Nottingham Forest’s City Ground rebuild still stalled as planning date remains unclear | OneFootball

Nottingham Forest’s City Ground rebuild remains on hold, with full construction unlikely to begin before next summer.

According to NY Times, work cannot start until Rushcliffe Borough Council approves the scheme, and no committee date is in place.

Club sources are hopeful approval could come in September, which might allow limited preparatory activity immediately. With the season beginning in August, major works would still wait until next summer even if consent arrives.

The approval process spans multiple authorities. Forest must show they can manage an extra 14,000 people on matchdays, covering crowd flow, traffic and parking.

The portal holds 162 documents, and a post-match traffic trial around Trent Bridge still has to happen.

Forest declined to comment, though they want a project that would ultimately lift capacity to 52,000. A previous, smaller approval would have taken it to 35,000.

Plans lodged in early January cover three stands. Phase one would take capacity to 45,000, then a Brian Clough Stand upgrade would add roughly 7,000.

The Peter Taylor Stand is now planned on a far larger scale than first envisaged. It would be 58 metres high, grow from 5,000 to 15,000 seats, and corner infills beside the Trent End could add up to 5,000 more in phase one.

Source: NY Times