The site at the junction of Perth Road and Ryehill Lane, which sits within the West End Lanes Conservation Area, has been hard landscaped to accommodate the falling topography from north to south across the site.

In its place, local practice Arktx wants to deliver five new residential apartments with a ground floor retail unit.

In a statement, Arktx wrote: “There are very few development opportunities along this important stretch of Perth Road. The current vacant site is dilapidated and an eyesore. The development provides an opportunity to provide a valuable mixed-use contemporary intervention into the existing townscape.

“The five new residential apartments above provide a rare opportunity to purchase a new-build environmentally sympathetic property in the heart of this much-sought-after community. Each has an external balcony and private space to enjoy.”