A BID to revamp and reopen Govan’s ‘super cinema’ – the Lyceum – has been rejected by the council.

Plans to renovate the listed 1930s building on Govan Road were submitted to Glasgow City Council last year.

They requested permission to use the premises as a cinema, concert hall and restaurant.

But city planners have turned down the application, ruling the revamp would “detrimentally impact” the B-listed building.

The cinema, which is on the Buildings at Risk register, hasn’t screened films since 1981. It was converted into a bingo hall, which shut down in 2006.

Mohammad Choudry, of Versatyle Ltd, submitted the plans, which stated the cinema would have been able to take up to 495 people per film.

He had hoped to open the venue until midnight on weekdays and until 1am at the weekend.

A restaurant would have seated 90 guests while a café would have catered for around 30 customers.

The proposed concert hall – for events such as gigs, functions, conferences and bingo nights – could have hosted between 800 and 1400 people, Mr Choudry’s plans claimed.

Reasons for refusing the application included a “potentially significant increase in noise and disturbance” and a lack of suitable servicing plans for the proposed concert use, which could have taken place at anti-social hours.

Planned alterations to the main entrance, including removing the original entrance gates, were “inappropriate”, planners decided.

And adding roller shutters would “significantly detract from the appearance of the building and the local streetscene”.

In 2019, the council had been told the private owner planned to reopen part of the property as a cinema.

But a report to councillors stated there was concern among the community that the work wouldn’t go ahead based “on previous track record”.

Alternative proposals were being explored by Govan Housing Association, it added.

The Lyceum originally opened in December 1938 and seated 2600 people. It was built on the site of the 1899 Lyceum Theatre, which had burned down.

In 1974, the auditorium was split, with bingo in the stalls and a 480-seat cinema on the balcony.