This week, the Glasgow Times has reported on several developments which could go ahead in the city is proposals are accepted.
We’ve rounded up five planning stories published this week…
More than 300 student flats planned as locals want ‘development that will not fail’
More than 300 new student flats could be built on an empty Glasgow site after locals said they wanted to see a “development that will not fail”.
A planning application has been submitted for the project, on Meadow Road in Thornwood, which would bring a “long-neglected site” into reuse.
The development would aim to revitalise the area as well as “provide enhanced safety to the immediate public realm through passive surveillance of the street”.
Full story HERE.
Plan to demolish listed building to make way for UK-first hotel concept
A plan has been submitted to demolish a B-listed Glasgow building and replace it with a UK-first hotel concept.
A planning application has been submitted to pull down the structure at 90 and 96 Maxwell Street, near St Enoch Shopping Centre.
Documents state the sites are in “severely dilapidated physical condition and their repair or re-use is just not economically viable”.
Full story HERE.
Proposal for homes replaces youth homeless shelter plan
A plan to build homes next to a Glasgow community hall has replaced a previous proposal for a youth homeless shelter.
A planning application has been handed in by Queen Cross Housing Association to create a single block of flats on an “infill gap site” on Glenfarg Street, in Woodside.
This land is currently empty and sits beside Woodside Halls.
Full story HERE.
Former East End school to be converted to homes as funding agreed
Images show how an “eyesore” former Glasgow school building will be converted into more than 40 social homes.
Thenue Housing Association is planning to redevelop the B-listed Tureen Street school in Calton, which has been derelict for at least 18 years.
The project, which will include partial demolition and façade retention, has been boosted by almost £2m from a Scottish Government fund, which was accepted by Glasgow councillors today (Thursday).
Full story HERE.
Plan to demolish and extend church building in ‘poor state of repair’
A plan was submitted to demolish and rebuild a Glasgow church building, which is “in a poor state of repair”.
Cathcart Baptist Church has applied for permission to demolish its Jubilee Hall and replace it with a new, bigger complex.
This would include two halls, toilets, a circulation space and a kitchen.
Full story HERE.
