Out of hours works: Hutcheson St, 26 February 2022
Gilbert Ash will be doing unplanned out of hours works on Saturday 26 February between 0800 and 1700 on the Candleriggs development site, to try and catch up on work due to the recent weather, in advance of a concrete pour. Noise will be kept to a minimum were possible. Majority of works do not require power tools or loud machinery.
Filming: St Vincent St/Renfield St - 7 March 2022
Please find below restrictions relating to filming.
Roads affected and dates and times of restriction applying to all vehicles, with the exception of an emergency service vehicle carrying out an emergency response or vehicles given permission from Glasgow City Council filming and events section.
From 15:00hrs on the 6 March 2022 until 19:00hrs on the 7 March 2022
Prohibition of waiting, loading and unloading
Gordon Street between Renfield Street and West Nile Street (north side only)
Renfield Street between West George Street and Gordon Street
St Vincent Place between West Nile Street and Hope Street
West George Street between Hope Street and West Nile Street (south side only)
West Nile Street between West George Street and Gordon Street (west side only)
From 09:30hrs on the 07 March 2022 until 15:30hrs on the 7 March 2022
Prohibition of vehicle movements
Renfield Street between West George Street and Gordon Street
St Vincent Street between West Nile Street and Hope Street
From 09:30hrs on the 07 March 2022 until 19:00hrs on the 7 March 2022
Revocation of bus, taxi and authorised vehicle only lane
West George Street bus lanes between Hope Street and Nelson Mandela Place
Information from Glasgow City Council, published 24 February 2022
Meeting Minutes, 22 February 2022
Approved at our meeting on 29 March 2022.
1. Welcome
Tam Coyle welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2. Attendance and Apologies
2.1. Community Councillors
Tam Coyle (Chair), Niall McColl (Vice Chair), David Cowan (Secretary), Peter Hayman, Eileen Mills, Gary Atkinson, and Scott Thornton.
2.2. Residents
DH, AP, EM, GW, MG, PP, TD
2.3. Elected Representatives
Lord Provost Philip Braat (for part of the meeting), Deputy Lord Provost Christy Mearns, Cllr Eva Bolander, Cllr Angus Millar, Kaukab Stewart MSP
2.4. Ex-officio
Constables Rob Wilson and Stephen Clark- Police Scotland; Clive Wilding, Conor Pitman, Teri Porter and Tim Blathwayt, Artisan Properties; Nicole Mitchell, Newsquest
2.5 Apologies
AC, AL, NR, Carla Arrighi
3. Minutes of Last Meeting (25 January 2022)
3.1. Update on Action Points
Continued to next meeting
3.2. Corrections to minutes of last meeting
No changes were requested.
3.3. Approval
Proposed by: David Cowan
Seconded by: Tam Coyle
4. Matters Arising
None raised
5. Presentation – Ingram St Car Park
5.1. Presentation from Artisan
- Presentation available at https://65-97ingramstreet.co.uk
- They now have legal control of the site and hope to submit a planning application in May for approval by Autumn 2022
- 3 consultation workshops – one has taken place, one will be in March, with a final one before the planning application is submitted
- Proposing housing for the site
- Artisan also own the HMRC building on Cochrane St
5.2. Questions
- ST – What is the future for the mural?
- The mural is owned by the City Council, so will remain in place
- Edges of the mural will be lost where the building abuts on to them
- It will be a public square, accessible to all
- Ground floor space will be glazed north and south
- EM What does legal control of the site mean
- Artisan have contracted with City Property to purchase the site subject to planning permission
- EM - Is the site address correct?
- Intention was to use the numbering of the buildings that were there, but will double check
- GA - Where will rubbish/waste be stored and entrances for goods in the retail units
- They’re built into the stair cores
- Deputy Lord Provost - Replacement trees
- surveying at the moment
- will be part of the planning application
- Considering sustainable urban drainage in the courtyard and on the roof of the building
- TD – Parking plans
- There will be no parking provided by the development
6. Police Report (Rob Wilson and Stephen Clark)
6.1. Report
- Several fixed penalty notices have been issued to vehicles driving the wrong way along Garth St
- Ongoing monitoring is taking place re pavement parking on Candleriggs. Education in first instance, followed by enforcement
- Substance abuse issues are resurfacing in both Albion St and Glassford St Car parks, including several reoffenders. Police increasing patrols
- Several cyclists have been issued with fixed penalty notices for going through red lights, as well as educating them on the rules of the road.
