• Nearby home owners had said stadium threatened ‘right to light’
Chelsea’s £1bn redevelopment of Stamford Bridge has received further backing after Hammersmith and Fulham council agreed to use statutory powers to overcome an injunction which threatened to derail the project.
The west London club were granted planning permission last year to demolish the existing 41,000-seat stadium, replacing it with a 60,000-capacity arena on the same site in plans endorsed by the Mayor of London.
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