Bristol Rovers president Wael Al-Qadi says the club are “moving in the right direction” regarding their proposed plans to build a new stadium at St Philip’s Marsh after the Conygar Investment Company confirmed they’ve acquired the option to explore planning for the 14.7 acre Fruit Market site.
It was in August 2019 when Wael Al-Qadi, on the eye of the 2019/20 season at Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road, first revealed the Gas were looking at that site as their best option for a new permanent home. Almost a year after first publicly confirming they had entered a “non-binding agreement”, developers Conygar have exchanged conditional contracts with Wholesale Bristol Fruit Market and their various plans for the development will now enter the planning process.
The £450,000 option Conygar has purchased from the current shareholders is conditional until March 31, 2024, that a planning application is made in that time.
