The club wants to add 6,000 seats. Neighbours worry about traffic.
Plans to add 6,000 seats to Rovers’ Quayside ground have divided residents, with more than 400 people attending a public meeting on Thursday.
The club says the extra seats would pay for its youth academy and bring visitors to local businesses on match days. Neighbours fear more traffic and parking on their streets.
The club has promised park-and-ride buses from the ring road and a ban on match-day parking in nearby streets. A planning decision is expected in the autumn.
Councillors voted 27 to 22 in favour after a six-hour debate, ending two years of argument over the future of the waterfront.
Thousands of supporters gathered on the quay to welcome the team home.
Two new cranes have cut the time a ship spends at the quay by almost a third.
All council-run buses would be free on Saturdays and Sundays, to bring shoppers back to the city centre.
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