Crystal Palace Selhurst Park stand: land deal and phasing notes for engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on New Civil Engineer
30 Second Briefing
Crystal Palace Football Club has acquired the final six houses on Wooderson Close, removing the last land assembly constraint for its planned Selhurst Park main stand redevelopment. The scheme, previously consented by Croydon Council, centres on a new larger-capacity main stand that will extend further towards the Holmesdale Road end and require reconfiguration of surrounding access and utilities. With residential objections now resolved, design teams can finalise detailed construction phasing, matchday crowd circulation layouts and temporary works arrangements for the constrained urban site.
Technical Brief
- Acquisition of the final six Wooderson Close properties removes the last third-party landownership constraint.
Our Take
Land assembly moves like Crystal Palace Football Club’s purchase of six Wooderson Close houses are relatively rare in our 402-item infrastructure set, where most stadium or venue upgrades proceed on existing footprints rather than requiring residential acquisition.
For UK clubs redeveloping grounds such as Selhurst Park, securing adjacent housing typically signals that the preferred design option pushes the main stand envelope outwards, which can tighten construction phasing and temporary access planning around match-day operations.
Because this is tagged as a project/contract-type item rather than a planning dispute, the completed acquisition step usually precedes a rapid shift into enabling works procurement, with contractors needing to price in demolition, utilities diversions and constrained urban logistics on a small residential parcel.
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