Aberdeen stadium redevelopment plan aired

Image caption, Aberdeen FC wants to build homes at Pittodrie stadium

Proposals to demolish Pittodrie stadium and build a residential development are being aired at a public meeting in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Football Club is seeking planning permission to redevelop the site before putting it up for sale.

The club has already started the planning process for a new stadium beside Loirston Loch on the southern outskirts of the city.

A planning application is expected to be lodged within weeks.

The club is hoping to build a new stadium there, capable of holding about 21,000 people at a cost of up to 拢40m.

In the meantime it is pressing ahead with plans to redevelop its current home at Pittodrie.

The public is getting its chance to see the initial proposals for a residential development at a consultation meeting being held at the stadium's Millers Suite.

It is being organised by the architects Halliday Fraser Munro.