- Connelly’s bar – reiterate that issues MUST be raised via 101 or via the Police Scotland website and to Glasgow City Council, as due process must be followed
- Ongoing engagement with the licence holder
6.2. Questions
- PH mentioned issues with modified e-bikes being much faster than their designed limit
- PH – Any plans to introduce sonar detectors?
- Not aware of plans, but issues with noisy exhausts need to be reported via 101
- DH – What is the Police attitude to Graffiti
- Need to get their response
- Councillor Millar: Constant battle to keep it clear
- Council, Police and stakeholders discussing other approaches
- PP expressed thanks to the Lord Provost for arranging for graffiti to be cleaned from the Herald building
- GA – any update on the upcoming Rangers v Dortmund match?
- Additional patrols before and on match day
- ST – has anyone been charged re graffiti?
- People have been charged with several offences
7. Treasurer’s Report (Carla)
No report, as Treasurer had sent apologies.
8. Elected Members Reports
8.1. Cllr Angus Millar
- Power washing of the MC streets has been requested, and added to the regular schedule
- Missed bin collections now resolved
- Review of key shopping streets ongoing
- Council budget meeting
- Parks and open spaces fund extended for a year - £50K for ward 10
- Roads, pavements and street infrastructure - £1m per ward - Area Partnership to decide how its spent
8.2. Deputy Lord Provost Christy Mearns
- Ramshorn Cemetery
- Budget agreed to reopen it
- No date agreed yet
- Candleriggs Parking
- TRO was submitted in 2017 to amend the arrangements around Candleriggs, but not yet implemented.
- When implemented, no through traffic will be permitted. Will only be allow construction traffic for the new development
- TRO was submitted in 2017 to amend the arrangements around Candleriggs, but not yet implemented.
- Wants to meet with residents re open space funding for greening projects
- Budget - Funding for pre-1919 tenements for repairs
- Cars being parked on the grass between Albion and Shuttle Streets
- Filming issues ongoing, including Missed letter drops. Seems that comms are not getting through
- There needs to be a community benefit
8.3. Cllr Eva Bolander
- High St Station
- High St Reference Group chaired by Cllr Millar, plan is still to revamp the station, although cost has gone up, so looking at different solutions.
- Greening of High St
- Not yet decided to use funding for parklets or planters
- Friends of Ramshorn
- Greenspace fund could be used to help with the Friends of Ramshorn group
- Grafitti
- Needs preventative work as well - getting youth engaged, e.g. similar approach to that taken re Kelvingrove Park
- Denise Hamilton has overall responsibility for look and feel of the city centre
- Will look at removing graffiti from private buildings as well
- Refuse bins on Virginia Place
- Still an ongoing issue
- Planning application submitted for a bin store on Virginia Place
- Not felt to be a good response
- Area Partnership
- Trying to make them less formal
- Each ward in the city has been budgeted for £1million for infrastructure.
- Want communities to have more say on priorities for funding
- Citizens Panels will be established in each area partnership on a trial basis
- Intention is for them to be more diverse and representative of the city centre, as community councils are felt to be insufficiently diverse or gender balanced
8.4. Lord Provost Philip Braat
No report, as the Lord Provost experienced connection issues.
8.5. Questions
- PP - Street art; could we have banners on street lights in the Merchant City in the same way as High St, or have some street art. TC will discuss separately
- ST – Graffiti – how many staff are employed by GCC to clear graffiti. TC will take that up with Denise Hamilton
- ST – Electric charging points. Factors telling developments that charging points can’t be installed without express permission of GCC. What’s the Council’s policy on this. EB – If it is in a public space, that is the responsibility of the council. If its within the curtilage of the building, there shouldn’t be any issue but Eva will check. TD advised that just requires a new meter and cabling.
- NM – Citizens Panels, why is the council bringing in another body to represent the community, rather than investing in community councils. EB – complementary to community councils, extending democracy in a way that’s not been done up until now.
- TD – re Film Office, lack of information about road closures. No notification had been received in his development in advance of Glassford St closures. TC – its an ongoing problem, which he will follow up. EB – keen to get a council alert service for residents to find out what’s going on.
- PP – is the Ingram St development part of the council’s plan to increase the population of the city centre. EB – it’s a good example of what the council are trying to do, due to the mix of housing.
