Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) will press ahead with work to redevelop its Old Trafford ground in Manchester despite a legal challenge from Derwent Holdings.

A judicial review is being sought by Derwent Holdings – owner of the nearby White City shopping park – over Trafford Council's decision to approve the £70m stadium scheme. In September, LCCC received a boost after it was announced that the government would not call in the local authority's decision to back the development.

Working with Ask Developments, the current £32m investment phase is now underway to deliver new pitches, two new grandstands and player and media facilities. LCCC has embarked on a major overhaul of the stadium in order to help secure an Ashes test match in 2013 and secure Old Trafford's future as an international ground.

LCCC chief executive Jim Cumbes said: "This action is about securing commercial gain at the expense of the LCCC's sporting legacy for schools, community groups and young people in the North West. "Derwent's actions are a blatant attempt to force us to stop work. There is too much at stake for the club, Trafford and the wider North West and we will not be bullied into stopping."