Urban Life Contracts Ltd wanted to join 4 West Regent Street and 76 Renfield Street at second floor level over Bath Lane.

The company believed the move would have been a “positive addition” to the area.

The applicants said the bridge would “alleviate the functional and practical problems faced by the users of both buildings”.

Glasgow City Council ruled the bridge, which would have spanned almost five metres, would have been detrimental.

“The proposed link bridge attempts to form a relationship between two architecturally unrelated and incompatible buildings, to the detriment of the visual amenity of the buildings themselves, Bath Lane and the wider central conservation area,” the authority’s decision stated.