Plans 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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