Zaha Hadid Architects has been announced as the winner of an international competition to design a new football stadium for the Forest Green Rovers in Stroud, UK. The buildings will be designed in keeping with community’s existing architectural character. Grimsby Town 1-2 Forest Green. Critics say the venue is not part of the local plan and the club's current home in Nailsworth will suffer economically. Forest Green Rovers chairman Dale Vince tells BBC Points West the League Two club's new wooden stadium will be "iconic" after they were … Forest Green Rovers' stadium could called 'Kevin' after fans voted for the name in a Twitter poll. We plan to subsidise match day buses from Nailsworth, Stroud and Stonehouse, and trial a bus service from Cam and Dursley train station. 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The buildings on the site, and their embodied energy, play a substantial role in achieving this ambitious target and demonstrate sustainable architecture can be dynamic and beautiful. Eco Park will have a great atmosphere for supporters, and will be powered by energy from the … Zaha Hadid Architects’ design for a new all-timber stadium. Video, Police officer gives rare testimony against Chauvin, Belgian police 'are supposed to protect us' Video, Belgian police 'are supposed to protect us', ‘Time is of the essence’ to save our oceans. Following Vince’s acquisition of the club in 2010, the venue received a flurry of green upgrades including solar panels, a solar-powered … At the start of the 2006-07 season the club moved to The New Lawn. In 2013 the EESI Stand at the opposite end of the ground was converted from seating to a standing terrace. Innocent New Lawn is set to become the new name of Forest Green Rovers stadium. In the near future, the club will move to a new stadium, the first in the world made almost entirely of wood. Opened in 2006, the New Lawn ground is sited on top of a fairly steep hill and is quite exposed to the elements. Kneeling on Floyd 'uncalled for', top officer says, Police officer gives rare testimony against Chauvin. Rovers announced the competition in March this year, and quickly received over 50 entries from around the world, including Sweden, Germany, France, Britain and the United States. #WeAreFGR. However, club chairman Dale Vince said: "I think it's the right decision.". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Forest Green Rovers FC - The New Lawn Stadium Info. In our planning application, we made a commitment to having high quality, low carbon housing built where The innocent New Lawn currently stands. Forest Green Rovers can start plans for their new wooden football stadium after an attempt to call in the Government for a review of the development was rejected. The buildings on the site, and their embodied energy, play a substantial role in achieving this ambitious target and demonstrate sustainable architecture can be dynamic and beautiful.” Grimsby Town 1-2 Forest Green. A call-in is when the power to decide a planning application is taken away from the local authority, and an inspector is appointed to carry out an inquiry into the proposal. Forest Green Rovers FC has been given planning consent for a new wooden stadium despite concerns over its impact. Nevertheless, the Forest Green Rovers still wants to go beyond. Forest Green Rovers' new home will be surrounded by fields, trees and hedgerows. There will be new traffic lights to the site, a pedestrian crossing, cycle crossing and combined footway/cycle way which will link to National Cycle Route 45 at Grove Lane. Forest Green Rovers, formerly known as Stroud FC, has been based at the New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth since 2006. The new stadium will also include a car park with 1,700 spaces and two grass training pitches. Earlier in the year, in June, the district council had rejected the plans for the new stadium amid concerns over noise, traffic, and impact on landscape; views also shared by Eastington Parish Council. Around 500 trees and 1.8km of hedgerows will be planted at the site to promote biodiversity. it's quite funny though how they have kit made out of coffee. Read about our approach to external linking. Smile for the camera. Photograph: Forest Green Rovers. During the 2007–08 season the stadium was shared with Gloucester City. The English Football League have approved Forest Green Rovers’ move to a the world’s first entirely wooden stadium in Eco Park. Read about our approach to external linking. Following a seven month international competition, Forest Green Rovers has selected the winning design for its new football stadium in Stroud, UK. Although it has a modern aesthetic, Eco Park will be made almost entirely from wood – nature’s renewable building material. Join the conversation. Tonight, Wednesday, was