Site Sponsor Dom Sullivan Posted January 28, 2019 Site Sponsor Share Posted January 28, 2019 Where is the hearing taking place?Edinburgh. A nice day out for the Westhill Crumblies to use their free bus passes Link to comment
CityCentre Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Duncan Fraser can head straight from there to Stenhousemuir for the game tomorrow then. Link to comment
CityCentre Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 New Aberdeen FC stadium review to be held https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47033930 A judicial review into Aberdeen FC's plans for a new stadium is set to get under way.The £50m 20,000-seater development is proposed for Kingsford, near Westhill.Plans were put on hold in 2017 but the council approved them last January.The hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh is expected to last three days, with a judgement at a later date. The club believes the facilities are vital to its future, but objectors say they should be located elsewhere.Construction began in July last year.The review has been sought by The No Kingsford Stadium (NKS) protest group.NKS said the hearing would bring "independent and impartial scrutiny" to Aberdeen City Council's decision to grant planning permission for new stadium and facilities.The group said in a statement: "In reaching this important stage in proceedings, we have demonstrated that communities can challenge decisions which they believe are flawed."The Kingsford project director Raymond Edgar said: "The hearing is an unwelcome distraction which is costing the club and the council and therefore the tax payer, but we are hopeful of securing the right outcome." Link to comment
Chewie37 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Hey Raymond Edgar is REdgar.........how apt Link to comment
CityCentre Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Has anyone seen any updates from the appeal in Edinburgh? Link to comment
paddy Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Has anyone seen any updates from the appeal in Edinburgh? I will take pictures of it on my way to work tomorrow. Link to comment
RUL Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 There isn't going to be any updates as the judgement isn't due for 3 months. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 There isn't going to be any updates as the judgement isn't due for 3 months.Which the Dons will use nicely as reason for the stadium to slip a year. They still seem certain the training ground will be ready for next season though. Link to comment
CityCentre Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 There isn't going to be any updates as the judgement isn't due for 3 months. I meant from the three day court session currently taking place. Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Can't really imagine many people would bother going along to listen to that though really? Maybe P&J will have a reporter pop by but even then do they want to waste 3 days listening to a load of drivel? Link to comment
Mr John Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 The absolute horror of people going into shops.Is it ironic that someone with your username said this? Asking for Alanis Morrisette. 1 Link to comment
King Street Loon Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Aberdeen FC’s lawyer believes protesters fighting to block the Dons’ new stadium have come “nowhere close” to providing legal grounds for planning permission for the £50million facility to be revoked.Plans for the stadium and and training facilities at Kingsford were approved by Aberdeen City Council last year, but objectors have called the decision into question during a judicial review at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.Proceedings commenced on Tuesday with representations on behalf of protest group No Kingsford Stadium and the council.If the court finds in favour of No Kingsford Stadium, the planning permission granted last May could be deemed void and the future of the development cast into uncertainty.James Findlay QC yesterday spoke on behalf of Aberdeen Football Club, which has been listed as an “interested party” in the dispute between the protest group and the local authority.He argued that the objectors’ legal team failed establishing grounds upon which the court could overturn Aberdeen City Council’s decision to award planning permission.Mr Findlay said: “It would be a serious step to quash this permission, and it is our submission that the case put forward comes nowhere close to establishing grounds for that.”In hearings such as this one, it can typically take about three months for the Court of Session to render its verdict.But Mr Findlay yesterday took the “unusual” step of asking Lord Tyre to speed up the process, as construction of the ground is already under way and developers are eager to move onto the next phase.He said: “The club would like to know the outcome of this challenge as soon as possible.”Lord Tyre asked whether Mr Findlay was suggesting he “get on with it”.The judge added: “It is somewhat unusual to say ‘hurry up and get a judgement out’, but I should be able to deal with this without any particular delay.”The judicial review began on Tuesday and concluded yesterday, ahead of schedule.No Kingsford Stadium argued that the council’s planning department had breached its own guidelines so badly in recommending councillors rubber-stamp the proposal that the decision was unlawful.Ailsa Wilson QC represented the group and listed specific concerns regarding a supposed insufficient investigation into the possibility of siting the stadium elsewhere, transport problems and the use of land upon which development had been restricted.Aberdeen City Council’s legal representative, Ruth Crawford QC, yesterday argued that the authority did not disregard the local development plan, a framework engineered to shape projects and inform decisions on planning applications, when recommending elected members approve the scheme.She said: “It was decided that the public benefits of the stadium would outweigh the provisions of the development plan, it is incorrect to say the development plan was not taken into account or considered.“The development accorded with its general social and economic policies.” 3 Link to comment
