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Chelsea Football Club's neighbours have scored a victory against the team's plans to use its stadium for all-day music events

Neighbours of Chelsea Football Club have scored a victory against its plans to use its stadium for all-day music events.

Hundreds of residents living close to the Stamford Bridge ground in Fulham, West London, banded together to raise objections following an article about the proposal in The Mail on Sunday in November.

The Premier League club had been seeking planning permission for a concert venue in part of the 41,000-seat stadium which would have been open all year round with an all-day alcohol licence.

But after talks with residents it has backed down, withdrawing its planning application with Hammersmith and Fulham Council.