Nobody can accuse the owners of Dundee FC of lacking ambition when it comes to plans for their proposed new stadium.
Alongside the 15,000-seater stadium itself, Tim Keyes and John Nelms also want to build a crematorium, a 100-room hotel, housing, commercial units, training pitches on land they do not own, a club museum, club shop, gym, creche, an extension to Dundee Ice Arena and a 200-foot statue of Jocky Scott.
Okay, that last one may not be on the plans – yet – but the Dark Blues’ owners clearly see the developments around any new stadium as crucial to the project.
Adding additional revenue streams will be vital for the club. It is unrealistic to expect a stadium used one a fortnight to be financially viable.
But there is no guarantee any of the club’s ambitious plans will come to fruition.
At this stage they have merely submitted a notice of their intention to submit a full planing application to Dundee City Council which, owns the land necessary for the proposed training pitches.
No deal has been struck for the sale of that land.
There is no doubt the club needs a new stadium but the scale of the proposed development will mean councillors will need to consider the plans carefully before making any decision on whether to grant the green light or not.
Not all planning decisions fall to elected members, however.
There has been much public anger over officers’ decisions to reject plans for two centres in industrial units.
Trampoline company Ryze wanted to spend £2 million creating a centre in Claverhouse Industrial Estate while Salto Gymnastics Club wanted to create a new gymnasium in a vacant unit at Dryburgh Industrial Estate.
Both proposals were rejected by officers, primarily because both sites have been designated as being for industrial use.
While it seems that bringing these units back into use should be a no-brainer, the issue is not as simple as it seems.
Dundee is a city that is crying out for jobs and the council would be pilloried if businesses had to look elsewhere to invest because there were no suitable premises available.
Whether that is enough to assuage those whose applications have been rejected – particularly when councillors approved plans for a new Lidl supermarket on land reserved for industrial use at Kingsway East – is another matter entirely.
