The newly promoted Championship side, who will be returning to the Premier League in 2025-26, were given the green light by Leeds City Council to add nearly 20,000 seats to Elland Road.
The Athletic has seen the planned outline — which will be submitted as a hybrid planning application for Leeds’ Elland Road redevelopment — and can reveal that work is set to begin in September.
Although the club were given planning permission to increase Elland Road to a capacity of up to 56,500 people, the document clarifies that the maximum capacity will be 53,000.This means, upon completion, that Leeds United will be able to host more supporters than Everton’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock (52,888) and Newcastle United’s St James’ Park (52,305).
KSS, the architects overseeing the Elland Road development, were behind the Main Stand expansion at Anfield, Liverpool’s stadium, as well as Leicester City’s state-of-the-art training facility.
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