PLANS to turn a historic north Glasgow building into student accommodation have been submitted for council approval.

The proposals involve the A-listed former North British Locomotive Company offices, Springburn.

The building in Flemington Street, which dates from 1908, later became a college and was sold for use as a business centre in 2006.

A 410-bedroom complex would be created using the original building plus a new four-storey, 88-bedrooom annexe. There would be amenities including a gym, cinema and games rooms, and garden areas.

A statement submitted with the planning application explains: “The proposal is to refurbish and extend the existing main block.

“The alterations to the existing building are limited to internal lightweight partitioning, new services, formation of new doorways to a proportion of the existing cellular offices to the north block, replacement of later steel framed windows, overhaul of existing timber windows to the north facade, and installation of solar panels to the existing roofs.”

The annexe would adjoin the west gable, on a site that was previously occupied by tenement housing.

The application is pending assessment by city planners.

Earlier this year, the building’s owner applied to demolish large parts of it but later withdrew the proposals in favour of developing a student accommodation concept.

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