- TC – is it the case that this is the 7th development in the MCTCC area with no social housing? EB- yes, as the council doesn’t currently have the power to force developers to include social housing, but this will be part of the new City Plan. CM – the council could have stipulated that the Ingram St site was to be used for social housing as they had owned the site, but an opportunity lost.
- EM – any follow on about pedestrianisation of the north end of Candleriggs as per MCPHAEN plan? CM – proposal well received; following up with the relevant officers to try and speed things along. EB – could be done as part of the wider plan to make the city centre people friendly, but need to consider access for residents, businesses and people with mobility needs
- ST – any update on licencing for Airbnb. EB – no update from last meeting
9. Planning (Peter Hayman)
No Planning report due to time constraints
10. Licencing (Tam Coyle)
No Licencing report due to time constraints
11. Merchant City Park (Eileen and Peter)
- Timeline had been circulated showing the current status
12. Local Issues (all)
No report due to time constraints
13. Social Media (Niall McColl)
- Since last meeting, we’ve published over 15 articles on our website and social media – especially in relation to graffiti, but also with the number of road restrictions due to filming.
- Our exposure in the media has increased thanks to Scott’s sterling work as our spokesman
- Anderston CC kindly provided information on their setup for hybrid meetings. These will be reviewed and adapted for MCTCC.
14. AOCB
- Leaflet drop – will take place on Friday 25th February
- Nicole Mitchell is the new City Centre journalist for the Glasgow Times ([email protected])
- CM – What are the next steps for MCP in relation to any planning application for the Ingram St carpark? PH – that is the implication of the graphic that MCP circulated to supporters. Key aim to get as many objections as possible. MCTCC will not pre-judge any proposal.
14.1. Hustings
Our April meeting is planned to be a hustings event for the Council elections taking place in May. More details next month
15. Date of next meeting
Tuesday 29th March 2022 at 7pm
16. Action Points
| Item | Action by | ||
| 1 | Report back on meeting with Mairi Miller re Connolly’s bar, and speak to her re coffee shop on Candleriggs | Christy Mearns | |
| 2 | Provide copy of Planning Enforcement Charter | Eva Bolander | |
| 3 | Follow up on Candleriggs TRO re pedestrianisation south of Bell St | Christy Mearns | |
| 4 | Contact David Cowan re experiences with recent filming | Angus Millar | |
| 5 | Follow up on recycling collections from 103 Hutcheson St | Phillip Braat | |
| 6 | Follow up on graffiti tagging on Albion St | Phillip Braat | |
| 7 | Arrange for “Open daily” notice at Ramshorn to be corrected | Eva Bolander | |
| 8 | Confirm arrangements re use of City Chambers, including ventilation and streaming facilities | Phillip Braat | |
| 9 | Write to Anderston CC re hybrid meetings | Niall McColl | Completed. Report to March mid-monthly |
| 10 | (Feb) Confirm how many staff directly involved in graffiti removal with Denise Hamilton | Tam Coyle | |
| 11 | (Feb)Discuss possibility of having street art on lampposts | Tam Coyle and PP |
Filming: George Square 2- 11 March
From 15:00hrs on the 1 March 2022 until 23:59hrs on the 11 March 2022
Prohibition of waiting, loading and unloading
George Square between Cochrane Street and St Vincent Place
South Frederick Street for its full length
Montrose Street between George Street and Ingram Street (excluding disabled bays)
Cochrane Street for its full length (excluding car club bays, electrical vehicle charging bays, disabled bays and bus stop bay)
From 00:01hrs on the 2 March 2022 until 23:59hrs on the 11 March 2022
Prohibition of vehicle movements, any direction
George Square between Cochrane Street and St Vincent Place
South Frederick Street for its full length (northbound)
Montrose Street between Ingram Street and Cochrane Street (northbound)
Cochrane Street for its full length (local access only including local service buses and Taxis permitted)
Meeting Minutes, 25 January 2022
1. Welcome
Tam Coyle welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2. Attendance and Apologies
2.1.Community Councillors
Tam Coyle (V/C), David Cowan (Secretary), Peter Hayman, Eileen Mills, Gary Atkinson, Carla Arrighi, Niall McColl and Scott Thornton.
