Stockport County plans to create a new 140-space matchday car park next to its Edgeley Park home. The club - which returns to the Football League next season after an 11-year absence - has submitted proposals to demolish the old Edgeley and Shaw Heath Labour club to make way for the new facility.
Situated behind the Railway End, the one-acre plot is also home to a disused bowling green and pavilions. The Hatters want to knock down the ‘dilapidated’ buildings to widen access to site and use it as a temporary surface-level car park for the next three years.
County say there is an ‘urgent need’ to increase car parking capacity at the ground, particularly due to an expected greater media presence at the site on match days following their promotion. The car park will be for the use of players, officials and television crews, as well as club employees and those using the club's hospitality space.
