DEVELOPERS have lodged a planning application for a multi-million pound housing development at one of Glasgow most prestigious addresses.

A-listed Park Quadrant in the city's West End is considered one of the finest examples of town planning in Europe.

But the Charles Wilson designed Victorian development, overlooking Kelvingrove park, was never finished.

Glasgow City Council agreed to sell the sought-after land to Leeds-based Expresso Property for £6.3 million.

And yesterday the developer lodged a planning application for full permission to build 98 homes in the site.

The application is currently being verified by planning officers before it goes on display to the public who will then be invited to have their say.

The cost of the development, including the purchase of the land, is estimated to total around £35 million.

Exploratory work has already been carried out at the conservation site, involving the felling of trees in the undeveloped green space for ground testing work and the drilling of boreholes.

The residents of the Park and Woodlands Heritage Group (PWHG), are fighting the plans which include 11 three-bedroom, three-bathroom "luxurious" penthouse apartments with vaulted ceilings and large roof terraces to the south and also looking towards to park on the north.

The development also includes 11 duplex homes, also with three-bedrooms, three-bathrooms and with garden space.

All of the apartments have balcony space and residents have use of an underground carpark.

Nick Robinson, Co-Director of Expresso Property said: "This is undoubtedly one of the best addresses in Glasgow.

"One of the key concepts throughout the evolution of the design was to create a luxury, high-end product that forged a dynamic link between old and new.

"The design follows the original approach within the area, to celebrate the very best standards of living and their relationship to their park-land setting and the wonderful urban spaces of Park District."

Mr Robinson said that, if the plans are approved, the development will create 500 construction and supply jobs.

Expresso Property have developed the plans in partnership with Sir Robert McAlpine Enterprises, and working with architects Holmes Miller.

The undeveloped land was acquired by Glasgow City Council through a compulsory purchase order in 1981.

Plans to build 107 flats at the site collapsed in 2006 amid the financial crisis and a 2002 proposal was rejected following a public inquiry.