2.2.Residents
FC, AL, PP, GW, NR, OG,TD, EM
2.3.Elected Representatives
Lord Provost Philip Braat, Deputy Lord Provost Christy Mearns, Cllr Eva Bolander, Cllr Angus Millar
2.4.Ex-officio
Constables Rob Wilson and Stephen Clark- Police Scotland,
3. Minutes of Last Meeting (30 November 2021)
3.1.Update on Action Points
- Report back on meeting with Mairi Miller re Connolly’s bar (Christy Mearns) - Still in progress
- Follow up re Ramshorn (Tam Coyle) - Still in progress
- Raise Connolly’s bar issues with Mairi Miller (Tam Coyle & Christy Mearns) - Still in progress
- Report noise issues to Council team and police (All) - Done
- Follow up on Annie Millers’ pub licence withdrawal (Eva Bolander) - No update
- Update on progress of Waterfront development (All councillors) - See update below
- Follow up re missing statue on John St (Christy Mearns & Carla Arrighi) - Statue reinstated
3.2.Corrections to minutes of last meeting
No changes were requested.
3.3.Approval
Proposed by: Carla Arrighi
Seconded by: David Cowan
4. Matters Arising
4.1.New Office Bearers and representatives
- Chair (and Merchant City Festival Rep): Tam Coyle
- Vice-Chair (and Social Media Manager): Niall McColl
- Secretary: David Cowan
- Treasurer: Carla Arrighi
- Area Partnership Representative: Gary Atkinson
- North-West Partnership and Media Spokesperson: Scott Thornton
- Merchant City Park: Eileen Mills
- Planning: Peter Hayman
All will serve until our 2022 AGM
4.2.School Consultation
The proposed school has been withdrawn after conclusion of the consultation.
5. Police Report (Rob Wilson and Stephen Clark)
5.1.Report
- Busier over Festive period, but no incidents of note.
- Drug users in Glassford Court set fire to bin store which filled building with smoke; Police will follow up with Tam and FC
- Avant Garde issue on 31 December – No comment from Police.
5.2.Questions raised
- TD – Garth Street traffic and obstructive parking – Police will follow up
- PP – Graffiti “tagging” on Herald Building – Police will liaise with Council officers; likely to be the factors that have to get it cleaned as private property
- NR – Candleriggs Parking and driving on pavements ; Police did move on vehicles in December and will continue to do so
6. Treasurer’s Report (Carla)
Getting things sorted out but takes time
7.Elected Members Reports
7.1.Cllr Eva Bolander
- Filming in City Centre – reaction has been generally positive. Any issues raised will be passed to Film Office
- Planning Enforcement charter being reviewed; lays out what they can and cannot deal with. Copy will be sent to the Community Council.
- Short-term lets legislation moving forward; Council licencing scheme to be in place by October 2022
- Ramshorn – still trying to get friends group going (volunteers welcome) – interest from various organisations keen to see it started; will be linked with Necropolis and Southern Necropolis groups. TC met with Friends of Garnethill Green Spaces (FROGGS)
- Cladding – ongoing discussions with Kaukab Stewart MSP; no direct feedback on what’s happening
- Virginia Place – issue of commercial waste has been raised again; planning application for bin shed on pavement – see 8.1.3 under planning
7.2.Deputy Lord Provost Christy Mearns
- Candleriggs – TRO published to remove pedestrianisation south of Bell St; Christy will follow up and feedback
- Repainting of faded road markings
- Connolly’s bar – complaints have reduced, but that may be due to recent restrictions; noise control will investigate further if they restart.
- Ingram St car park – Proposal of Application Notice has been submitted;
- Online Consultation from 8 February to early April
- https://www.65-97ingramsgtreet.co.uk
* Event in Merchant Square on 9 February, book appointment via Eventbrite- Citation – variation of licence to serve alcohol outdoors
- NM reported noise problems over festive period, which were raised with noise control team
- Application for outdoor seating was withdrawn last year
- Citation – variation of licence to serve alcohol outdoors
7.3.Lord Provost Philip Braat
- Sewer work on Ingram St – has written to Scottish Water to ensure road surface reinstated properly
- Refuse collection – should be largely back to normal
- Recycling bins at 103 Hutcheson St not emptied since installation in October; PB will investigate
7.4.Cllr Angus Millar
- Filming – Glasgow seen as a good location
- £42 million benefit to the local economy since 2021, but not much seems to be coming to the impacted areas
- Will reach out to DC to discuss experiences with filming
- Waterfront – work carried out late November and December was technical groundwork investigation
- Old Wynd and surrounding streets – has requested that the very poor lighting be upgraded
7.5.Questions
- ST > Any update on Borderland; DC – not as yet
- DC – roads were cleaned after filming, but not the pavements; Eva will follow up
- EM – Adjustment to “Open Daily” notice at Ramshorn – Eva will follow up
- TC – when will we be able to access City Chambers again?
