There are a few more considerations than the atmosphere, although it isn't ignored. It's a commercial decision for one, as the reduced seating capacity in the north stand has to be made up for somewhere. That's a significant amount of revenue lost if the seating capacity is reduced. It might seem trivial for those hankering after the existing, crumbling south stand, but that's the reality.

Seats at the back of a much larger South Stand - no problem.

Plastic seats in the North Stand - disaster.

The new north stand looks a bit bare and windswept. One of the benefits of its current setup (and I know it is flawed in lots of other ways) is that the roof, sides and the wall behind the paddock provide plenty of protection from the elements.

As forHeadingley having a monopoly on atmosphere that is just Leeds fan arrogance. Most of the time the place is very quiet whilst plenty of other stadia, old and modern, provide a good atmosphere. The high roof of the proposed new south stand poses a challenge though.

Fantastic news.

After a 15 year absence from the south stand, I may now return with a lovely cushioned seat high up and level with halfway, well away from all the riff raff who've been stinking out that area for way too long.

Oh, and take that effin' band with you as you clear off!

It's not often I've praised him but... well done Gary Hetherington. Fantastic stuff

I think that's how you have to look at it.

The aim of these plans has clearly been to increase capacity and corporate hospitality facilities on the cricket side. This is going to be necessary if YCCC is ever going to compete for lucrative Ashes Tests in the future. You can't feasibly increase the footprint of Headingley, so YCCC is taking space from the North Stand to achieve this.

Leeds Rhinos naturally don't want to lose premium seating - that revenue is ultimately what helps the club to grow and pay for stuff like this. Again, it's difficult and costly to increase the footprint of the stadium, so the seats need to be moved somewhere else in the stadium.

I don't particularly like the idea, but this is the commercial reality.

I am really pleased they have reverted to putting seats in the South stand, think it looks great. The North Stand though looks not good enough, and a poor substitute to seemingly assist the cricket side instead.

looks fantastic.Still be a great atmosphere in South Stand no worries. The Old one is awesome no doubts, but times have to move on accordingly.

I don't think Yorkshire aren't taking space from Leeds, they are just building up to the edge of their land which is the top of the existing stand. Allied to building forward over the existing track at the front they have scope for a much more substantial structure. If anything Leeds are surrendering seating capacity in favour of giving the corporate space proper visibility of the RL pitch.

In terms of who the corporate side benefits, it clearly generates its highest rates for England cricket but in terms of volumes by far the biggest users are the Rhinos so it is equally critical for us to see this come off, whatever qualms we may have about the details of the proposed layout etc.

I love it ,it's the way ahead & makes sense all round!

What about seats down the side of the south and the middle left for terracing? It does say it's what the stadium could look like

I don't understand how your capacity is not increasing when the club said there will be the same amount of fans standing in the South stand as there is today. The main stand must be more spacious for spectators I presume.