season this season  

[stripeyfox]

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/11390844/chelsea-put-plans-for-new-stamford-bridge-stadium-on-hold

 

Chelsea put plans for new Stamford Bridge stadium on hold.

Last Updated: 31/05/18 1:28pm

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Chelsea have announced they have put their plans for a new stadium on hold.

The club were given the go-ahead to start work on their new 60,000 capacity stadium by Hammersmith and Fulham council in March.

However, a brief statement on the club's website said they had "put its new stadium project on hold" because of the "current unfavourable investment climate".

 

The statement continued: "No further pre-construction design and planning work will occur.

"The club does not have a time frame set for reconsideration of its decision."