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Stadium plans recommended for approval

Plans for a new football stadium, pitches and community facilities in Aberdeen are to be considered by councillors this week.

Cove Rangers Football Club and Aberdeen Football Club have submitted the plans for a football stadium with club facilities, pitch and terracing, an indoor sports and community facility and outdoor football facilities including a floodlit all-weather pitch, at Calder Park.

The plans have been recommended for approval and will be considered by the city council’s Development Management Sub-committee when it meets on Thursday [12 January].

The proposed pitch and stadium would be built on the northern part of the site and occupied by Cove Rangers FC. The football ground would have capacity of approximately 1,500 and the stadium, to the west of the pitch, would have seating for 490 people.

The indoor sports, fitness and community facility would include an indoor football arena, sports hall, gymnasium, two fitness suites, changing rooms, meeting room, café and offices.

Six outdoor football pitches are also proposed, covering the southern part of the site. This would include three full-sized grass pitches.

In her report to the committee, head of Planning and Sustainable Development Dr Margaret Bochel states: “The proposed development would provide a major sports and community facility in the city that would have significant social and sports benefits for the whole of Aberdeen.

“Although the landscape character of the immediate area would be substantially changed, there would be no significant impact on the wider landscape setting of the city or character of the green belt.”

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