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Fifth-tier football club Altrincham has applied for planning permission to extend the fan zone area at its ground.
The club, which regularly attracts more than 2,000 spectators to its J Davidson Stadium on Moss Lane, has submitted a planning application to Trafford council for consent to expand the area currently measuring 2,500 sq ft.
A previous application was submitted five years ago, amid the Covid pandemic, followed by an amended one in 2023 that was approved in 2024.
The submission tabled with drawings by B2 Architecture says: “Since the opening of the area, the club has seen its success and improvement of the home fans’ game experience together with the re-arrangement of the exit gate in the north-west corner.”
Under the plans, the container that home to the club shop would be resited, making the exit from the ground easier and safer.
The submission goes on: “The club has had feedback from the fans and that the figures on the existing fan zone have shown that the current area has been a success and has improved their experience during match days.
“The feedback was that the area could be increased in size so that more fans can enjoy the surroundings.
“The area wouldn’t increase how many people are employed there, or the times of opening, only an increase in capacity of the footprint area of the fan zone.”
Altrincham currently lie 15th in the National League, which is fifth tier of English football. They have never been a Football League club. Founded in 1891, their nickname is ‘the Robins’.
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