Dennistoun residents interested in campaigning with Living Rent are advised of the meeting being held tomorrow night, Wednesday 10th February, from 6pm to 7:30pm.
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Dennistoun Community Council (DCC) generally welcomes many aspects of the proposed development at this site, and various elements of the submission are to be commended. However, there is a serious shortcoming. This development only includes one- and two-bedroom dwellings. Not one single flat has three or more bedrooms.
Succesful placemaking and urban planning of balanced and inclusive neighbourhoods, with a diverse mix of well-supported community facilities, should account for parents wishing to raise children. An appropriate supply of homes is critical in attracting and retaining families in an area that can grow and thrive sustainably. This development represents a significant opportunity to offer new opportunities for urban family living that would be missed if it is approved without provision for a suitable mix of households.
By way of comparison to this proposal, it is noted that initial New Gorbals regeneration developments included a significant proportion of family-sized homes: half of those properties included three or more bedrooms.
DCC identifies the following GCC policies as directly relevant to this matter:
– The Glasgow City Development Plan 2017 identifies a Strategic Outcome of “A thriving and sustainable place to live and work“. It states that “We want to achieve a City that is made up of sustainable, vibrant and distinctive places which are well-designed, accessible, safe, healthy and inclusive, and which provide for the City’s growing and diverse population.” CDP 1 (‘The Placemaking principle’) identifies the need to encourage “social cohesion” and “building diversity (lifelong living)” as part of “healthy urban planning control”. CDP 10 (‘Meeting Housing Needs’) states that “The focus of the Council’s approach is on ensuring that good quality places are created, with a mix of accommodation to suit different household types“.
– The Glasgow City Council Strategic Plan 2017 to 2022 makes a commitment to “Empower our citizens, giving them a stake, and a say, in what happens in their local communities and communities of interest“. It pledges to deliver “A Thriving Economy, A Vibrant City, A Sustainable and Low Carbon City, Resilient and Empowered Neighbourhoods, A Well Governed City that Listens and Responds“.
– Glasgow City Centre Strategy 2014–19 identifes nine City Districts. This development is adjacent to two of them. Of the six Core Objectives given, one is ‘Stay and Live’, pledging “To encourage new developments […]; to attract a variety of residents including professionals, families, down-sizers and students […]“.
If GCC is to adhere to those policies, the proposed application must be rejected with a requirement that any subsequently approved development includes suitable provision for the required balance of households.
– Dennistoun Community Council
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Updated planning application reference 18/03663/FUL has been submitted by Create Architecture, on behalf of the developer Stanton Brook Estates, for the erection of 48 flatted dwellings, associated access, parking and open space, on land at Birkenshaw Street.
Proposed Site Plan
The full application can be viewed on the Glasgow City Council planning portal, here.
Click on any of these images to view larger versions that will show more detail.
Proposed Elevations (top to bottom: NE, NW, SE, SW)
The last date for comments is Wednesday 3rd July 2019.
The updated target date for a decision has not been published.
Visualisation from Birkenshaw Street, looking South
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Visualisation of the view from Kings Cross (junction of Bellgrove Street, Duke Street and Westercraigs)
Planning application reference 19/01220/FUL has been submitted by JTP Architects, on behalf of the developer Home Group, for the erection of a residential development with commercial unit, associated parking and landscaping, on land at Duke Street and Bellgrove Street.
Proposed Site Plan of the Bellgrove Meat Market and Abattoir Development
The full application can be viewed on the Glasgow City Council planning portal, here.
A schedule of the types of proposed accommodation can be viewed on this PDF.
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The last date for comments is Thursday 27th June 2019.
The target date for a decision is Friday 20th September 2019.
Proposed Elevations Sheet 1
Proposed Elevations Sheet 2
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Edited on 25th January 2019 at 14:50: Date corrected from Fri 25th to Thu 24th, to reflect that the meeting had already taken place when this post was uploaded. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Proposal at Bellgrove Street and Duke Street
A planning and architectural public exhibition for the former meat market and abattoir site at Duke Street and Bellgrove Street was held in Dennistoun Library from 2:30pm to 7:30pm on Thursday 24th January 2019. Please do leave a comment below (or get in touch directly) to share your thoughts about how you feel the updated plans for the site would (or wouldn’t) benefit and complement our community life and spaces here in Dennistoun, Haghill, and other surrounding areas.
Meat Market Masterplan 01
Meat Market Masterplan 02
See here for a pdf with detail additional to the above masterplan images.
See here for a reGlasgow article on the proposals with more visualisation images.
See here for the previous DCC write up about plans for the site.
See here for information about a recent consultation seeking views on potential uses for the cattle market sheds (which are being dealt with as a separate site to these proposals).
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A revised planning application (Ref 18/00920/FUL, available here for viewing and comments) has been submitted for the erection of a residential development of 31 flats (six storeys, eight parking spaces) at 100 Finlay Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow G31 2RQ (‘Dennistoun Gospel Hall’, previously ‘Dennistoun Picture House‘).
Simon Community Scotland are undertaking a Street Count of people rough sleeping in Glasgow. Unsurprisingly most of the focus will be in the City Centre but the Simon Community are keen to know if there are areas of Glasgow they should explore and target staff accordingly.
Former Abattoir and Meat Market Site off Duke Street and Bellgrove Street between Dennistoun and Collegelands
Interested in the regeneration of the former abattoir and meat market site off Duke Street and Bellgrove Street between Dennistoun and Collegelands? Then get along to Dennistoun Library on Thursday 14 December between noon and 8pm to find out about Glasgow City Deal plans to develop the site, with housing to be built in the first phase.
On 15th November 2017, following extensive discussion with and between members of the public in attendance at the Dennistoun Community Council meeting held on 14th November, a letter of objetion to the planning application reference 17/02477/DC for 100 Finlay Drive was submitted. The below points were raised. The letter can be downloaded for viewing here.