Frank Grimes Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hope all the days off work and wasted hours were worth it yi joyless, frigid ‘hoors Link to comment
RUL Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Not sure telling the judge to get a move on will help matters. Link to comment
Tommy Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Not sure telling the judge to get a move on will help matters.It wouldn’t if you were up on a charge but his reputation would be in tatters if he spat the dummy and bombed it outbecause a QC asked for a quick decision. Link to comment
BWG Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 The QC is quite right. This entire thing is a huge waste of time and money. No need for it to go on any longer. Link to comment
RedForever Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 The QC is quite right. This entire thing is a huge waste of time and money. No need for it to go on any longer. I think the fact the judge said something along the lines of he doesn't see any thing that would delay his decision could point towards his agreement with you BWG Link to comment
Frank Grimes Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Fingers crossed I want to see tears, snotters and statements so hilarious they would make Jim Traynor blush Link to comment
redone Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 The Aberdeen Journals headline writers'll be having wet dreams aboot the judge's name Link to comment
CityCentre Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Going by the article in yesterday's Press & Journal there is pretty much no chance that this appeal will be successful. A complete waste of theirs and tax payer's money on a vanity trip. Hopefully the Judge can give his ruling sometime in February so there is no prolonged ambiguity over the project. Is this appeal as afr as the WANKS can take it? It is the highest Civil Court on Scotland I believe. Link to comment
CityCentre Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 The QC is quite right. This entire thing is a huge waste of time and money. No need for it to go on any longer. Agreed, as long as he was polite in his insistence then I agree wholeheartedly with him. Link to comment
slippers Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 As I’ve said previously! This case should only of been allowed if they signed a document that states they have to pay there due. Cases like this should never be aloud when they can fold the company and pay nothing. I want them rinsed of absolutely everything if this fails! 1 Link to comment
CityCentre Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 https://www.afc.co.uk/2019/01/31/dons-showcase-ambitious-stadium-plans/Article on the AFC site about the stadium. Link to comment
Chewie37 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 As I’ve said previously! This case should only of been allowed if they signed a document that states they have to pay there due. Cases like this should never be aloud when they can fold the company and pay nothing. I want them rinsed of absolutely everything if this fails!As mentioned before, AFC will be going out of their way to build bridges with these idiots, to keep a positive relationship with the local community, so they’ll want as minimal as possible comeback on them too. Link to comment
Dunty Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 As mentioned before, AFC will be going out of their way to build bridges with these idiots, to keep a positive relationship with the local community, so they’ll want as minimal as possible comeback on them too.The WANKS have already objected to the bridge. 1 Link to comment
Chewie37 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 The WANKS have already objected to the bridge.Haha, well maybe not nice with everyone Link to comment
CityCentre Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 My understanding is that the three day hearing finished yesterday, so just a waiting game now for the Judge's decision. Link to comment
paddy Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 My understanding is that the three day hearing finished yesterday, so just a waiting game now for the Judge's decision. I think it finished on Wednesday. Only 2 days were required. Its been a complete waste of time and money and the WANKS know this. Link to comment
CityCentre Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I think it finished on Wednesday. Only 2 days were required. Its been a complete waste of time and money and the WANKS know this. Yeah I read that on the EE site after I'd posted my comment above. Sounds like it's pretty done and dusted then. Link to comment
TheRock Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 We've not had any picture of the site for a while. Is it coming along? Not really that long until we're supposed to start actually using it Link to comment
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