Liverpool’s stadium plans get go-ahead

THE plans for Liverpool’s new stadium have been re-approved by the local council without any alterations in the original scheme.

The Anfield club had to re-submit their plans, originally agreed almost two years ago, to make sure they conformed to new planning laws. At a meeting of Liverpool council’s planning committee yesterday those plans - for a 60,000 capacity stadium on nearby Stanley Park - were once again given the go-ahead.

That approval could have been taken by council officials, but it is believed a decision was made for it to go back before the planning committee to allow objectors to put their views again.