Nottingham Forest has applied to demolish three residential properties near the City Ground as part of enabling works linked to its wider stadium redevelopment plans.
The application, submitted to Rushcliffe Borough Council by planning consultants Savills on behalf of Nottingham Forest Football Club Limited, seeks prior notification for the proposed demolition of buildings, associated outbuildings, boundary treatments and trees or vegetation at 27 Rosebery Avenue, 21 Colwick Road and 23 Colwick Road in West Bridgford.
The three properties are in the club’s freehold ownership and have vacant possession, according to the submission.
Savills said Nottingham Forest currently has two live planning applications being considered by Rushcliffe Borough Council for the redevelopment of the City Ground. These are a full planning application, reference 25/02123/FUL, and an outline planning application, reference 25/02122/OUT.
The demolition of selected buildings is also being sought through the full planning application, but the club has made the separate prior notification application in order to progress enabling works ahead of the main construction programme.
In the covering letter to the council, Savills said the works were intended to help facilitate the redevelopment “with minimal disruption to the ongoing operations of the City Ground and seasonal constraints”. It said early demolition would allow utility and infrastructure works to be carried out before the main construction phase.
The consultants said carrying out demolition in advance of full planning permission would provide a “significant programme advantage”, as it would mean the club could begin work on the new stands once any pre-commencement conditions had been discharged, with demolition, enabling and site preparation works already completed.
The application has been made under Class B, Part 11 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, which relates to the demolition of buildings. Savills said the prior notification application was required following the Court of Appeal judgment in SAVE Britain’s Heritage v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in 2011.
The submission includes an application form prepared by Savills, a location plan prepared by KSS, a demolition method statement prepared by Mace, a copy of the site notice and a site notice declaration.
The demolition method statement sets out how demolition, site clearance and restoration works would take place, along with how materials would be managed, how access would be controlled, how the site would be secured, what plant and equipment would be used, and how services would be considered.
Savills said the works are expected to take around 12 weeks and are currently programmed to begin on 1 September 2026.
The application was submitted through the Planning Portal on 30 June 2026 to Andrew Cullen, Rushcliffe Borough Council’s planning manager for development.
Under the prior approval process, Savills said that unless the council responds otherwise within 28 days of the letter, the demolition works would be carried out as proposed.
The application does not itself grant approval for the wider City Ground redevelopment. The main full and outline planning applications remain under consideration by Rushcliffe Borough Council.
