HILLWOOD Community Trust have been given approval by Glasgow City planners for a sports pavilion and community space. The building will be on a site beside the pitches at 2 Priesthill Road in Greater Pollok, to the south of Silverburn shopping centre. The facility, to...
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EFFORTS To Boost City Centre Economy To Continue
PROGRESS achieved through Glasgow's City Centre Strategy over the past five years has been reported to councillors. The strategy was developed in response to the economic crash of 2008 and its legacy; changes in the retail and commercial office sectors; and the impact...
BLUEPRINT Drawn Up To Encourage City Centre Population Growth
GLASGOW City Council is to consult on a new City Centre Living Strategy which proposes how the area's population will double to 40,000 over the next 15 years. Glasgow lies behind Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham where the city centre populations have been growing...
PLANNERS To Decide If Vacant South Side Office Is Fit For Use As Gym
A PLAN has been submitted to turn empty offices on Glasgow's South Side into a fitness facility. The application involves two-storey premises at 47 Haggs Road, Shawlands, beside Pollok Park. The building was formerly the office for Dollar Rae Shopfitters, who have...
DEVELOPER Goes In At The Deep End For Flats At Old School Swimming Pool
A BLOCK of 39 flats is being proposed for the site of a former school swimming pool building in the Ibrox area. AS Homes Scotland want to develop land bounded by Clifford Street and Paisley Road West on North Gower Street. Documents submitted to Glasgow City planners...
FIRST Office Suites To Be Provided In £3.1Million Second Phase At Dalmarnock Purifier Studios
CLYDE Gateway is progressing the next stage of its project to turn the old gas purifier shed at Dalmarnock into business studios. The regeneration initiative is inviting bids from companies for the £3.1million second phase of work. Clyde Gateway has already invested...
COMMUNITY School Campus Ready To Open Its Doors At Sighthill
STAFF and pupils are due to move into the new Sighthill Community School Campus at the end of the month. An open day to allow the public to tour the facility takes place on Friday (15 November) 1 to 7pm (access via Fountainwell Drive). The Glasgow City Council complex...
APARTHOTEL Plan Would Mean Demolition Of City Centre Bar And Shops
A GLASGOW city centre pub, a disused bank plus shops could be knocked down to make way for a mixed-use development including a 12-storey aparthotel. A planning application for a 157-bedroom aparthotel, a pub and two other food and drink outlets at ground floor level...
‘PLAYFUL’ Early Years Centre Building For Buchanan Wharf Gets Thumbs-Up From Planners
DESIGNS for a 120-child early years centre as part of the massive mixed-use Buchanan Wharf development at Tradeston have been approved. Glasgow City planners have granted detailed consent for the two-storey pre-five facility which will be at the western edge of the...
CAFE Bid For Vacant West End Premises
PLANS have been submitted to turn another empty Hyndland retail unit into a food and drink outlet. A cafe/sandwich shop is being proposed for former dry-cleaning premises at 135 Hyndland Road. A drawing including with the planning application shows an indicative...
