A BID to knock down two warehouses in Clarkston and build five homes has been rejected by council planners.

The application, for planning permission in principle, asked East Renfrewshire Council to approve the redevelopment of land at Stamperland Crescent.

Scott Langlands, the applicant, wanted to develop a site currently occupied by his company’s warehouses — weighing equipment firm, D Brash & Son Ltd.

However, planning officials refused the application as they concluded the applicant had “failed to provide requested information on biodiversity, noise impact and ground conditions”.

He had also “failed to agree to the provision of affordable housing contributions and developer contributions”, officials ruled.

Details submitted with the application showed a “terrace of five, three-storey townhouse-type dwellings on the site with an open frontage onto Stamperland Hill”.

However, council documents stated these were “indicative only” and “not therefore assessed as part of the proposal”.

“Whilst not assessed formally at this stage, it is worth noting that the indicative site layout would be unlikely to comply with the terms of the development plan,” they added.

“The erection of five dwellings on the site would likely lead to over-development and the open frontage driveways onto Stamperland Hill would likely be considered to be out of character with the more traditional front gardens and individual driveways that generally characterise the dwellings opposite.”

Nine objections were received by the council, with concerns over “insufficient information”, the impact on the character of the area and “inappropriate” building height.

Other issues raised included the impact on traffic and parking and “inadequate” space for the development.

Officials said there were “no material considerations that indicate the application should not be refused”.