London’s oldest football team has taken to the capital to demonstrate the support for its new stadium.

Cray Wanderers FC had a revised application for a new football stadium at Flamingo Park approved by Bromley Council last month.

Councillors voted 11-3 in favour of the project, which included the demolition of a nightclub and concreting over green belt land to create new 3G football pitches and homes.

Despite being approved by the council, the project still needs the green light from Sadiq Khan, who blocked plans for a stadium in 2016.

Gary Hillman, CWFC’s chairman said: “I hope the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, can appreciate the technical merits of the revised scheme and recognises the strength of positive feeling from our community towards the benefits that our proposals would deliver.

“We urge the Mayor to champion our cause and grant approval for the application which has already been approved by overwhelming crossparty support by the local Bromley Councillors.”

The new stadium would be able to house 1,300 fans, and there are also plans for three additional 11 a-side pitches, a 7 a-side pitch and two five a-side pitches which will be used by the club’s junior sides.

Sadiq Khan blocked a previous project to protect green belt land, but councillors said the latest plan was special enough to justify development.

Speaking after the decision last month, Councillor Peter Dean, chairman of development control committee. said: “There are very special circumstances which the committee was persuaded by, even though the site is classified as Green Belt.

“Cray Wanderers Football Club is the second oldest football club in the world and there is planning merit in the proposal, with much needed increased sporting provision for the community. The amount of affordable housing that will be generated is extremely positive too.”

The oldest football club in the world is Sheffield FC.

Almost 600 people wrote to Bromley Council in favour of the Flamingo Park project, and more than 1,000 letters were delivered to City Hall.

The Wands plan includes “more green belt openness”, an extra community pitch, and a reduction in the developed area of the site.