ABERDEEN’S plans for a new stadium are to go back out to public consultation.
City council members were originally scheduled to vote on the Kingsford Stadium plans on October 11 but a decision was delayed at the request of the club.
Now additional information on the plans for a stadium at Westhill, seven miles west of the city, will come under renewed public scrutiny.
A council statement stated that a consultation on the new information would begin next week with a December 12 deadline for comments. A further pre-determination hearing will take place on January 17.
Raymond Edgar, project director for Kingsford, said: “We have worked with the council planning officers to provide further reassurance that the club’s approach to selecting Kingsford complies with legal requirements.
“In addition, we have undeniably demonstrated there are no other suitable, available and sequentially preferable sites within the city.”
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