AFC Wimbledon has announced that it is confident there is sufficient on-street car parking in the area around its proposed stadium for all its fans who are expected to travel to games by car.

There are no parking spaces planned for the stadium in Plough Lane, nor are there plans for any coach parking on site.

But in the latest report sent out by the club this evening, it said that after extensive investigation, public transport would be able to cope with the influx of visitors, although crowd control measures may be used for the new 20,000 seater stadium, which would start off with 11,000 seats before being expanded.

The club said it may finance more buses for the routes in the Garratt Lane area at peak times.

Based on an 11,000 seat stadium, the club estimates 1,289 people, or 12 per cent, will get behind the wheel to travel to games on Saturday afternoons and weekday evenings.

It states 7,070, or 64 per cent, will use public transport, and more will be passengers in cars, come by coach or either walk or cycle.

The club said if the capacity of the stadium were to increase to 20,000 in the future, it is anticipated that a higher proportion of the crowd would travel by public transport.

It accepted there would be some increase in numbers travelling by car, depending upon parking controls in place at the time, it said.

The club added based on current conditions, it would expect up to 2,200 people might seek to drive to the stadium if there was a 20,000-capacity event.

Although it stated there were sufficient spaces in the surrounding area, it recognised pressures will increase on match days.

The club said it will work closely with the local community and with Wandsworth and Merton Councils to develop a strategy to reduce these pressures.

In association with Transport for London (TfL) and Merton and Wandsworth Councils, the club has surveyed a two kilometre radius from Plough Lane and it said it found "there would be enough free spaces overall to accommodate football supporters who choose to arrive by car."

The club said there will be no parking on-site for coaches although there will be an agreed drop-off point and it may impose appropriate conditions for coaches including not to park on residential roads.

The club said a Stadium Management Plan Strategy has been drawn up which identifies various issues to be addressed and who will be responsible for approving them.

The detailed plans will need to be submitted and agreed with the relevant authorities before the stadium opens for business.

The club said the strategy will cover a range of issues including; crowd and parking control, coach parking arrangements and possible need for road closures.

AFC Wimbledon chief executive Erik Samuelson said: "One of the most important issues relating to the new stadium is about how we get supporters to and from the venue efficiently on match days. Our consultants have carried out a large amount of work on this by liaising with TfL and the boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth during the last two years.

"Although there are still some issues to be resolved, we are satisfied that the work has demonstrated we can deal efficiently with the number of supporters needing to use public transport and issues to do with parking.

"Furthermore, based on our research, TfL have confirmed that underground services are likely to be able to accommodate the anticipated demand while Network Rail has confirmed that they have no objection to the development.

"With five rail stations (on two different underground lines and two different overground lines) within a distance from the Plough Lane site that football fans are generally willing to walk, we believe the stadium will be better served for public transport than any other stadium in London."

To read the full document, visit the club's website on www.afcwimbledon.co.uk