Councillor Molyneux has tipped us off about some upcoming pre-planning public consultation by the developer Westpoint Homes. So if you want to see what Westpoint are planning, and wish to comment, get yourself along to one of the events.
In line with The Town and Country Planning (Pre-Application Consultation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021, two statutory consultations will take place in relation to this project, both at Thornwood Hall, in The Point, the Queens Park Baptist Church community centre at 180 Queens Drive.
- Wednesday 4th December, 2-7pm
- Wednesday 5th February, 2-7pm
Feedback forms will be available at the first in-person event which can be completed and submitted to the project team until 25th December 2024.
The above consultation events will be advertised in the Glasgow Times a minimum of 7 days prior to each event taking place. Notified parties will receive correspondence confirming these details in advance.
Further information on the proposals is available from Iceni Projects via the below:
0141 473 7338
201 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LW
titwoodroad@iceniprojects.com
Update
The display boards from the first consultation are available to download (pdf).
Following feedback the plans will be developed further prior to the next meeting in February.
Is this the former nursing home in Titwood Road? If so,maybe the Strathbungo Society will renew their efforts to get a pathway established on the edger of the property to link Strathbungo (at Carswell Gardens) to the railway station.
Yes. The details of the path proposal are here. https://bungoblog.com/new-path/
I for one will be raising it. The more the merrier.
Really hope they plan on keeping at least some of the trees and greenery as it’s such an important wildlife corridor (and also important for local human residents too!)
I completely agree. Every time I pass I think how beautiful the plants are and how much wildlife must be living in there
Hi! I’m a member of Queens Park Baptist; you indicated that the above consultation will take place in our Balvicar Street building but its actually in our building at The Point in Queens Drive, where the Thornwood Hall is – please see the atttached https://www.qpbc.org/the-point/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGh1FhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHR3xulk39GeFec89-JbxCEvGoXiJsvde-Rkn1fPYLZhL2FhrG-I0Je6wrQ_aem_wQWl0ynuk3vEFDYzN-3zWA
Thanks! Corrected.
This is tomorrow, 4th Dec
I am pleased to see a development come forward for this long derelict site.
There is very little information about what they actually proposed, simply saying they want to build ’60 to 70 high end flats’ – presumably with no affordable housing as a propertion as seems to be allowed by Glasgow City Council, and there are 3 blocks shown plus a large surface car park.
My thoughts are (and will be sending them in)
1. The site is next to a train station, why the need for much of the area to covered by a surface car park? If they feel these are needed and supported by policy the parking should be underground or at the very least in a different location. If the apartments are high end surely having a central green space at the rear of the apartments will be more attractive and value adding than residents looking out over car parking?
2. There is a major opportunity to add a publicly accessible walking route from Moray Place along the railway to increase access for residents of the wider area to Crossmyloof station. The developer is unlikely to suppport this but many local people and the Strathnungo Society support such a measure and will be advocating for it.
3. What are the proposed environmental and building efficiency measures proposed? There is an opportunity to target a zero-carbon/ Passivhaus level development on this key site.
4. Are any wider community benefits provided, if not why not? A hireable community space would be a great addition, and they could investigate if a food/ convenience retail offer would be viable.
5. From the developer’s previous examples shown, there appears to be a focus on high quality design and materiality. It would be good to see such an approach taken here, potentially using sandstone of a red/ blonde hue to integrate into the surrounding context.
In conclusion I support the use of this site for high quality, high density residential development but hope the developer will consider the points above and aspire to create something of real quality and value here.
Thanks for your thoughts. They should have more detail at the next meeting in February, though this is still pre-planning.
They were not averse to the path and the Society is trying to engage with them further on this. The problems are more likely to be related to how it connects to Moray Place.
We aren’t sure what the council’s view on car parking is.