Luton Town FC has pledged to lodge detailed plans for its new 23,500-capacity stadium before its first game in the Premier League.

The Championship club, which secured promotion to the top flight of English football by defeating Coventry City on penalties in Saturday’s playoff final, is working with AndArchitects on a new town-centre home to replace its 10,356-seat Kenilworth Road ground.

Luton has outline consent for a new stadium and development of 1,200 homes – masterplanned by Leslie Jones Architecture – on an 8ha site near Luton Station, about one mile from Kenilworth Road, which has been its base since 1905.

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