A planning application for a block of eight flats has been granted subject to conditions.

The proposal to build a three-and-a-half storey residential development on a gap site between flats at 123 Neilston Road in Paisley was put forward in March.

A decision was finally issued on the plans at the end of last month.

According to the plans, the flats at ground, first and second floor level will each contain two bedrooms and the two top floor properties will be single-bed attic flats.

There will be a shared garden area to the rear, along with cycle parking and a refuse store.

A supporting statement submitted by Allison Architecture on behalf of the applicant, Day & Co Estates, said: “The site is bounded by a newer residential development and its associated car parking to the north, a car repair yard to the East, a 1924 tenement block with garden to the south and Neilston Road to the west.

“The site is currently overgrown and inaccessible with high fences all around it.

“There are two large billboards attached to the road facing fence.”

One letter of representation was received from a neighbouring resident within a ground floor flat adjoining the site to the south.

While they said they neither supported nor objected to the application, they raised concerns and asked for some points to be clarified.

Among the concerns raised was that the proposed building would block natural sunlight.

Another concern raised related to construction noise and the time the development may take to complete.

In their report of handling, the planning department described the plan as a “good quality residential development” which, if constructed, “should add positively to the character of the surrounding built environment, while also responding to housing needs in the area.”

“The development is complementary and compatible with the surrounding area and raises no significant adverse impacts on neighbouring land uses,” they added.

Ten conditions were attached to the decision to grant approval.

Among these were conditions put in place in the “interests of visual amenity”.

Indeed, before development starts, full details and/or samples of all external finishing materials for the building, paths and other hard surfacing must be approved by the planning authority.

These then must be used in construction.