THE site of the former Victoria Infirmary hospital has attracted a "good response" from potential developers, according to the health board.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has set a closing date of March 10 on the 9.5acre site in Battlefield.

It is being marketed by Savills on a "price on application" basis and contains 1 listed building, a former administrative block.

The health board has pledged to listen to the views of local residents and said potential developers would be required to outline their proposals for engaging with the community.

After the sale was announced in December a community action group was formed, asking residents to share their views about the future of the site.

Five groups formed the Victoria Forum and called for a full strategic plan for the "benfit of the local community."

The site was declared surplus to requirements by the board, following the closure of the old Victoria Infirmary and transfer of services to the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

David Loudon, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s (NHSGGC) Director of Facilities and Capital Planning, said: “The Board commenced marketing the site last October and have had a good response from the development industry.

“We now want to convert this interest into a firm sale and ensure this site is brought back into use for the local community sooner rather than later.”

“We are in complete agreement with the community that the worst possible outcome would be for this key site to lie vacant and derelict.

"Therefore, we have asked developers to come forward with high quality proposals that they believe can be implemented.

“These proposals will then be subject to detailed scrutiny to ensure we achieve the best possible outcome for the local community and the public purse.”

Glasgow University has aquired the12-acre Western Infirmary site as part of a10-year, £775 million project to tranform the campus.

Described as the largest project in its history since it moved from its city centre site to Gilmorehill in the 1870s, Glasgow University’s ambitious estate development strategy was approved in February.