A major Perth supermarket plan which was scrapped after a legal spat between rival retail giants has been resurrected.
Developers want to renew planning permission for a £40 million store at the old Perth Mart site.
Sainsbury’s had originally staked a claim in the development and said its shop would create more than 400 jobs.
But the chain pulled the plug on the project after a court case with one of its biggest rivals.
Tesco successfully appealed against Perth and Kinross Council’s decision to allow Sainsbury’s to begin work on the former Crieff Road mart before an upgrade of the A9/A85 junction.
Sainsbury’s ruled itself out as a contender for the revived project.
A spokeswoman said: “We’re not involved in this scheme and have no plans to develop a supermarket in Perth.”
The supermarket plan was originally lodged by Glasgow-based business consortium Perth City West LLP, but the company went into administration in September, 2014.
FRP Advisory, which has been appointed administrators, has now applied to the council to renew planning consent which was due to lapse this year.
The bid will be advertised next month and a consultation event is due to be held at McDiarmid Park days later.
Representatives of FRP Advisory also plan to meet local councillors and community councillors to discuss the project.
No one from the consortium was available to speak about the plans last night.
A spokeswoman told The Courier earlier this week: “We will be bringing the land to the market once again, once it is considered appropriate to do so.”
When the plans were approved, the council laid down a series of conditions to protect the “vitality and viability” of the city centre.
Perth City West was told its one-and-a-half acre selling floor would be made up of a minimum of 65% convenience items and a maximum of 35% of comparison goods, such as clothes, toys and household appliances.
The old mart, run by United Auctions, was closed down seven years ago when its operations were moved to Stirling.
Bosses said the move was necessary to protect the company’s long-term future.