C-listed former Glasgow City Sawmills office appeal dismissed despite flat plans

The owner. who has plans to demolish the building, wanted to overturn Historic Environment Scotland's decision to give it listed status.

The owner of a former City Sawmills office building — who wants to build flats on the site — has lost an appeal against its listed status.

READ MORE: Tesco worker 'banned' from having a camera phone after upskirting Lanarkshire shoppers at checkout Lorna McCallum, a reporter appointed by the Scottish Ministers, dismissed the appeal as she was “satisfied” the building “meets one or more of the criteria of special architectural or historic interest”.

“To allow such a building to hold the title of ‘listed’ would undermine the credibility of HES and would jeopardise the importance of truly historic buildings in Scotland,” the appeal added. She said there have “some alterations and subdivisions” to the interior but the “original floor plan and form of the building remain legible”, and they “do not detract from the overall architectural interest”.

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