Flats plans submitted for derelict Dundee city centre site

An application has been lodged to convert a former warehouse in Dundee city centre site into three retail units and 28 flats.The proposals tabled with Dundee City Council by Brechin-based architects A B Roger and Young feature artist’s impressions of a six-storey corner building in Trades Lane between the former HSS tool hire store and the old DP&L building in South Marketgait.The company’s design statement proposes combining three ground floor retail units with 28 flats “featuring high quality open plan living on the six floors above”.Floors one to five would incorporate 25 two and three-bedroom flats, with a further three penthouse flats on the sixth floor, each with three bedrooms.Private parking will also be provided for 11 cars.The other end of Trades Lane, directly opposite the Seagate bus station, is currently closed as work to build a seven-storey building with a further 28 two-bedroom flats and ground floor commercial units is carried out.Alison Henderson, chief executive of Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce, said the building would be a welcome addition to the regeneration of the city centre.