Category: Planning (Page 5 of 6)

The owners of Sammy Dows (Spirit Pub Company) have lodged a Full Planning Application with Glasgow City Council for “Internal and external alterations including frontage alterations, installation of canopies and formation of rear access deck (associated with external seating area for public house)“.  The first time adjoining neighbours – only 67-57  Nithsdale Road, 1-6 Moray Place and 38-42 Regent Park Square – heard of this was on Saturday 18 May 2013, when they received a Neighbour Notification Notice. It appears that comments are required to be filed by Thursday 24 May 2013. 

The application, is here – with drawings and key dates etc.:

https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?previousCaseType=Application&previousKeyVal=MIKK52EX0FZ00&activeTab=summary&previousCaseNumber=13%2F00358%2FDC&keyVal=MI64M8EXW4000

That this is the first time that near-neighbours have been made aware of an application that was first recived by the Council on 14 February 2013, validated the following month and then (quietly?) advertised on 3 May 2013,  perhaps shows the way the applicant wishes to play this: strictly by-the-book without any local pre-consultation.

Hopefully, it will be discussed this evening at the monthly meeting of the Strathbungo Society.

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The eagle-eyed among you will have spotted that the free cash machine in the shop window on the corner of Pollokshaws Rd and Nithsdale Rd (obscured by the bus stop and pollution monitor – both installed without planning consideration) has been removed and replaced with a picture of a cash machine!

This is due to enforcement of planning regulations, however there is a free cash machine inside the shop which can be accessed during opening hours and the shop owner plans to work with the planning department and apply afresh for planning consent, so Strathbungo can once again have 24-hr access to cash.

The nearest alternative free cash machines are at Maxwell’s on Nithsdale Rd, the BP Garage and the Sainsbury’s Local shops. We’ll keep you posted of developments as the Society is well aware how well-used the machine was and how difficult it is for some residents to make a one-mile round trip just to get hold of their own money!

If you wish to comment on this planning application and did not receive a neighbour notification from the Council, you must do so by tomorrow – Friday 19th October. You can send your comments by email.

Read more about the application and how to comment (plus a lively debate about the application in the comments section) on the blog post further down the page: https://bungoblog.com/general/backpackers-hostel-on-marywood-square/

The issue has also been added to the agenda for the AGM on Tuesday. Residents who received a notification letter have until Tuesday 30th October to comment.

A backpackers’ hostel in Hillhead

A planning application has recently been submitted to convert “offices” (the former dance school) at the ground and basement level of 23 Marywood Square into a hostel with 24 beds.

Full details can be found here: https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=externalDocuments&keyVal=M996V3EX0FZ00

The Society has in the past objected to sub-division of properties in the area and HMO licences as we feel these conflict with the Conservation Area appraisal. We also raised concerns over the running of the Queens Park Hotel. Once the Society has drafted a response I’ll post it on the blog (please see update below).

In the meantime, the planning application reference number is Ref. No: 12/01693/DC

If you wish to comment or object to the application, you might want to consider the impact on the conservation area, referring to the conservation area document, which is available online (PDF), amenities such as bins and car parking, the current city plan and its design guides for listed buildings and those in conservation areas which you can find here.

You can send a comment or objection via email to planning.representations@drs.glasgow.gov.uk or by post to Development and Regeneration Services, Development Control, 231 George St, Glasgow G1 1RX. The case officer is D Drummond. The comments and objections of neighbours will always count for more than those of a single organisation.

The deadline for neighbour comments is 30th October, so I suspect this subject will also be discussed at the Strathbungo Society AGM on Tuesday 23rd October, 7-9pm, Queens Park Church, 170 Queens Drive.

Update: If you wish to object, you can download and use this document as a starting point. It outlines the main grounds for objection and is based on the objection letter the Society has submitted: 23_Marywood_Objection_Letter

There is strength in numbers on issues like these. The Society has already been in touch with elected representatives and the community council to seek their support and has objected to the plans as an organisation but neighbour objections do carry great weight.

A planning application has been submitted for the former Global Video site on the corner of Pollokshaws Road and Titwood Road but this time it actually looks pretty good.

In the past the Society has objected to numerous development plans which mainly involved building high-rise blocks of flats on the site.

The new plans keep the exterior and height of the building fairly unchanged and, as the building has been empty for some time, it would be great to see a thriving business there. Have a look at the plans and let us know what you think.

Residents up the road in Pollokshields are preparing to march into planning battle for the fourth time over the same issue. What’s the campaign? A planning application to install a telephone mast and transmission disc on a building most Bungoans will see every day – the former church and current nursing home/nursery on the corner of Shields and Nithsdale Rd.

