Luton Town’s Power Court Plans Successfully Validated

Following the recent announcement that a detailed planning application for Power Court had been submitted to Luton Borough Council, the club has now confirmed that the process has been formally and successfully validated.

This means all of the documents that were submitted by the club and 2020 Developments are now in the public domain and are therefore available to peruse on the council’s website.

To read all the details about the project, click here.

On 13 September 2024, Luton Town Football Club’s development company, 2020 Developments, formally submitted a detailed application for a new 25,000-capacity stadium at its Power Court site in the heart of Luton town centre.

The hybrid application provides full detail on the stadium and also includes an updated outline submission for the hotel and music venue.

Gary Sweet, Chief Executive of Luton Town Football Club and 2020 Developments, said: “This important announcement is a pivotal moment for all supporters, residents and businesses of Luton.

“It also marks an important milestone for everyone who has worked tirelessly and diligently on the project over the last few months to shape it masterfully into the magnificent building we have presented to the planning officers.

“Once our lives changed 16 months ago with promotion at Wembley, concurrent to the gargantuan task of getting Kenilworth Road Premier League ready – which naturally dominated our workload for most of last year – we decided to reassemble a design team to take a fresh look at the whole Power Court project from foundations upwards.

“All in light of the new ambition, we wanted to embrace for our club going forwards, demonstrated by the proposal to build to a 25,000 stadium capacity in one phase.

“We hand-picked and structured an elite design team of architects, engineers and technicians who have been working with us, crafting every floor and corner of our new stadium to a detailed stage such that it can now be submitted, publicly aired and presented as a well-prepared detailed design instruction for contractors.

“They have pushed the boundaries beyond the norm in order to remain loyal to our original desired look and feel and have incorporated more unique cultural characteristics that will make this a familiar home for us all.”

The club will now focus on engaging with and assisting Luton Borough Council’s officers to work towards a determination date before the end of the year, thereby enabling material stadium construction to commence on site within six months of such determination, as we move towards a target completion of 2027.

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