I'm sure some of NSC's stadium geeks will be interested in this.
http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/planning-application-2083852.aspx
http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/planning-application-2083852.aspx
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Planning Application - New Plough Lane Stadium, Wimbledon
- Thread starter Notters
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I used to live about 15 minutes walk from the Plough Lane ground; it was deeply saddening to see the state it was in until it was eventually knocked down. The new stadium is all of five minutes from where the old one was - should be an adornment to a rather run-down area
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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excellent bit of development in an otherwise ropey area. i recal Merton council have been supportive of Wimbledon (well last decade), so hopefully this will breeze through.
drew
Drew
Just a little closer than I used to live (The Ridgeway) although to be fair, I would never have walked to Plough Lane to check as we left Wimbledon when I was 5!!
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That looks like the site of Wimbledon stadium ?
It is: good site for a football stadium
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So no more speedway or dogs then , which is a bit of a bummer.
Return of the Rev
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New stadiums! New debts!
The football club is one bidder for the stadium site, the other bidder wants to develop it and keep it for greyhound racing. As far as I can see, it's not been decided which one will win but surely dog racing has a limited future? If it were thriving, we wouldn't have so many dog tracks closing down
The bookmakers don't want to take bets on it anymore.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
An 11,000 capacity is perfect for Palace once Selhurst finally falls down and they need a ground share 
therealdsg
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IIRC AFC bought the lease but had to retain Kingstonian as tenants. I assume they'll sell they'll sell the lease back to the council and Kingstonians will carry on whilst benefiting from the improvements made by AFC during their tenure.
BensGrandad
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Where is the proposed new ground is it on the land between the old ground and the speedway stadium where Schweppes used to have a depot?
Black Rod
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- Jan 19, 2013
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The irony of the whiter than white perfect football club AFC Wimbledon =making another club whose ground they moved into homeless would be absolutely superb. Doesn't look like that will happen though if you are correct
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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We'll still lose to an Alan Cork goal if ever we get to play there
Another ex Wimbledonian here. I lived there for 9 years including a spell 10 minutes walk away. The whole area has been a crowded mess for years now, this would massively improve it.
West Hoathly Seagull
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Just off Garratt Lane, the A217 from Tooting Broadway. You turn into Summerstown, then go round a bend to a roundabout. One road (Blackshaw Road) leads to St George's Hospital, the other is Plough Lane. The site is actually in SW17 (Tooting), just about the only part of Merton that is (the old ground, which was the other side of the River Wandle, was in SW19, Wimbledon's postcode). I'm about a 15 minute bus ride away when I'm in London. What surprised me is that AFC Wimbledon chose to share with Kingstonian rather than with Tooting and Mitcham, whose ground (in Mitcham) is in Merton Borough and a good bit closer to Wimbledon than Kingsmeadow, and certainly was a better ground before AFC started improviing Kingsmeadow.
West Hoathly Seagull
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On second thoughts, perhaps not. The main stand does look impressive from the main road, but you can't see that it doesn't run the whole length of the pitch.
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