FWP, the creative force behind some of the most innovative sports projects in Great Britain, has presented its vision for a new community stadium in Cumbria.
The Cumbland Sports Village (CSV) project provides a modern home for the football and rugby League clubs from Workton.
It will also be a focus for the community and the companies in the region with the ability to organize meetings, conferences, functions, events and other activities.
A planning application was now submitted by Cumberland Sports Village LTD for the development after a public engagement exercise, in which a positive reaction to the plans reacted.
Subject to approval, the goal is to start construction work in early 2026 and to complete the project until late summer 2027.
As part of the proposed Plan Workington AFCS Current soil, phases are being renovated, with the initial level delivers a stadium with 3,700 capacity.
In the last phase, the capacity would amount to 5,000. The project aims both environmentally and economically sustainably.
FWP, based in Preston, has extensive experience and offers successful soil developments for clubs at all levels of the football pyramid, including Preston North End, Fleetwood Town, Peterborough United and Stockport County in EFL.
The leading practice of architecture, design and master planning has made itself through its design competence and an approach that wants to create sustainable community stages.
FWP, which also has offices in Manchester and London, has worked with Cumberland Sports Village Management (CSVM), Workington AFC and Workingon RLC, Cumberland Council and other interested groups to develop a comprehensive modernization strategy for the existing CSV location near the Derwent River.
If they are approved by the planners, the first work of the main stand of the ground is demolished and replaced. The new stand has a spectator for up to 1,000, a large suite on the first floor and an executive boxing.
There will also be a sports stick and an external fanzone on the ground floor and an inner hall. The new main stand will also contain four new changing rooms, administrative rooms for both clubs, a main reception, a press and media suite and a control room of the match day.
The existing grashight is replaced by a 3G pitch, which is suitable for both football and rugby use.
The project is supported by the urban deal, the Cumberland Council and the financing of the British government's football foundation.
Neil Ainsworth, partner at FWP, said: “From the beginning, we have followed a number of important design principles, based on our experience in the design and provision of complex sports projects in several evaluation levels and on different scales, directly all over the country.
“It is crucial that this plan can be delivered in a gradual manner over several years, so that the clubs enable flexibility to improve the facilities and to expand the soil capacity both to and outside of the field.”
He added: “We are committed to environmentally friendly design and deliver a stadium that contains regenerative solutions from the start.
“As in all of our work, we look for a real community stadium with high-quality rooms that can use local people and groups.
“The design enables flexible use and functionality with ways to use rooms such as the hospitality areas for health and community activities
“It will also provide a stadium -based stadium that is used everywhere long -lasting and renewable materials and incorporates environmentally friendly technologies that reduce the consumption of energy, water and non -renewable resources.”
The Workingon AFC is currently playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League, the seventh league of English football. Workington Town competes in League One, the third stage of British Rugby League.
FWP also worked with a variety of ambitious football pages of the non-league, including Leamington, AFC Fylde, Hastings United and FC United from Manchester.
It successfully delivered Mill Farm Sports Village, a development of £ 20 million on the Fylde coast, which includes sports, commercial and leisure facilities, including a stadium with 6,000 capacities for the National League North Club AFC Fylde.
The strategic advice and the design of FWP as well as the ability to edit budgets proves to be crucial if sports clubs want to improve their stadium facilities.
It also has a strong reputation in the race track sector and contributes to delivering projects on courses such as York, Haydock, Doncaster, Aintree Chester, Southwell and Lingfield.
Further information on FWP, its services and projects can be found at www.fwpgroup.co.uk