A DEVELOPER has responded to community concerns that new flats will compromise green space in an area of the city said to have the lowest quota.

In a revised plan Nixon Blue wants to build 36 flats on the site of the former Corunna Bowling Club in St Vincent Crescent.

Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community Council say the land is protected for public use in the Glasgow City Plan. 

Colin McIntyre, director of the firm, said the firm is investing £450,000 in a public park and says an offer to retain the clubhouse for community use was declined by locals.

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He said: “The land that was occupied by the former Corunna Bowling Club in St Vincent Crescent is largely identified as designated open space in the Glasgow City Plan although this open space has never been publicly accessible.

“Nixon Blue, as part of its proposed residential development, is proposing to invest heavily in a new, high quality publicly accessible City Park, which is not for the limited few but for all the local residents.

“This is to be paid for and funded by Nixon Blue and maintained by ourselves and residents of the new development moving forward and at no cost to the public or to the City Council.”