League One side Bury FC are positive over their hopes of getting a new stadium after meetings with the city council went well, according to reports.
The club chair Stewart Day hopes that they would have a new stadium ahead of the 2018/2019 season.
The vice chair of the club Glenn Thomas met with Bury Council and the talks ended well. The club remains hopeful that the progress is in line with their timeline.
The club wanted to build apartments and retail outlets around the stadium on Gigg Lane but their plans were not approved. The club claims they now have the permission to progress and that all is going according to plan.
“We had a meeting with the council on Tuesday where there were very positive discussions about the new stadium and the redevelopment of Gigg Lane.
“The procedure is moving forward but it takes a bit of time, we only get one shot at this so we have to get it right. We have had to tweak a few minor details but we should be submitting a planning application for Gigg Lane in the next week or two,” Day said Danny Welbeck.
The club’s accounts for the year 2015/16, which were overdue, have now been submitted to Companies House. They are expected to be published soon. The club also received a boost financially with the payment for Leon Clarke. They sold the player to league leaders Sheffield United last summer and after helping them to the League One title recently, the promotion payment helped in offsetting their bills.
