Luton Town Football Club’s development company recently submitted a detailed planning application for a new 25,000-capacity stadium in Luton town centre, with AECOM and SISA to lead the design team.
The plans for the new stadium at its Power Court site were submitted to Luton Borough Council.
The aim of the scheme will be to deliver a sustainable long-term home for the club and its ambitions, as well as a catalyst in future regeneration for the town.
The hybrid application will provide full detail on the stadium and will also include an updated outline submission for the hotel and music venue.
The Council’s Planning Office will now formally validate the application once everything is found to be complete.
The process could take up to two weeks from submission (13th September).
Once validated all documents will be in the public domain.
Project Team:
- AECOM + SISA, (supported by Klaska and Trivandi) – Design team for the stadium and public realm for the pre-planning stage
- AKT II – Structural engineering
- Max Fordham – Mechanical & electrical engineering and sustainability consultants
- WSP – Planning consultants
- Atkins Realis – Cost consultancy & project management
- KMC – Highways & transport consultants
- Buro Happold – Crowd and pedestrian analysis
- Civic Engineers – Site civils engineering
- OFR – Fire consultants
- Cotswold Archaeology – Heritage & archaeology consultants
- JW Consultants – Ecology & biodiversity consultants
- AECOM – Landscaping consultants
- Pinsent Masons – Planning legal advisers
- CMS – Contractor and commercial legal advisers
Gary Sweet, chief executive of Luton Town Football Club and 2020 Developments “This 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 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 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.”
Jon Leach, director at AECOM, said: “This application marks a significant milestone for Luton Town Football Club.
“The Club has enjoyed historic success in recent seasons, and the new Power Court Stadium will reflect their ambitions both on the pitch and in being a key catalyst for the sustainable regeneration of the town and community.
Chairman of Luton Town Football Club and 2020 Holdings, David Wilkinson: “As an invested observer into this project it was staggering to see the amount of work that has gone into every detail, with such exceptional craftsmanship.
“We appreciate some may be anxious to see some visible progress – as indeed we all are – but the sheer volume of forced changes brought about by society, politics, economic forces and our very own growth, has ultimately led to a bigger, better, more ambitious, more beautiful and more sustainable end product which we are all excited to present.”
“AECOM + SISA, supported by Klaska and Trivandi, are proud to be part of the delivery of the positive legacy that this development is set to create.”
Clive Lewis, design director at SISA, said: “It has been a privilege to work with Luton Town Football Club on this project.
“Their vision for the stadium is embedded in an appreciation of their town, the people of Luton and their fan-base.
“Our aspiration for the design has been to create a unique stadium for the Club that is worthy of its location, sitting right in the heart of Luton.”
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