Blackpool Football Club has announced plans to submit a revised planning application to develop the Revoe Community Sports Village, marking a new attempt to move the long-delayed project forward. The facility is a joint effort between the football club, Blackpool Council, and the Blackpool FC Community Trust, aimed at bringing improved sports facilities to one of the most deprived areas in England.
Original plans for the site were approved in January 2023, but the development stalled due to rising costs and complex ground condition issues. Under the latest strategy, the local council will manage the first phase of construction in-house. This change, approved by the council’s executive on 16 March 2026, allows the football club to focus its efforts on the separate redevelopment of the stadium’s East Stand.
The proposed sports village will feature two seven-a-side 3G football pitches, a multi-use games area, and potentially two padel courts. Once completed, the facilities are expected to be operated by the community trust to support local programmes, including women’s and girls’ football, walking football, and wheelchair sports, as well as being available for general community hire.
The project is supported by £6.5m from the UK government’s Town Deal, which is part of a wider funding package awarded to the council in 2020. Cllr Mark Smith, the council’s cabinet member for built environment and economy, stated that the scheme is designed to improve healthy lifestyles for people living in central Blackpool while helping to modernise the area surrounding the football stadium.
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