The student flats have been approved for the B-listed former offices of commercial property firm DM Hall, which vacated the street four years ago.

Under the plans, three floors of the building will be redeveloped and design drawings show individual living areas, as well as a shared social space with room allocated for a pool table, the Press and Journal reports.

Located at Victoria House – between the Union Street junctions of Bon Accord and Dee streets – the flats will be above restaurants Amarone and Gidi Grill, as well as cosmetic treatment clinic Sk:n.

Plans submitted by City Living in March indicated that the first, second and third floors would be home to the flats. The plans were viewed by the council’s planning committee due to an objection from the City Centre Community Council, who rejected it due to “nuisances” by students, including late night noise.

The community council also argued that it “would make the existing zone leaning too much towards a student accommodation area”, which they said does not “provide compatibility of use with the family-residential area that is nearby”.

Other residents also objected to the plans due to noise and disruption issues, with neighbour Mhiara Mackenzie arguing that it will “ruin the area for residents”.