English League Two football club Grimsby Town’s hopes for a new ground have been given a boost after the company behind its Community Stadium project, Extreme, said it was willing to progress to a formal planning application.
The proposed development features a state-of-the-art 14,000-seat stadium, a new ice rink, additional sports and leisure facilities, retail, and food and beverage offerings.
The project is expected to cost in excess of £250m (€294m/$313m), with more than 600 full-time jobs to be created, excluding construction-based positions on the design and facility mix.
Extreme chairman Alistair Gosling said: “We were delighted to be invited to give an informal presentation to councillors across all parties on Tuesday (February 7) where we were able to outline, discuss and answer questions over our vision to provide a Community Stadium and the enabling developments within North East Lincolnshire.
“Members raised a number of issues with us, which we understand and which we will seek to address as we move forward; we felt it was a very positive and progressive discussion and hopefully will be the first steps in engaging with the wider community on our exciting plans. We now look forward to hopefully seeing the council’s Cabinet report on the next steps later this month.’’
Grimsby director John Fenty added: “I’m delighted that Extreme have had an opportunity to communicate directly with councillors, in a two-way communication during their presentation.
“This has enabled clarification of opportunities for a scheme that has huge potential, to not only deliver a new Community Stadium, but to include other leisure facilities and much needed affordable homes within the borough. A project of this nature to progress needs timely decisions in order to make the most of opportunities that currently present themselves.”
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