PRESSURE is growing on Worcester City Council to make a decision over a new football stadium at Perdiswell - with fans asking where they stand.

Supporters, club officials and even those opposing the Worcester City FC 4,419-capacity ground plan have urged council chiefs to try and bring the saga towards a conclusion before 2015 is out.

Your Worcester News can reveal how the club's supporters trust last met with city planners two weeks ago for what they call "detailed" private talks over the saga.

The hope is that the city's planning committee could vote on it as soon as November, but the council insists there is "no timescale" being put on a decision meaning it could now run into next year.

Six months have passed since a consultation over the stadium ended, but since then the council has allowed more comments to come in and they now number a record 1,450.

Colin Layland, the club's vice-chairman, said: "We need to know where we're going for the future, the whole city needs to know because we can't stay at Kidderminster forever.

"We can't afford it for a start. We had two agents plus a director meet with planners two weeks ago and we're pretty confident it'll go before the committee before Christmas, possibly November or December.

"We definitely need to know where we're going because at the moment we're not sure where we stand."

Rob Crean, from the club's supporter's trust, which submitted the planning application, said the meeting took place on Friday, September 25 where they were asked to answer detailed questions raised by the likes of Sport England and the county council.

"We're confident all the questions have been answered and the council has been very good, very professional," he said.

"Things have moved slowly, as we expected but it's great that this has got city-wide support.

"The earliest it would go before the committee would be November."

The council insists the mammoth process of dealing with the unprecedented feedback is taking a long time because of the sheer scale of it.

A spokesman added: "We're in detailed negotiations with the applicant regarding the issues which were raised during the consultees' responses.

"In terms of the timescale for when a decision will be made it's impossible to say at this point."

Of the mass of responses the majority are overwhelmingly positive for the stadium, but campaign group 'Protect Perdiswell Park' says it has collected 820 signatures against it and the trust has 1,200 names for it.

Jason Marshall, from Protect Perdiswell Park, said: "It's been an open space forever and provides sweeping views across to the Malvern Hills - this would change it's whole character."

Councillor Gareth Jones, who sits on the city council, has submitted a formal objection while a civic body, the Conservation Areas Advisory Committee, says it has "fundamental" objections like the appearance of the stadium, its closeness to the canal and the strong lighting.

A transport assessment from the county council has also flagged up concerns over car parking, with the club only guaranteed 96 spaces as part of the 315 included in the new, extended Perdiswell Leisure Centre swimming pool complex next to it.

But the trust has provided data showing how the average club attendances are only around 850, and is negotiating for around 170 extra parking spaces from nearby organisations.

The club have been exiled at Kidderminster's Aggborough since 2013 after leaving St George's Lane.