Bournemouth search for a new site to build a stadium after 116 years at their current location
Club are enjoying their second season of top flight football
BOURNEMOUTH will move from their existing Vitality Stadium and build a new ground with an increase in capacity.
The club, who are in their second season of top flight football, initially had plans to develop their 11,464 capacity ground.
But after discussions with Bournemouth Borough Council's planning department and owners of the stadium Structadene, the club revealed that it "will not be possible."
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The Vitality Stadium is currently the smallest ground in the Premier League with 6,827 season tickets sold.
The have been at their current Dean Court site for 116 years but plan to have a new stadium built in time for the 2020/21 season.
A statement released by the club read: "It has always been the board of directors' preferred option to buy the stadium back from Structadene and develop a Premier League-standard stadium on the current site at Kings Park.
"However, following discussions over a number of months with both Structadene and Bournemouth Borough Council's planning department, it has become apparent that this will not be possible.
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"Firstly we are not going to develop a stadium we do not own and will not be held to ransom over a price to purchase the existing site.
"And secondly, the council's planning department have made it clear that they would not welcome a significantly bigger stadium in Kings Park, meaning we are severely constricted in what we can achieve on this site with regards to size, capacity and facilities."
It is unknown where or how far the new site will be compared to the current stadium.
Bournemouth have enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years having achieved three promotions in just six seasons taking them from League Two to the Premier League.