SOUTHEND United's plans for a new 22,000 seater stadium at Fossetts Farm have been given the final go-ahead, with the stadium set to open for the start of the 2010 season.
The football club have agreed a deal over the scheme's major stumbling block, a strip of land alongside the Boots and Laces training ground, which is owned by Southend Estates.
lues chairman Ron Martin said he was thrilled to have been given the final approval from the Government planning inspector.
He said: "While this news was anticipated, you can never be sure with planning applications. It is grand to get the final approval to allow the club to progress with the stadium.
"I am also pleased for our thousands of fans who have had to wait for what has been a long and sometimes tedious process to be concluded.
"As I have always said, the new stadium will take the club up to a new and suitable level within the league and everyone associated with Southend United should now be celebrating."
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