An empty shop unit in Trongate could be turned into a two-storey pizza restaurant.

Project Pizza have applied for permission to open a second restaurant in Glasgow's city centre - before their first has even opened.

The company have earmarked 174 Trongate - between McDonald's and Tesco - as their second location.

Plans reveal that the ground floor would have seating for 50 while upstairs would have space for a further 136 people.

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It would open to the public between 8am and midnight, seven days a week.

The restaurant would run over two floors with a bar and dessert counter with running 'chocolate taps'.

A statement by consultants Iceni, said: “The proposal will have a positive impact on the vitality and viability of this part of Trongate and the wider City Centre, and will see the reuse of a vacant unit.”

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Project Pizza was previously given permission to open a branch in an empty shop at the corner of Renfield Street, at Renfield Lane.