Elland Road plans given initial green light
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Leeds United have announced that a planning office report has recommended for approval the plans to develop Elland Road.
It is hoped that full approval for the proposed regeneration, which will take the capacity over 50,000 in a bid to shorten the season ticket waiting list, will be formally ratified at a plans panel meeting on Thursday, 8 January.
The club also announced that 98% of the fans and local community who responded to a consultation before the plans were finalised supported the overall proposals.
It confirmed that when the proposed work is finished, all of the away supporters will continue to be housed in the West Stand, reserving the South Stand for the home support, who the club say "create an atmosphere which is envied across the whole world".
The club have worked with the Leeds City Council Highways Department to put in place a Section 106 agreement which will improve highways around the stadium and, combined with a club-devised travel plan, will help to address matchday transport and parking issues.
