New date set to decide on huge King Power redevelopment

A new date has been set to decide on whether the huge redevelopment plans for Leicester City’s King Power stadium should get the green light.

Leicester City’s planning committee will sit on September 14 to vote on the scheme – at the fourth tine of asking.

Earlier this month it emerged that the city council had missed its own deadline to decide on the planning application for a third time.

The council was due to make a decision on the King Power redevelopment by the end of July – but that no ruling has yet been made.

This followed missed deadlines to vote on the East Stand redevelopment on February 10 and April 20.

Leicester City Council had cancelled seven of the previous eight planning committee meetings, with the next scheduled for August 3, but the King Power scheme is not on the agenda.

The plans show that the Foxes want to remodel both the north and south stands – as well as the extension to the east stand, in a move that will increase the stadium’s capacity by 8,300 to 40,000.

Leicester City’s owners have plans to build a 15-storey, 220-room hotel and a 6,000-capacity indoor arena that will host live events. The plans also outline a footbridge from the hotel to the revamped east stand and new office a commercial space, a multi-storey car park and 234-apartment residential scheme would also be included.

The Foxes say that the earliest the work on the east stand would be completed would see it open for the start of the 2024-25 season.

The new east stand would have five levels and include a new fan bar, a lounge for premium ticket holders, hospitality facilities, a sensory room for children and a fanzone.

The Foxes had hoped to start work on the the project early this year after submitting the plans last November.