Owners Landteam Northern (Dundee) Ltd., aim to replace the existing derelict leisure units with four new buildings for retail and restaurant use, and to improve the remainder of the site with better car and bicycle parking provision and landscaping works, together with better pedestrian access to the High Street.

Stronger links to the existing local bus and taxi services are also included in the proposals.

Glasgow company ADF Architecture & Design of Glasgow have designed the proposed redevelopment.

The Stack Leisure Park was developed in the early 1990s and, with the exception of the Tesco food retail unit at the junction with the High Street, comprised seven units entirely for leisure use.

A spokesman for the architects said, “The original tenants were an Odeon Cinema multiplex, Gala Bingo, Megabowl indoor ten-pin bowling, Fatty Arbuckles restaurant, The Venue nightclub, Buzzz bar and Buster’s Restaurant.

“However, throughout its existence, the park suffered from low attendance levels and its scale and the facilities provided never matched the requirements of the local population.

“Newer leisure parks at Camperdown and Douglasfield, with more modern facilities, the Olympia leisure and sports complex, and riverfront and park-based leisure locations have brought increasing competition to The Stack.

“The result of this was the closure and relocation of the cornerstone Odeon Cinema to Douglasfield, and a cycle of ongoing decline which resulted in the closure of all but two of the original leisure facilities.

“It is hoped that by providing new retail outlets which complement the existing local centres, the Stack will reinforce and support the Lochee District Centre area as a whole, attracting shoppers who currently have to travel to the city centre and beyond.”

The application is currently under review by the Planning Department and, if approved, construction could start in early 2006.