Sign up to FREE email alerts from MyLondon - MyWestLondon News Subscribe Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Invalid Email

A two-week public inquiry over Brentford FC's new stadium is set to begin this week.

The hearing will take place at Brentford Free Church, in Boston Manor Road, Brentford, from 10am on Tuesday (September 8). It is scheduled to last eight days in total, from September 8-11 and September 15-18.

The inquiry was ordered following an objection to a compulsory purchase order (CPO) from Hounslow Council to acquire the last plot of land needed for the new 20,000-seat arena and surrounding homes in Lionel Road South.

The club had reached agreements with other land owners on the site but was unable to make a deal with First Industrial, which owns the Capital Court office block in Capital Interchange Way.

The club's plans for the new stadium and 910 homes have already been approved and it has signed a development agreement with builder Willmott Dixon. It said earlier this year it hoped to begin enabling works at the site by the end of 2015.

In May this year, the club unveiled detailed plans for the first tranche of the enabling development around the new stadium, including more than 600 homes and a 160-bed hotel.

Earlier this month, detailed plans for 75 family homes at the site of Brentford FC's current Griffin Park stadium were approved, though demolition cannot begin until the new stadium is completed.

Public inquiries are public hearings for a planning inspector to decide on controversial planning matters.