Drone footage gives fresh perspective on site for proposed new Dons stadium

Aberdeen Football Club have lodged plans for a new £50million stadium on a site at Kingsford, between Kingswells and Westhill.

The detailed planning application is for a 20,000-seater stadium, football academy with outdoor pitches and pavilion.

The project has already met objections – with the No Kingsford Stadium group arguing that the site is the only piece of greenbelt land between Westhill and Kingswells north of the A944, and was not designated for development in the local plan.

But Dons boss George Yule has argued the Kingsford area was no longer rural – and said that it was the perfect space for a 21st-century stadium.

We’ve seen artist impressions of what the new facility could look like – now this drone footage gives you a fresh perspective on the site itself.