PLANS WOULD TRANSFORM AREA SURROUNDING THE STADIUM

PLANS for a new retail, sports and community village next to Hull KR's Craven Park have been submitted to Hull City Council.

- By ANDREW SPENCE

Just days after Hull Kingston Rovers brought the Challenge Cup back to east Hull, ending their four-decade trophy drought, major plans have been submitted to Hull City Council that seek to match the club's ambition of becoming "the biggest rugby club in the northern hemisphere".

Plans submitted to the council seek to transform the land to the east of Craven Park into a mixed use space which can largely be divided into retail units and sports facilities.

Retail space