The ground investigation report by RSA Geotechnics was submitted as part of planning documentation to Newham to again permission to build 842 flats on the site of West Ham’s former home.
In addition to the above, historical information for the Boleyn Football Ground published on the West Ham United Football Club webpage indicated that in
August 1944 a German V-1 Flying Bomb landed on the south western corner of the
football pitch, which caused severe damage to the ground, but also resulted in a fire
that gutted the Club’s offices.
that six high explosive (HE) bombs landed within the site boundary, with a further
two landing on Castle Street just south of the site, and a third landing just north of
the northern site boundary. The site was also noted to be within an Incendiary
Bomb Strike Footprint. The risk level was considered medium to high risk for works to be undertaken in un-worked post war ground.’