You can find out more on the history of George Rowan’s 1878 building here

With Doors Open Day around the corner and architectural heritage on everyone’s minds, the campaign are hoping to encourage people to join their fight by signing this letter: Church_Tower_Mast.

Currently the text for the Shawlands Town Centre Action Plan is at its final stages and a draft document should be published later in October alongside a series of events to discuss and shape the final document. As it’s almost impossible to live in Strathbungo and not use the amenities in Shawlands, the plans will affect all of us and many local residents will have been involved on some level with the consultation. So where has all that consulting gone?

The Council have been trying to build up an extremely detailed picture of the issues affecting the centre and to this end have commissioned various pieces of research: –

• An independent Shawlands Retail Study (completed December 2010)
• The Shawlands Customer Survey (available online and published by DRS in April 10)  http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E1341505-CD2D-47B9-9FA3-38FE42A8DB63/0/customersurveyreportapril2010.pdf
• Shawlands Town Centre Health Check – C ompleted by DRS in April 10
• Shawlands Business Survey – Completed March 2011

It has contributed resources to:-

• Setting up the Shawlands Business Association launched on 31 March 2011 (see Google – Shawlands Business Association+ Facebook)
• Developing the Shawlands School Gate Project as a catalyst for bringing Shawlands Academy , community, businesses and young learners together  see www.smarterplaces.org
• Securing new ‘café lighting for Skirving St’ (to be installed October)
• Supporting the MARL Arts Project at the Shed and Southside Festival
• Developing a vintage fair at The Shed (see below for the next event!)
• Developing the ‘One Small Thing’ Initiative with SBA  http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/features/editor-s-picks/community-bid-to-put-the-heart-back-into-shawlands-1.1114215

In addition, the Council:-

• Provided planning support for repainting of the Granary frontage last year
• Encouraged the owners of the Shawlands Arcade, AWG to introduce a Friday market and car park improvements.
• Supported the installation of CCTV Security Cameras within the town centre
• Proposed with GHA, a new, 900 home, family orientated urban village in Pollokshaws adjacent to Shawlands Town Centre , see http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/CustomerInvolvement/Corporate/YourOpinion/pollokshawslocaldevelomentstrategy.htm

The Draft Action Plan is very much about bringing people together, businesses working together to help build Shawlands as a destination, businesses working with customers to understand what they want and build loyalty.

It is about the Council, public sector partners, residents, customers and businesses working together to develop new ideas and reasons for people to visit Shawlands Town Centre. It is also about developing a programme for addressing a range of quite specific problems like crossing the road more easily, connecting to the park, improving the appearance and use of specific buildings and spaces.

It is about trying “Re-establishing Shawlands as, the Heart of the Southside”, by balancing the needs of place, people, businesses and sustainable living!

To find out more, the man to contact is:

David Dunlop

Senior Planner

Planning Neighbourhoods

DRS

Glasgow City Council

0141 287 6097

I’ve had a flurry of e-mails lately from the people behind developing the future of Glasgow in general and the Southside in particular. As you may know, development policy and planning decisions in Glasgow are currently guided by the Glasgow City Plan (City Plan 2). At the end of next year, this is due to be replaced by a new document entitled the ‘Local Development Plan’ for Glasgow.

The LDP will include:-

• A range of specific overarching policies about the future direction of the city
• Specific policies and guidelines for Glasgow’s Southside and Town Centres.

As part of the process, the Council have just published a Main Issues Report (MIR) and will be consulting on this till the 12^th December. Everyone is welcome to consider the MIR and provide the Council with their observations via the link below.

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Nearly ten years ago, the Strathbungo Society was awarded a grant from ENTRUST which was originally destined for revision of part of the back lanes.

The cost of relaying even a small part of the lanes in a conservation area proved prohibitive, and we were faced with either using the money or having to give it back. The criteria were stringent, and the two options of a piece of equipment for the Balvicar Street playpark, or donating to the Queens Park Arena project were voted on by you at Bungo in the Back Lanes and the AGM in October. Following this, we offered around £20000 to the Queens Park Arena, which will restore bandstand and seating to it’s former glory. The winning design is shown.

Planning has now been approved, and work should begin this year on the £230000 first phase of the project – and the Strathbungo Society is acknowledged alongside Glasgow City Council through the local area committees and the Scottish Government as a major contributor.

Find out more from the Queens Park Arena website: www.queensparkarenadesigncompetition.co.uk/