the club's … The decision to allow a new stadium for Forest Green Rovers, made in December 2019, will not be "called-in" for further investigation. Plans for the stadium itself have been designed by the world-renowned architectural practice Zaha Hadid. English League Two football club Forest Green Rovers has announced that its stadium will be renamed the ‘innocent New Lawn’. Grimsby Town 1-2 Forest Green. Find out more about the award-winning team of architects behind the glorious Eco Park stadium, The innocent New Lawn, Another Way, Nailsworth GL6 0FG. Nor are Vince’s wider range of eco-initiatives slowing down. GBA were shortlisted to Stage 2 of the International Design Competition for a new sustainable ‘fan-focused’ football stadium for Forest Green Rovers (phase 1 – 5,000 seats, phase 2 – 10,000 seats). The Sustainability in Sport terrace is at the north end of the ground. .css-1vg6q84{font-weight:700;}As the world’s greenest football club, we are planning to build the world’s greenest stadium. The League Two club had their outline bid for the new 5,000 seat Eco Park stadium approved in December last year, after the committee voted to consent the application with six votes in favour of the plans and four councillors voting against. JUMPING FOR JOY . Another Way, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, GL6 0FG, England. Job done. 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It is only a short distance from the site of their old Lawn ground, … Forest Green Rovers’ new stadium and Eco Park aims to be carbon neutral or carbon negative, including measures such as the provision of on-site renewable energy generation. The project was part of the £100m ($125.5m) Eco Park development proposed by green energy specialist Ecotricity. Photos: Forest Green Rovers' new stadium will be the first of its kind Local landmark – The stadium will be at the center of an Eco Park, bringing more events and activities to the local community. Forest Green Rovers’ Eco Park stadium, planned in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, claims to be the world’s first stadium to be entirely made from timber. Innocent Smoothies recently signed a new naming rights deal for the New Lawn Stadium. 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It will provide much-needed new homes in Gloucestershire, with a high proportion of affordable housing included. VideoPolice officer gives rare testimony against Chauvin, Street racing: They're fast, Atlanta's furious, WHAT?? ", One local resident, Daniel James, said: "It was a foregone conclusion, I'm not surprised in the least - what we've seen is a split along party lines.". Fans of the club, who play Colchester on Tuesday, are likely … Forest Green Rovers unveil new kit made from coffee waste ... good that they are going all eco. Forest Green Rovers granted planning permission for all-wooden stadium Club say it will be ‘greenest football stadium in the world’ League Two side are world’s first 100% vegan club He said he was also worried about the impact the new stadium could have on neighbouring William Morris House - a residential special needs children's home. The appeal against this decision is due to be heard in February. 2. 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Forest Green Rovers’ new stadium and Eco Park aims to be carbon neutral or carbon negative, including measures such as the provision of on-site renewable energy generation. With seating for 5,000 fans, Eco Park will lie in landscaped parkland with space for 1,700 cars. Ample charge points for electric vehicles will be available. The stadium has a capacity of 5,147, of which 2,000 is seated. Forest Green Rovers have played at a ground called 'The Lawn' pretty much ever since the club was formed. The team competes in League Two , the fourth tier of English football, and have played their home games at the New Lawn since 2006, when they moved … Join the official forum. The building fabric, site design and energy use of the development will be centred around sustainability, and it will include open spaces and greenery, which are beneficial to everyone. This architectural render demonstrates how natural light will flood the stadium interior. Forest Green Rovers’ new stadium and Eco Park aims to be carbon neutral or carbon negative, including measures such as the provision of on-site renewable energy generation. Forest Green Rovers’ Mission to be the most environmentally friendly team in the world continues, with news that their proposals for a new 5,000-seater wooden stadium have been green lit, despite concerns over its impact. Partners. “Forest Green Rovers’ new stadium and Eco Park aims to be carbon neutral or carbon negative, including measures such as the provision of on-site renewable energy generation. The New Lawn Stadium: Forest Green Rovers. Forest Green Rovers’ new stadium and Eco Park aims to be carbon neutral or carbon negative, including measures such as the provision of on-site renewable energy generation. Forest Green Rovers FC has been given planning consent for a new wooden stadium despite concerns over its impact. It replaced The Lawn Ground as Forest Green Rovers' home stadium and is expected to be replaced by a new stadium development located near the M5 motorway. On Wednesday, Stroud … Our home for so many years, we will be sorry to leave The innocent New Lawn, but we hope to leave a positive legacy on the site for our local community. Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder and Forest Green Rovers chairman, said: “The really standout thing about this stadium is that it’s going to be almost entirely made of wood – the first time that will have been done anywhere in the world. The name Forest Green is taken from the area of the town where the clubs home is found. Forest Green’s stadium is set to be renamed ‘Kevin’ after masses of fans voted in a poll on social media. In December 2019, our planning application for a new stadium called Eco Park was approved by Stroud District Council. "It would be made entirely of wood, maybe they look like ribs of a prehistoric animal but it's also slightly flying saucer like," Mr Vince added. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It has been the home stadium of League Two club Forest Green Rovers since 2006. The New Lawn is a football stadium in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. FOREST Green Rovers' owner Dale Vince has confirmed the club's new wooden stadium has been granted formal planning permission by Stroud District Council. Follow. And the first professional football venue to be built mostly out of wood. Our pitches will be organic and our food will be vegan, just like at the innocent New Lawn. Good walking, cycling and public transport access is part of the plan. The planning application states the venue will be "low carbon and low impact, with measures introduced to minimise energy use, water, waste and pollution". It’s going to be something pretty special in the world of football, and will take all the sustainability work we’ve done at The innocent New Lawn to a new level. Councillors have approved plans for Forest Green Rovers to build a new football stadium and leave Nailsworth. Cllr Haydn Jones, who voted to refuse the application on Wednesday evening, said: "I'm concerned about the impact it will have not only on Nailsworth, which they will be leaving, but also especially on the people in Eastington and Westend and the new development at Greater Aldbury. "In the parkland we're going to plant 500 trees and 1,500 km of hedge, so it's going to be a green location," he added. Approval means another step toward completing a project which has been fraught with political controversy. "I'm concerned that their lives are going to be negatively impacted - they moved when the football stadium wasn't there and I'm really concerned about the effect it's going to have on them. As part of our plan, we will be making improvements to the A419 from Junction 13 to Chipmans Platt roundabout. On Wednesday, Stroud District Council approved outline plans for the venue next to junction 13 of the M5.Â. Eco Park will be built in Eastington, near Junction 13 of the M5, about six miles from the centre of Stroud, Gloucestershire. The announcement comes after Forest Green fans were this month invited to come up with a new name for the stadium after a sponsorship deal was signed with drinks manufacturer Innocent. Councillors on the committee voted in favour of the new development, with six for and four against. 10th October 2020, 2:15 pm. However, Mr Vince said it would be a "very graceful elegant structure". What better way to raise the profile of sustainability in sport? The site will be well connected to the local area via public transport, and will have electric car and bike charging points. Which was big news because of the narrow margin (6 for, 4 against), previous lack of approval and the fact that it's supposed to be the most sustainable stadium ever built. Zaha Hadid’s state-of-the-art designs reflect our ethos as the world’s greenest football club. In the meantime, Eastington Parish Council has applied for a "call-in" to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, over the approval of the new planning application which went before councillors on Wednesday. Originally they played at The Lawn Ground, which was known as a place 'at the top of the hill'. Close. It will have two additional football pitches, including one with an all-weather 4G surface. Next. The Nailsworth stadium, which opened in 2006, will be demolished and replaced with about 80 zero-carbon affordable homes.