Zaha Hadid Architects’ designs for a timber stadium for Forest Green Rovers have finally been approved. 

Stroud district council backed the 5,000-seat scheme after refusing it planning permission last summer.

The scheme is part of a £100m Eco Park development close to the M5 in Gloucestershire masterminded by the League Two side’s chairman Dale Vince. As well as the stadium, it will include parking and two pitches, one of which will be multi-purpose and available to the local community.

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