Revised plans for flats on the site of a former Inverness hostel have been submitted by Highland Council.
The local authority’s proposals for Huntly House were rejected by councillors earlier this year.
The site has been an eyesore on the riverside since the former Salvation Army building was demolished in November last year.
The council had proposed to build 19 flats and refurbish three adjacent Georgian houses.
But members of the south planning committee branded the flats plans “ugly” and voted 10 to five to reject them.
The previous plans for Huntly House showed a flat-roof three storey building – branded a carbuncle by one objector.
Now new proposals lodged with the local authority’s planning department show that the building will have a pitched roof, making it taller than the rejected plans.
The riverside property was purpose-built in the 1980s and provided emergency accommodation for 27 homeless people as a Salvation Army hostel. It was a hostel for 12 years, but was forced to close in 2007 due to local authority budget cuts.
The council put the relatively modern building on the market for £700,000 in August 2008 but failed to find a buyer. It had planned to use the proceeds to create a new centre for the homeless in Inverness.
Earlier this year the local authority started advertising for companies to tender for a £2.5million contract to build the mixed density housing units and refurbish the other properties.
It is expected that the contract will be awarded next month.