Plans to demolish Everton's Goodison Park, as well as a vision of how the Premier League club's historic home will look once they move to Bramley Moore Dock, have been approved.
Liverpool Council's planning committee has voted for a second time while the Toffees are still on track to leave the ground in time for the start of the 2024/25 season.
The latest decision also comes while the new 52,000 stadium on the banks of the River Mersey is under construction.
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A report to Liverpool Council's planning committee detailed how the club plans, referred to as the Goodison Park Legacy Project, will transform the 3.39-hectare site into a mixed-use development, including housing, commercial space, community/retail uses and open space.
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Everton said the legacy project will not come online until 2026.
The club will also retain control of the development to ensure it maintains its legacy vision and underlines its commitment to non-abandonment of L4 when Everton relocate to Bramley-Moore Dock, the LDR service added.
The application went before the committee for a second time having been submitted last February with plans to construct the new ground at Bramley Moore.
Legal agreements which form part of the application had not been completed and due to the time period that has elapsed since the original report was written, the application needed to be reconsidered.
The scheme will include 173 affordable homes, a care home, office space and flexible space for a mix of retail, financial and professional services, as well as restaurants and cafes, drinking establishments and hot food takeaways.
The council report said: "The proposed redevelopment of Goodison Park cannot begin until the existing stadium has been demolished, which will follow the completion of the proposed new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock.
"To reflect this timescale, the club is seeking a longer implementation period for planning permission at Goodison Park, relating to both the timescales for submission of reserved matters and subsequent start on site.
"The proposed development at Goodison Park is likely to be phased, with reserved matters submissions being made separately for individual blocks or groups of blocks as they are progressed."
It is expected that work to knock down the ground, known by fans as the Grand Old Lady, will begin in the third quarter of 2024, with a completion date in 2028.
