Forest plans wider City Ground expansion

How the revamped City Ground would look [KSS / NFFC]

Plans have been lodged to increase the capacity of Nottingham Forest’s City Ground from its current 30,445 to around 52,000.

The club’s owner, Greek shipping tycoon Evangelos Marinakis, said he was planning “a significant investment” to deliver “a sustainable and iconic” stadium expansion that would will be “an integral part of the economic growth of the city and the wider region”.

Architect for the plan is KSS Design Group, which is also working on planned expansions of Anfield for Liverpool FC and Elland Road for Leeds United. The client team also includes Buro Happold, Gleeds and Savills.

In a statement, the club said: “We look forward to working with the Mayor of the East Midlands, Rushcliffe Borough Council, Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council, as well as our supporters and the wider community, to achieve a successful outcome in the near future.”

Last year the club secured planning permission from Rushcliffe Borough Council for a less ambitious expansion plan, to increase capacity to 35,000 by demolishing and rebuilding its Peter Taylor Stand. These plans have now been shelved.

Konstantinos Chatzimanolis, an architect formerly with Foster & Partners, has also been working with the club on its expansion plans since April last year.