White Hart Lane give the Stratford stadium to West Ham United, but later withdrew. The club also pursued another option, namely the Northumberland Development Project (NDP). This involved a plan to build a new stadium, partly on the site of the existing White Hart Lane ground, and include include leisure facilities, shops, housing, a club museum, a public space and also a new base for the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. The NDP was announced on 30 October 2008 to develop on the current site and land to its north to construct a totally new 56,250-seat stadium. On 26 October 2009, the club submitted their
Birch Lane of the rugby ground, home to Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club. This predates the rugby ground and continues in existence to this day. The four acre field at Birch Lane which was to become the rugby and football ground was originally leased by the Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club. The plot, which adjoined the cricket ground, was taken on at the start of the 1886/87 season as a home for their counterpart rugby club. Bradford F.C., the city's senior association football team at the time, spent a season at Birch Lane in 1898/99, when it was banished from its home