Liverpool FC gets go-ahead for new stadium

    Liverpool Football Club has received planning permission for its redesigned £400m stadium in Stanley Park.   The 60,000 capacity ground was given unanimous support by Liverpool council at a planning meeting last night.   The new stadium also has the potential to increase capacity to 75,000 in the future if improved travel links are built.     Liverpool was given permission in March 2006, but the club reworked the original design because its new American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were unhappy with the originals.   The redesigned proposals were submitted in July this year. The asymmetric design by architect HKS includes an 18,000-seat single-tier Kop stand, 114 executive boxes and a glass wall.   The development will also regenerate public land between Anfield and Everton’s ground Goodison Park. Work on the new stadium is to begin almost immediately, and be finished by August 2011.   The current Liverpool FC site will be redeveloped as a car park, sports centre and hotel. Turley Associates is advising the club.helen.roxburgh@rbi.co.uk