Plans to build 180 homes in Ferguslie Park refused over school capacity concerns
dailyrecord.co.ukPlans for 180 homes on an "eyesore" site in Ferguslie Park have been refused by Renfrewshire Council over capacity concerns at two schools.
AS Homes proposed the development – which it claimed would have provided a £40 million investment in new housing – for land near Junction 29 at St James Interchange.
However, the blueprint for a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom houses failed to land the green light at the planning and climate change policy board on Tuesday.Despite this, Councillor Alison Ann-Dowling, a Labour representative for Houston, Crosslee and Linwood, acknowledged the plot was in "sore need of development".
She added: "Anyone who knows where that site sits, it's another site that has been an absolute eyesore for many, many years.
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