PROPOSALS to use land south of Stockwood Park for Luton Town’s new stadium will be discussed at a meeting next week.
Luton councillors have been advised that a draft local plan, which includes a 15,000-seater stadium, be recommended to the executive for approval.
The Stockwood Park site, which is adjacent to Junction 10a, has long been mooted as a possible site for the Hatters.
Other alternatives include Power Court, which is finally being cleared after being vacant for years, and the land behind Venue 360 in Gipsy Lane.
Last season Luton Town chief executive Gary Sweet said the club would announce the location of the new stadium later this year.
However, it is understood the site in the council’s plan is not the club’s preferred location.
The Local Plan states that the Stockwood Park site ‘addresses the need to remove a high traffic generating use with associated amenity and community safety issues, away from a dense and congested part of the town to a more sustainable location’.
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