A bid to build a block of flats on a former police station site in Lambhill has been turned down by council planners.

Officials listed a series of reasons why a proposal to provide 12 flats on empty land at Balmore Road was rejected, including an objection from the Coal Authority.

They said the UK Government body had reported the site “lies in an area where historic unrecorded coal mining is likely to have taken place at shallow depth”.

The objection added broken ground “associated with such workings can pose a risk of ground instability and may give rise to the emission of mine gases”.

Despite this, the applicant, Mohammad Dilshad Star, hadn’t provided a coal mining risk assessment. Officials said the study must be submitted within any future application for the site.

A report added had the council’s assessment of the scheme been “more favourable”, the assessment could have been requested from the applicant.

But, as it was “so significantly contrary” to council policies, the Coal Authority’s objection was “a further reason for refusal”.

They also refused to grant permission as the developer had proposed no communal amenity space and the proposal was considered to be “overdevelopment of the site”, which is near St Agnes’ Catholic Church.

The report on the case stated the applicant wanted to build a four-storey block with four one-bedroom and eight two-bedroom flats on the site, which previously accommodated a police station.

Parking spaces for 15 vehicles were planned but no cycle parking was included. Officials said policy requires cycle spaces for all the flats and for visitors.

They concluded: “The proposed development would be an incongruous addition to a prominent main road site and would not reflect the architectural styles of the local area.”

As well as failing to provide a coal mining assessment, no flood risk assessment had been submitted, which planners said “means the proposal has not been adequately screened for flood risk, or taken into account climate change”.