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WEST End Congregation Plan To Demolish Building

A GLASGOW church wants to knock down its building -- that's nearly 140 years old -- and build a new one. Partick Methodist Church in Dumbarton Road opened in 1881, but does not have listed status. A document submitted to the City Council on behalf of the congregation...

NEW Church Building Opens As Part Of Sighthill Transformation

A NEW £2.5 million 'community hub church' at the heart of the biggest regeneration project in Scotland has officially opened. St Rollox Church is a flexible and versatile, multi-purpose space that symbolises the “rebirth” of Sighthill in Glasgow. The district in the...

NEW Homes In Shettleston Are An Eco-First For Glasgow

THE completion of Glasgow's first Passivhaus high efficiency energy development for social rent has been celebrated with an opening ceremony hosted by Shettleston Housing Association. Nineteen new homes for older people have been provided in the innovative project...

EMPTY Glasgow Bar Could Be Born Again As A Church

A CHURCH wants to turn a vacant north Glasgow pub into a place of worship. Glasgow city planners are being asked to approve a change-of-use application by New Mercy Church for the Ashfield Bar premises in Hawthorn Street. The building is next to Ashfield Stadium, home...

NEW Flats Plan For Derelict Site Next To A-Listed Calton Church

REVISED plans have been submitted for a residential development on vacant land around a historic Calton church. Forty flats are being proposed for the site bounded by Abercromby Street, Forbes Street and Orr Street. The one and two-bedroom properties would be built on...

CHURCH Can Use Vacant Office As Venue

A CHURCH has been given permission to use an empty office building as a meeting place. Glasgow City planners have granted the application by Crookston Baptist which wants to use premises at Kelhead Path as a venue. Officials stated: "The proposed use is considered to...

NEW Vision For Historic Hillhead Church Includes 30 Apartments

REVISED plans have been drawn up for the redevelopment of a category B-listed Glasgow West End church. The proposal is to extend Hillhead Baptist Church and convert it into 30 flats with church/community facilities underneath. The historic facades of the premises on...

PLANNERS Asked To Approve Church Use For Vacant Office

A CHURCH has applied to use an empty office building as a meeting place. Crookston Baptist want to use premises at Kelhead Path as a venue. The two-storey building was built in 2008 for South West Housing Association. The application is pending consideration by...

FLATS Plan For Derelict Site Next To A-Listed Calton Church

A RESIDENTIAL development is being proposed for vacant land around a historic Calton church. Glasgow planning department is being asked to approve 40 two-bedroom flats on Abercromby Street and Forbes Street. The properties would be built on land beside and to the rear...

EMPTY North Glasgow Industrial Unit Can Be New Home For Church

CONTEMPORARY Glasgow church C7 has been given permission to set up a permanent base at a large warehouse in the city’s Canal Quarter. City planners approved the congregation's application to use an empty industrial unit near High Craighall Road, across from Speirs...

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