Boleyn to rise from it’s ashes

Boleyn GroundA construction firm has submitted plans for the redevelopment of West Ham’s Boleyn Ground.

Boleyn Pheonix Ltd has put in a full planning application for the Boleyn Ground, which the Hammers are set to vacate at the end of the 2015/16 season after 112 years.

The firm intends to demolish the 35,000-seater stadium and build 838 new homes at the site, along with “commercial and community floorspace”. The directors of Boleyn Phoenix are also directors of the Galliard group, which agreed to buy West Ham’s ground last year.

The application reads: “Demolition of the West Ham United Football Ground and ancillary outbuildings to enable a comprehensive redevelopment of the site; including the erection of new buildings, rising to 3 to 13 storeys, (including a basement on part of the site), to deliver 838 new residential homes (use class C3) in a mix of unit sizes, 476 sqm (Gross Internal Area) of use class D1 floor space and 402 sqm (Gross Internal Area) of flexible use class A1 and/or A2 and/or A3 and/or A4 and/or B1 and/or D1 and/or D2 floor space, together with associated cycle parking, car parking, highways, landscaping, and infrastructure works.”

Newham Council is currently running a public consultation on the plans. Local residents have until 13th February to share their views.

 

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter