TWO applications for the future use of Mount Florida Bowling Club will be decided by planning chiefs next week – and both are recommended for approval.

Noah Management and Developments and the bowling club have asked Glasgow City Council for permission to build 40 flats on the Carmunnock Road site.

But Mount Florida Community Trust, which does not own the land, is opposed to that proposal and has submitted a bid to keep the closed club as a sports facility and garden.

Council officers say both applications comply with the relevant policies in the City Development Plan and are therefore both recommended for approval.

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“Each application must be assessed on its own merits to determine if it meets the Development Plan and if there are material considerations which outweigh the assessment,” a council report explains.

There were 163 letters of support for the trust’s plans, including from Cllr Anna Richardson, Cllr Archie Graham and Mount Florida Community Council.

Council leader Susan Aitken, who also represents the Langside ward, submitted a late representation.

“I feel the proposal will ensure preservation of green space and amenities in the area and will be beneficial for the ward,” she said.

However, 64 letters of objection to the trust’s proposal were also received by the council. Concerns include the viability of the project and a lack of demand for the sports proposed.

The application from Noah Managements and Developments and bowling club members had 608 objections and 121 letters of support.

Objections included the loss of green space, the scale of the development, impact on traffic and a lack of consultation. Those in support said there was an overprovision of bowling clubs in the area and a need for more housing.

Trust members want to retain the clubhouse, including the bar area for functions, and southern bowling green, adding ramp access to allow disabled bowls.

They also propose an all-weather tennis court, play/fitness area, community garden and to install 30 solar panels.

The developers want to build 40 flats across two, five-storey blocks, with 30 parking spaces and 10 garages.

They have proposed “publicly accessible open space” on the eastern half of the site.

The council report states detail of what this would involve would be influenced by public consultation should planning permission be granted.

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Sportscotland has said there is an “excess of bowls provision in the local area for the level of demand”, the report states.

Due to falling membership, bowling club members voted to close the club at the end of the 2019 season. They voted in March 2019 to dispose of the club’s grounds to Noah Management and Developments.

In June last year, the trust was formed “to retain the site for the benefit of the community”. It would need to secure ownership or lease of the site to deliver its proposals.

The council report states: “The viability of the proposal and whether they would be able to obtain ownership of the site or permission of the site owner to implement the works are not material planning considerations.”