An update has emerged on the development of Luton Town's new ground as club CEO Gary Sweet has revealed he is hoping to accelerate plans for their stadium at Power Court after they were given permission to build on the site last month. 

Luton's current stadium Kenilworth Road has been their home since they moved from Dunstable Road in 1905.

Set amongst the local houses, the 10,356-seater is a classic English football ground but has become somewhat outdated.

In March last year, the club announced they had been given permission to build a new "state-of-the-art" stadium.

In January, it was announced Luton could go ahead with the building of their new 23,000-capacity stadium, and the shopping and leisure facility at Newlands Park that will finance it.

Sweet provided a fresh update on the situation in the match programme ahead of the clash with Cardiff City on Saturday.

He said (via Luton Today): "A majority of my time will now be spent with Michael (Moran, chief operating officer, 2020 Developments) to accelerate our plans for Power Court and Newlands Park.

"Since finally securing an uncontested planning consent the hard work now begins as we tweak designs and solve the Rubik’s Cube engineering conundrums of rivers, power substations and other technical matters.

"Our next objective is to isolate one or two areas of Power Court which can attract external investment to start building while we deal with the wider infrastructure issues."

Luton are in a precarious position in the Championship at present–bottom of the table and nine points from safety.

Graeme Jones' side slipped to their 11th defeat in their last 12 matches on Saturday as the Bluebirds beat them 1-0 through a 73rd-minute Lee Tomlin goal.

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The Verdict

This update will likely be an extremely exciting and encouraging development for fans of the Championship club as it seems dreams of a new stadium are going to be a reality.

It has been a long, hard-fought planning battle but Sweet's update reveals that the club are now pressing ahead.

On the pitch, things look slightly less promising for the Hatters.

They're bottom of the Championship and, in all honesty, it is looking more and more like they're destined for the drop.