McCoist may have to pay schools to get permisson for housing plan

ALLY MCCOIST must pay education fees to local schools if his controversial housing scheme, opposed by hundreds of locals, gets the go-ahead.

- By Tom Bevan

The former Rangers striker wants to build 38 houses and flats on a site of vacant land on the western boundary of number 24 Thriplee Road in Bridge of Weir.

The application has been put forward by Erskine-based company James (Glasgow) Ltd, which lists the former Ibrox manager and Jeffrey East as company directors. But nearly 400 official objections have been lodged.

The application is under consideration by Renfrewshire Council.

Latest documents about the proposal outlined how McCoist, now 62 and a popular TV commentator and pundit, must pay contributions to education bosses if he can secure council approval.

The site is described in the documents as “effectively open countryside”, “some 2.4 hectares in size” and “bound by housing on three sides”.