Plans to build “new tenements” with over 130 flats and six shops in Finnieston have been approved despite almost 300 objections.
AR Ltd, part of Scottish development and investment firm Ambassador Group, has secured permission to build on a Lidl car park.
Despite this planning officials recommended the scheme could go ahead and, after a site visit, councillors decided to approve the application. The developers will have to pay just over £97,500 to the council to compensate for the lack of open space provided. Bailie Christy Mearns, who represents the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward, which includes Finnieston, said: “Despite the changes, the proposal still significantly dominates the area and surrounding listed buildings, which does significantly affect the character of the St Vincent conservation area.
Two objectors, Sadie Hale and Caroline Smart, voiced their concerns at the planning hearing. Ms Smart said: “What we aren’t happy with is the height, if they replicated the height of the previous tenement and the corner was much more sympathetic, and of the same height to the entrance gateway to the conservation area, that would be fine.”
“Glasgow needs more homes and more people,” he said. “Development which repairs the urban fabric, respects its setting, provides new tenements in the 21st century as the city recovers and transitions towards a net-zero future should be welcomed.”
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