Northampton Town football club has announced plans for the redevelopment of Sixfields Stadium, increasing ground capacity to around 10,000.

Not only will the redevelopment increase ground capacity, but in addition, a hotel, corporate boxes, a conference centre and improved facilities are set to be contrsucted as part of the redevelopment.

The deal, which has been agreed with Northampton Borough Council, will see a new East Stand constructed and a redeveloped West stand with a 'new look'.

David Mackintosh, Northampton Borough Council leader said: "We have agreed a redevelopment partnership with Northampton Town Football Club that involves a housing scheme and small scale, local retail development on land, upon which the football club have a 150-year lease."

Planning applications for the stadium will be submitted later this autumn in hope for the stadium to be ready in time for the start of the 2014/15 season. Cobblers chair, David Cardoza, said that the plans were looking to "make the club self sufficient in the long term".

Northampton Borough Council are loaning the football club £12m to allow the redevelopment to go ahead as soon as possible.