A BROUGHTY Ferry man has said he has been left in the dark about why a streetlight has appeared on the wall outside his window.

Mohammed Bhatti lives with is family in a flat above the Royal Bank of Scotland on Brook Street in Broughty Ferry, which is installing a disabled access ramp.

The bank fought for five years for permission to install the ramp after the council said it would make the pavement too narrow for pedestrians.

But it has now emerged that the real problem is above street level.

To install the ramp, contractors will have to remove a street lamp and a replacement has already been installed—on the wall of Mr Bhatti’s home.

Mr Bhatti said workmen arrived earlier this week to begin building the ramp but claims he was not told a light would be fixed to the wall of his property.”

The light has been fixed to the wall between Mr Bhatti’s kitchen and a bedroom where his elderly mother sleeps.

He said he believes that the light could have health implications during the summer.

“It will certainly attract insects and when you are cooking you won’t be able to even open the window because they will all get in,” he said.

“The light is also right next to my mother’s bedroom window so it could keep her awake.”

Mr Bhatti, who has lived above the bank for three years, said he should have been told about plans to attach the light to his home.

“They could easily have put the light lower down on the building—it doesn’t need to be so high,” he said.

A spokesman for RBS apologised for Mr Bhatti’s inconvenience but said the changes to street lighting would have been included in the planning application.

“In an attempt to improve access to disabled customers as quickly as possible and avoid unnecessary inconvenience to the public, the construction works started ahead of the planned programme,” he said.

A Dundee City Council spokeswoman said, “In cases like this it is the Royal Bank of Scotland’s appointed contractors who are responsible for contacting the homeowner to inform him about work to be carried out to the building.”