The council are responsible for issuing the stadium safety certificate and they follow the "green guide":
The green guide explicitly states 28 seats per row:
I think the club are unlikely to have found a loophole to exploit and any safety body would likely take a dim view if they had.
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They don't need planning approval for internal alterations, so we won't find out where they are going from planning documents. The only reason there is one for the north stand is because of the proposed change of use of the offices to a lounge.
I am really puzzling on how they can find room for...
Yes, that's correct for rows with a gangway at both ends. New stadiums follow the Green Guide:
I am not sure they can get around this constraint.
The club are planning to eventually add 1750 seats. We know from planning applications that the proposed new tier in the north stand and seats in...