Demolition plans have been submitted for a 1930s art deco landmark building in Glasgow.

The old Sawmills offices on Bearsden Road, Temple, near the Forth and Clyde Canal, has been empty since 2004 and lack of maintenance has left it in such a state that it is considered beyond repair.

The striking building was briefly used as a bar and restaurant called The Canal in the late 1990s but has been vacant ever since.

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Partick Housing Association has an application to demolish the historic building and build two blocks of flats on the site with 46 homes in total.

It has been met with outrage that such a building could have been left to rot to the stage that demolition is seen as the only option.

A total of 42 objections have been received, mostly in relation to demolition of a listed building, including from Anniesland MSP Bill Kidd and the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland.

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The building was built in 1938 for Robinson Dunn’s mill, the Temple Saw Mills on Bearsden Road.

Once vacant, it was put on the Buildings at Risk Register in 2008 and a council report states:“We are not aware of any maintenance taking place since that time.”

The applicant argues “the building is incapable of repair” .

It states” damage to the brick walls including significant cracking and distortion on the south-west corner. No movement relief joints are present in the brickwork and the long-term lack of maintenance has left numerous cracks and bulges on the external walls, particularly on the southern and western elevations.”

The Planning application committee meets to consider the plan on Tuesday

The demolition bid has led to anger and calls for it to be rejected and the building saved.

Paul Sweeney, Glasgow Labour MSP, has urged people who want it retained to contact their local councillor.

He said: “If this is approved by councillors on Tuesday it'll be a travesty.

“The justification for demolition of this art deco building is ridiculous and defectively based on blatantly exaggerated reports commissioned by the developer to suit their desired outcome. It should be thrown out.”