Flats planned for Glasgow commercial site
Plans to build 42 flats and two shops have been submitted a Calton site currently occupied by a shop, a takeaway, the Wee Mans Bar and an old engineering workshop of butcher equipment suppliers MacNaughton & Watson.
About this development:
- Authority:Glasgow City
- Type:Residential
- Applications:
- Team:High Street Architects (architect)
The application concerns the land surrounded by the Graham Square apartment buildings on the Gallowgate.
The development would comprise of 28 one-bedroom flats and 14 two-bedroom flats around a central courtyard. Twelve undercroft car parking spaces would also be provided, ReGlasgow reports.
A document submitted with the application reads: “The design of the block was envisaged as a contemporary interpretation of the traditional four-story Glasgow tenement.
A previous application seeking to convert the workshop part of the site, which is accessed via a pend, into a 17-bedroom hotel and guest house was refused by Glasgow officials several years ago.