Plans to build homes on a derelict Dundee pub have been withdrawn because they were for too many properties.
Proposals to build flats and houses on the site of the former Jimmy Shand pub in Menzieshill were submitted to Dundee City Council last year.
Developers wanted to build four three-bedroom houses and a block of 12 two-bedroom apartments on the Dickson Avenue site but now say they are redrafting plans.
They say that although they still intend to build homes on the 2,159 square metre site, there will be fewer properties in the revised plans than had originally been envisaged.
A spokesperson for pub owners Punch Taverns said: “We are working closely with the Dundee City planning department and as such are keen to submit a planning application that will meet with the expectations of the planning department.
“We have therefore withdrawn our current planning application and a revised lower density development application will be submitted in due course”.
A warrant for the demolition of the pub, owned by Punch Taverns plc, was granted in July because it had been empty for more than seven years.
Despite a dearth of pubs in the area, Punch said there was no prospect of The Shand reopening.
The building has since fallen into disrepair and become a target for vandals and flytippers.
Despite numerous planning applications over the years none have so far come to fruition.
The building has been the subject of complaints from locals over the years who have called for the pub to be demolished as it has been repeatedly targeted by vandals.
In 2011, an application was submitted for the venue to be knocked down and two new units to be built but Dundee City Council refused that application.
The decision was appealed without success.
In 2012, the site was declared “at risk”, but the building has remained standing since.
