As so many have said, SB in its current format is not well configured.
In my view, the South Park Stand was a particularly badly thought-out and delivered project because surely it would not have been difficult to add twice the number of rows when it was built, thus making c. 1200 seats and a comfortably big enough space for away fans. However, despite the views of Graemetheexile (and granted I have no expert knowledge on building works), I don't see how it is feasible for capacity in that stand to be increased without it being knocked down.
From a completely layman's view, I'd have thought a two-stage project on the St Andrews side of the ground was the only feasible and remotely cost-effective way to increase capacity; and if managed correctly, should mean that we lost next to none of the current capacity while the work was ongoing.
Stage 1: Build an extension in the SW/St Andrew's corner, perhaps with some extra corporate facilities at the top of the stand, thus increasing capacity by around 1500?
Stage 2: Knock down the bike shed and build a bigger stand that joins up with the corner of the South Park Stand, thus making a permanent home for the away fans. If the new construction could hold around 600 fans, we should then reach the 10% requirement for away tickets. On the occasions that we play teams who bring well below the 1200 available, we could use the new stand, or part of the South Park for home fans (as we do now with the Stacey West).
I would have thought two stages would be necessary given the issues caused with access on matchdays. For example, would the current Selenity turnstiles be able to be used when building work was ongoing? Perhaps during Stage 1, the bike shed or South Park turnstiles would have to be used to combat this?
There is also the issue of the security pod on top of the bike shed - which I believe holds all our CCTV monitoring equipment. If it was possible to shift that into one of the far end corporate boxes in the South Park Stand while building work was going on (or maybe even permanently given there could be scope for increased corporate hospitality in the Stage 1 Selenity extension), that problem could also be relatively easily overcome.
Over to you Clive & Co.