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...
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DELAY For Glasgow’s Public Realm Avenues Project
WORK on the next Glasgow City Centre Avenue is not expected to begin for at least 12 months. A City Council report states that construction activity on making more streets people and bike friendly is likely to start in late 2020. The first Avenue, completed this...
CANDLERIGGS Quarter Designs Revealed As Development Attracts 500-Bed ‘Hybrid’ Hotel
PIONEERING hybrid hotel brand The Student Hotel has signed up to open a 500-bed complex at the massive Candleriggs Quarter development in Glasgow City Centre. It will be one of the company's first UK sites. The Student Hotel states that its mission is to "create...
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...
PLANS Submitted For Major Flats Development In Yoker
A DEVELOPMENT of 128 flats is being proposed for the site of a former Scottish Power depot in Yoker. A planning application for land at Hawick Street at Dumbarton Road has been submitted to Glasgow City planners by CCG (Scotland) Ltd, working with a social landlord...
EAST End Development Would Provide Nearly 50 “Desperately Needed” Family Homes
PLANS for 48 houses at a site in Dalmarnock have been drawn up. Keepmoat Homes have applied for a development on vacant land at Carstairs Street, French Street, Webster Street and Swanston Street, as part of the Clyde Gateway regeneration programme. The grassed area...
AMBITIOUS Plan To Revitalise People’s Palace And Winter Gardens
GLASGOW property officials hope to apply for lottery funding to restore and 're-imagine' the People's Palace and Winter Gardens. An 'expression of interest' is to be submitted to the National Lottery Heritage Fund by 11 October for "a significant level of funding" for...
NEW West End ‘Foodie Focal Point’ Proposed By Six By Nico Holdings
SIX By Nico Holdings Ltd have applied to open a restaurant at the former Peckham's deli in Glasgow's West End. Documents submitted to the planning department state the premises at 139 Hyndland Road would become a "casual, neighbourhood dining restaurant serving modern...
SCOTTISH Government Taking Extra Glasgow Office Space For 1,000 Benefits Staff
THE Scottish Government is to take over the whole of a high-profile Glasgow office building as a base for 1,000 new staff. It wants to sub-let all of 220 High Street -- which is currently let to Glasgow City Council -- as a base for the new Social Security Scotland...
CONSULTATION Starting Over Future Of George Square
GLASWEGIANS are being invited to have a say in the future of one of the city's most familiar landmarks, George Square, from Friday. City-wide engagement will continue until 30 October with the council asking if it is time to change the 232-year-old iconic site....
