Stockport’s major stadium expansion gets approval from councillors after battle with campaigners

Stockport’s main stadium enlargement for Edgeley Park will get approval from councillors after a battle with campaigners.

County plan so as to add 7,400 seats to achieve 18,000 capability in an almost £50m undertaking, together with new east and south stands.

Regardless of opposition from the Edgeley Wildlife Group over a carpark on inexperienced land, councillors prioritised socio-economic advantages for the city throughout a gathering on Thursday.

The League One membership, hoping to win promotion to the Championship, expects phased work to start out post-season, with site visitors mitigation plans, amid a powerful begin to their marketing campaign.

Plans to redevelop Edgeley Park have lastly been *accepted* by Stockport Council this night on the City Corridor.

The redevelopment of EP would take the entire capability to over 18,000.#StockportCounty pic.twitter.com/ESqKtcotpJ

— Sam Byrne (@_SByrne) August 14, 2025

Coun Steve Gribbon, planning chairman, stated: “Should you put one thing during which goes to be a construction of which means then individuals are going to wish to be a part of it and I feel that is going to be a very good factor for the city centre.”

Edgeley councillor Asa Caton: “As a councillor I’ve to strike a stability between environmental safety and improvement that brings clear socio-economic advantages.

“I’ve listened to the objections from the Edgeley Wildlife Resvere group however to me the stability is in favour of improvement due to the advantages it’s going to deliver to Edgeley and throughout Stockport.”

Stockport’s capability will go from 10,852 to 18,305 capability, the preliminary section to see Japanese enlargement of North Stand (including 600 seats, whole 3,000) and new East Stand (from 1,366 to 4,500 seats).

Work on the North Stand to start out early 2025 if accepted, retaining historic brick frontage.

In the meantime, long-term phases will see the South Stand redevelop to five,500 seats with new meals, beverage, and hospitality amenities; the western North Stand extension (600 seats).

Advantages embrace 150,000 annual attendance increase, £2M yearly financial worth to native companies, 25 new operational jobs, and 160 informal matchday roles. Plans for group entry, improved matchday expertise, accessibility, sustainability, and environmental enhancements like a journey plan.

Listed below are the small print on Stockport 8, a large transformation within the west of the city centre. We’ve received a dedication that it WILL embrace reasonably priced properties, and response from council chief Mark Roberts:https://t.co/CD7t0fqKpl

— Declan Carey (@DeclanGCarey) August 15, 2025

Stockport County Supporters Membership:

The Supporters Co-operative welcome the choice by the Planning and Highways Committee on 14th August to approve the planning utility to broaden the capability of Edgeley Park

We might additionally prefer to congratulate the Soccer Membership, particularly the Non-Govt Chairman, Ken Knott and Alice Routledge from Asteer Planning who’ve led this undertaking.

Bold staged plans from the Membership will see 7,405 extra seats for Edgeley Park, alongside the supply of extra meals and beverage amenities, ancillary workplaces, group assembly area, automobile and coach parking and ancillary floodlighting.

The Co-op have labored on behalf of supporters and the Membership, to assist assist the planning utility and supply a constructive, optimistic counterbalance to the democratic objections supplied by the Edgeley Wildlife Reserve Group.

This has included writing an open letter and lobbying the Councillors on the Central Stockport Space Committee, securing interviews with BBC Information and the Manchester Night Information and talking in favour of the planning utility on the City Corridor on thirty first July, alongside the Membership’s planning consultants, Asteer Planning.

We’re delighted that the planning utility has been accepted, as an elevated capability will allow the Supporters’ Co-operative to proceed our work to ask junior soccer golf equipment to Edgeley Park and the Neighborhood Belief to welcome colleges and members of their varied group programmes. An elevated capability will allow the Membership to be extra aggressive on the sector, notably if the Membership win promotion to the Championship, which has common attendances over 22,000.

These are a number of the examples of the work the Co-op has been enterprise:

https://www.countysupporterscoop.co.uk/stockportcouncilplanningletter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/information/articles/cpqnl3597z4o

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/information/greater-manchester-news/stockport-countys-stadium-expansion-back-32184943

https://stockport.public-i.television/core/portal/webcast_interactive/1001987

The Co-op works laborious to symbolize Stockport County supporters and the Soccer Membership. It’s particularly essential to develop our membership, as that gives our board with a stronger voice when speaking to key stakeholders, akin to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Elevated membership additionally helps fund our initiatives to develop County’s fan base.

This contains the acquisition of 4 x season tickets to assist County followers struggling financially, the sponsorship of the Neighborhood Belief’s flag bearer scheme – which permits 400 gamers from junior soccer golf equipment to welcome County on to the pitch and our new ticket initiative to buy Cup tickets for members in Neighborhood Belief programmes.

To affix the Co-op, please go to: https://www.countysupporterscoop.co.uk/join-today

Oxford United’s new stadium plans given the inexperienced mild after hours of talks

Twitter customers reacted as Stockport’s main stadium enlargement will get approval from councillors after a battle with campaigners…

@ReddishHatter: what an absolute fabulous day this has been

@marshalltay: One other workforce in L1 increasing their floor to 18k. Received’t be lengthy earlier than the common attendance in L1 is 14-15k+ with a minimum of 3-4 different groups additionally increasing stadiums/stands

@clare_jeffs: Extra wonderful information. It’s loopy mad the expansion of the crowds over the previous few seasons; this would be the finest leap…the journey goes on!

@aroundgroundsss: A membership doing it proper. A membership on the up. Large plans and it’s actually thrilling instances to be a @StockportCounty fan #StockportCounty

@cylertarter: Would like to know what life feels prefer to the Stockport followers who thought they’d eternally be in non league 10 years in the past

@PhilCounty1883: Actually hope one thing can occur for Morecambe, nevertheless unlikely it appears proper now. Brings house how extremely fortunate we’re.

@RobHydeRIBA: Free-falling from 2nd tier to sixth, going part-time & dropping our floor on the way in which, it actually makes you respect the place we at the moment are & to get pleasure from each single minute of it…

@clare_jeffs: It’s unbelievable. A development I genuinely by no means anticipated. I’ve been following Morecambe’s troubles very intently, with invested curiosity because of my buddy @jenhunt_ & she’s going to let you know, I all the time say how fortunate I really feel, however hope you get to expertise it, too. 🤞🏻

@JimmyStevens88: It’s good, genuinely thought I used to be witnessing the loss of life of my membership in entrance of my eyes with virtually weekly “simply fold the membership” moments. The great instances really feel that a lot sweeter once you’ve been to the brink.

@robreckless81: What a day, Brad Hills signed and now planning permission granted to broaden Edgeley Park. #StockportCounty are correctly shifting up on the planet once more. Nearly well worth the 11 years of ache that preceded Stott 🤣

@WSM_Gas: Stockport and Oxford 2 groups as soon as at our stage now getting new stadiums and leaving us behind. That is getting embarrassing. I’m not saying as followers we received it unhealthy, in relation to Bury and Morecombe followers, however that is simply painful being a Gashead

@fcislocheng: Oxford stadium: accepted. Stockport stadium enlargement: accepted. About time @MayorofLondon stepped in to offer the Borough of Barnet the soccer facility they deserve as properly.

@Callumh67: Oxford United and Stockport County each getting new/creating stadiums, we will’t even afford free brokers 🤣 #swfc