A new stadium for Luton Town will be built. A detailed planning application submitted by the club has been formally approved by Luton Borough Council. The renderings of the new arena look phenomenal!

Historic moment for Luton Town

After months of intensive work, 2020 Developments, the developer responsible for Luton Town's stadium project, has announced that the detailed planning application for the new Power Court Stadium has been formally approved by Luton Borough Council. As club officials have confirmed, the documents are now available to the public on the council's website, meaning anyone interested can see the details of this great looking project.

Gary Sweet, chief executive of Luton Town Football Club, expressed his gratitude to council officials for the speedy approval of the documentation and for the invaluable work that has gone into detailing every detail of the stadium plans.

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This important announcement is a pivotal moment for all supporters, residents and businesses of Luton said Sweet. He added that, despite the huge workload involved in preparing Kenilworth Road for the Premier League following its historic promotion in 2023, the club was focused on delivering the Power Court project with renewed energy and ambition.

Modern stadium despite huge obstacles

Stadium at Power Court is set to be a modern, multi-purpose facility capable of holding 25,000 spectators. Initial plans called for the facility to be built in several phases, but following Luton Town's promotion to the Premier League in 2023, the club decided to complete the project in one phase.

The elite team of designers, architects and engineers who collaborated on the project were tasked with creating a stadium that reflects both modern standards and the unique atmosphere of historic Kenilworth Road.

They have pushed the boundaries beyond the norm in order to remain loyal to our original desired look and feel and have incorporated more unique cultural characteristics that will make this a familiar home for us all said Sweet, thanking the architects associated with the project.

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Beginning with the original purchase of this site back in 2016, it has been a long process of concluding all the various associated land deals and legal consents, outline planning applications and then the various infrastructure challenges of moving a major sub-station and diverting the River Lea. Together with the recent confirmation of planning approval for our earthworks and site remediation efforts, our project team are now fully engaged on a construction timeline that would complete in 2027 Michael Moran, Chief Operating Officer of 2020 Developments, said. The unique arena is expected to meet BREEAM Excellent sustainability standards.

Next steps coming soon

Approval of the stadium application is one thing, but Luton Town still has a long way to go to complete the project. The club is now working with Luton Borough Council officials to set a date as soon as possible for the start of construction, which could start within six months. The aim is for the new stadium to be ready for the 2027 season.

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David Wilkinson, chairman of Luton Town Football Club, stressed how much effort has gone into every detail of the project. We appreciate some may be anxious to see some visible progress – as indeed we all are – but the sheer volume of forced changes brought about by society, politics, economic forces and our very own growth, has ultimately led to a bigger, better, more ambitious, more beautiful and more sustainable end product which we are all excited to present said Wilkinson.

We all need to positively get behind our team now to hope that, while we watch the cranes put the concrete and steel in place, the wonderful new stadium debuts as the home to a Premier League team. - Wilkinson added.

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