Nottingham Forest have been granted planning permission to increase the capacity of the City Ground to 52,500.The club are set to redevelop three of their four stands in a project which is expected to cost £550million.Forest have had plans approved to expand the City Ground to 52,500 seatsKSS/Nottingham ForestIt will see the stadium become the sixth-largest in the Premier League.Forest first unveiled their plans back in 2019, which would have initially seen the capacity raised to 38,000.Under those proposals, the club were set to demolish and rebuild the Peter Taylor Stand.Despite receiving the green light for those plans, Forest expanded their proposal in January.Both the Trent End and Brian Clough Stand will also now be redeveloped in a two-stage project.Forest granted planning permissionIt comes after planning permission was approved by Rushcliffe Borough Council.Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is understood to be keen for the City Ground to comply with Champions League standards once the expansion is completed.Meanwhile, both the Peter Taylor Stand and Trent End are hoped to remain operational in some capacity throughout the work.Following the approval of the plans, council leader Cllr Neil Clarke said: “Given the significance of these latest applications I am very pleased the Planning Committee, through its independent process, saw it fit to grant permission to assist the club with its plans.“I am very pleased that the applications have now been passed and we look forward to working with the club further as they progress.”A £550million redevelopment project can now get underway at the City GroundGettyForest have played home matches at the City Ground since it opened in 1898.However, the stadium has not been expanded since 1996, when the Trent End was expanded ahead of that summer’s Euros.What are Forest’s stadium plans?The club now plan to raise the capacity of the City Ground from 31,212 to 52,500 once the work is completed.Their project is set to be split across two phases of redevelopment.As part of the first stage, the capacity will initially be raised to 45,000 seats.This will see the Peter Taylor Stand tripled in size from a 5,000 capacity to 15,000.The City Ground currently holds 31,212 fans and was last expanded in 1996GettyAn additional 5,000 seats will also be added by filling in the corners on each side of the Trent End.The second phase will then see the Brian Clough Stand expanded by 7,500 seats to take the total capacity to 52,500.It comes as Forest compete in their fifth successive Premier League season.The club’s current spell in the top-flight is their longest sustained stay for 33 years.An expanded City Ground was included on a list of 22 proposed venues to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup in November.England will co-host the tournament alongside Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.