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Search the Public Notice PortalA controversial plan to build student flats on a west end car park will go to a planning hearing.
Glasgow University wants to build 291 flats on a car park overlooking Lilybank Gardens.
Councillors on the planning committee met today to discuss the application, which officials had recommended for approval.
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The plan attracted 188 representations, including 182 objections and six in support.
Objectors highlighted issues like anti-social behaviour, impact on property values, loss of a car park, loss of trees, noise issues and litter.
At the council Planning Committee, the chair Ken Andrew, proposed it be moved to a hearing.
He said: “We have a request to continue this to a hearing” and invited councillors to respond.
Councillors of different parties agreed given the level of objections, the community should have an opportunity to respond.
The plan is for two large blocks of seven storeys after the University said there is a shortage of student accommodation in the area.
It was stated that the flats would amount to students being 4% of the immediate area, within a 400m radius of the site.
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The University also stated there is an unmet demand in the city for student accommodation, stating that, even with almost 21,000 PBSA beds and another 6,308 student flats in the pipeline, there is a shortage of thousands of flats.
The University stated: “On the basis of student demand, the proposed new development would satisfy part of the shortfall.”
The proposal will see the car park built on with the loss of 102 parking spaces.
It was noted that the University owns the car park and is under no obligation to retain it regardless of the outcome of the planning decision.
The planning officers had recommended the proposal be granted, stating it complies with the council's policies and objectives.
The report stated: “The application site is an unattractive brownfield car park site in the heart of the Glasgow West Conservation Area.
“The proposed development represents a significant opportunity to repair a portion of urban block that offers little to the local environment.
“The high quality design and materials will contribute positively to the surrounding Conservation Area.
“The proposed commercial units will contribute to the ongoing success of Ashton Lane and Great George Street Lane, which are popular leisure destinations. In doing so it will support the vitality of the local town centre.”
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