Plans have been approved for a £100 million redevelopment project at Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park stadium in Croydon.

The scheme will boost capacity at the venue from 26,000 to more than 34,000 with a new five-storey main stand featuring an all-glass front.

Other highlights include;

• improved facilities for supporters with disabilities and a substantial increase in wheelchair spaces

• increasing the size of the pitch from 101.5m x 68, to 105m x68m, making Selhurst Park compliant with UEFA regulations and eligible to host tournament football


• premium hospitality and entertainment facilities for more than 2,500 supporters, including a new Tunnel Club

• a new museum and new community facilities

• improving sightlines in the Arthur Wait Stand with the removal of the TV gantry

Planning work for the new stand will begin at the end of this season, with the structure set to be completed and in place by 2021, in time for the 2021/22 season.

Overall, the investment is expected to generate more than £15m a year for the local economy and create hundreds of new jobs.

Crystal Palace Chairman, Steve Parish, said: "I am absolutely delighted that Croydon Council has backed our plans for Selhurst Park. This project will not only transform the stadium, which has been our home since 1924, but it will also have a positive impact on the south London community."

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