WORK has begun in earnest on stadium development which will see the capacity of Carrow Road expand to around 27,000.

The Club announced last month plans to redevelop parts of the Norwich & Peterborough Upper to accommodate 160 more Canary fans, and Customer Services Manager Richard Gough today confirmed the three other main areas of Carrow Road - the Jarrold Stand, Geoffrey Watling City Stand and Barclay Stand will also see new rows of seats.

"It's fairly well publicised now that the Football Club is installing some new seats into Carrow Road," said Gough. "We are beginning the process now of installing around 1,000 new seats into the stadium, which will give us a capacity of 27,000.

"Every stand is being affected. We are essentially installing new rows of seats in existing stands rather than building a temporary stand as some have speculated. The Norwich & Peterborough Upper is slightly different because we're reconfiguring the existing seats, but everywhere else in the stadium it's a case of installing new rows. In order to accommodate these extra rows, no existing seats are being removed."

As with those supporters directly affected by the changes to the upper tier of the Norwich & Peterborough Stand, fans situated in other areas of the ground where new seats are to be added will be contacted directly with further information on the changes. Also no new season tickets will be sold in these new areas until existing season ticket holders have the option of purchasing them.

Gough added: "There will be around 1,000 new seats in the stadium, but anyone who is sat in a seat where a new row is installed in front of them will have an opportunity to move into that seat if they wish to do so. And what we will be doing is writing to those supporters shortly with a detailed plan of the new seats in their area and giving them an opportunity, and the dates and information on how to go about moving into those new seats if they wish to do so."

Gough explained "These new seats also have the potential to deliver extra revenues to the Club, with every spare penny going to support Paul Lambert and his first-team budget as we prepare for Championship football."

New season tickets are now on general sale, as are seats for the pre-season home friendlies against Newcastle United and Everton. To purchase call 0844 826 1902 or visit the ticket offices at Carrow Road or Canary Store, The Mall.