The proposed site at 176 Fulton Street would be redeveloped and comprise of five two-bedroom flats and one with one-bedroom.

The development would include car and bike parking, with private recreational green space for the use of the residents included in the development.

A design statement submitted by Detail Architecture reads: “The pub name commemorates the fact that a railway signal box once stood on this site. Although the pub was re-named as ‘The Second Step’ in the 1990s, its original incarnation was as a ‘themed railway bar’ called ‘The Signal Box’ when it was built in 1971 by the Tennent Caledonian Breweries.

“Although the 1970s design was certainly unusual, bold, and arguably striking for its time, the proportions were inconsistent/compromised and the execution poor, in light of which it would perhaps be fair today to say (and widely accepted), that the building is of little or no architectural merit.”

“We feel an opportunity exists to create a landmark building on this site, of genuine merit in contemporary architectural terms, which it would be a great pity to pass up through adopting a more timid and traditional approach.”