A developer plans to knock down a five-story building in Bath Street to create 208 student beds, including studios with sizes ranging from 13.8 to 18 square meters and amenity spaces. Concerns were raised about scale, repetitive design, and overconcentration of student housing, but two letters of support were also lodged.
Design of student housing for Bath Street . Image: McLaren Ltd And BIA Murray Ltd, Mason. A developer has been given the go-ahead to knock down five storey Berkley House in Bath Street in order to build the blocks housing 208 student beds.
The studios would range in size from 13.8 to 18 square metres with 1047 sqm of student amenity spaces. Plans include a gym, cinema room and karaoke room on the lower ground level while the ground floor would house a commercial business as well as a coffee bar, games area and social media room. Angus Millar. Concerns ranged from comments about the scale of the building being inappropriate to complaints about it following a repetitive design.
There was also the belief that there is already an overconcentration of student housing in the area. However two letters of support were also lodged pointing out the benefits of revitalising a brownfield site and bringing in more footfall. Planning applications committee chair Ken Andrew said he is happy to grant the bed at today’s meeting. Agreeing, councillor Hanif Raja said: “We need this sort of development and I think we should encourage people to come to Glasgow and invest.
This is an excellent opportunity for us to support these types of projects. ” Councillor Saqib Ahmed said building the flats would “free up other residential properties as we are going through the housing crisis. Pointing out the accommodation would sit in the “heart of the city centre”, he said: “The universities are within walking distance in both directions left and right and public transport is very close by.
Article continues below The planning applications committee approved the proposal from McLaren Ltd And BIA Murray Ltd this morning subject to conditions and a Section 75 agreement for a contribution of about £140,000.
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