Two Glasgow MSPs have supported residents’ calls for a Merchant City car park to be retained for community use, rather than used for a…
Two Glasgow MSPs have supported residents’ calls for a Merchant City car park to be retained for community use, rather than used for a controversial flats plan next to a popularKaukab Stewart, SNP, and Patrick Harvie, Greens, have submitted letters to a Scottish Government reporter who is set to hold a hearing over theScottish Ministers called in the council’s decision to approve Artisan Real Estate’s application to build 109 homes on the car park next to the City Halls and Old Fruitmarket.
Artisan intends to build 109 flats, with a courtyard and private rooftop gardens, on the Ingram Street car park, which is currently owned by one of the council’s arms-length firms, City Property. There would be up to four ground floor units, suitable for leisure, office, retail or restaurant use.planners recommended it could go ahead and, following a split decision, the scheme was approved by the casting vote of planning chairman, Cllr Ken Andrew.
A submission from Kaukab Stewart MSP, SNP, added: “The deficiency of green spaces and children’s play areas is strongly felt by the community, and is evidenced by the hundreds of representations and submissions made thus far.” A spokesman for Merchant City and Trongate Community Council said it remains “hopeful that our five year fight to have Merchant City’s first park built on this site will be successful and that this proposal will be rejected by the Scottish Government”.
A government official, in a letter to Glasgow Life, had said the representation had been the “primary reason” for calling in the application. KSG has now submitted a representation on behalf of the community council, which reiterates “risk of justifiable complaint from future residents that may result in action in accordance with the law governing nuisance will be significant”.
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