Southend United’s plans for a new 21,000-capacity stadium designed by Populous have been approved.

Southend-on-Sea council’s green light paves the way for the club to relocate to a new purpose-built stadium at Fossetts Farm in the Essex resort, which was designated a city after the killing of MP David Amess earlier this month.

At the same planning meeting the council approved the redevelopment of the club’s existing 3ha Roots Hall stadium with 502 homes designed by CZWG, 30% of them for “affordable rent”.

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