- PB has call with business team on 26/1, will update at future meeting
- EM – how are the meeting rooms configured for ventilation? PB will check but thinks its opening windows
- DC – what facilities are there for livestreaming meetings? A couple of meeting rooms have been configured to allow council meetings to be livestreamed, but probably won’t be available to MCTCC. Anderston CC are conducting hybrid meetings – NM will write to them to ask how they’re doing it
- ST – any update on delay in mandatory introduction of interlinked smoke/fire alarms
- Can be followed up with Kaukab
- AM – requirement to have them fitted hasn’t changed, nor the implementation date, but initially no penalties will be applied
- PH – recent metro announcement, will there still be a tunnel connecting Queen St and Central, and is Crossrail still part of it?
- AM – detail still to be worked out
- NR – Coffee shop on Candleriggs was originally 9am – 5pm, now opening till 9pm Fridays with BYOB.
- TC will follow up with Mairi Miller
- NR – businesses not cleaning the spaces that have been made available for them, and street furniture hasn’t been cleaned in many years
- AM will raise with officials
8. Planning (Peter Hayman)
8.1. New Applications
8.1.1.Redevelopment of 65-97 Ingram St by Artisan
- Proposal of Application notice lodged.
- Online consultation from 8 February to early April
- Online chat on afternoon of 8 February; in person sessions in Merchant Square on 9 February – prebooking required
- Website: https://65-97ingramstreet.co.uk
8.1.2.Howard St use of retail unit as hot food takeaway (21/03868/FUL)
- Change to building from barbershop to hot food takeaway
- Proposal would require installation of flue on outside of building
- This is inside the conservation zone, and in a listed building
- Last date for comments: 11 February 2022
8.1.3.Use of pavement as bin storage area, Virginia Place (21/03656/FUL)
- Need to see detail of this
- Last date for comments 14 February 2022
8.1.4.Erection of rear and rooftop extensions to Former Lewis’s building (21/03594/FUL and 21/03595/LBA)
- Lodged on 25 January
- Last date for comments: 11 February 2022
9. Licencing (Tam Coyle)
- Tesco in Ingram St is now Sainsbury; application to sell alcohol had to be resubmitted
- Application from Citation -mentioned above
10.Merchant City Park (Eileen and Peter)
- Artisan keen to speak to the community
- Eileen has received correspondence, but MCP have declined to speak with them
- In terms of fundraising, EM pointed out that its difficult to raise funds when you don’t own the property.
11.Local Issues (all)
11.1.Condition of streets
- Streets are slippery and unkempt
- Bins are being left outside Merchant Square at all hours
- Councillors to follow up
11.2.Lack of green space
- Other than proposed MCP, only site in our patch is Deans Well Garden
- JR – how many green spaces have the council added in MCTCC area?
- CM – there was funding made available for pop-up parks via Area Partnership, still live
- EB – none that she’s aware of, but improvements made at Rottenrow and Cathedral St, plus stalled space at Greyfriars Garden
12. Social Media (Niall McColl)
- No report due to lack of time
13.AOCB
13.1.Hustings
Our April meeting is planned to be a hustings event for the Council elections taking place in May.
14. Date of next meeting
Tuesday 22nd February 2022 at 7pm
15.Action Points
- Report back on meeting with Mairi Miller re Connolly’s bar, and speak to her re coffee shop on Candleriggs (Christy Mearns)
- Provide copy of Planning Enforcement Charter (Eva Bolander)
- Follow up on Candleriggs TRO re pedestrianisation south of Bell St (Christy Mearns)
- Contact David Cowan re experiences with recent filming (Angus Millar)
- Follow up on recycling collections from 103 Hutcheson St (Phillip Braat)
- Follow up on graffiti tagging on Albion St (Phillip Braat)
- Arrange for “Open daily” notice at Ramshorn to be corrected (Eva Bolander)
- Confirm arrangements re use of City Chambers, including ventilation and streaming facilities (Phillip Braat)
- Write to Anderston CC re hybrid meetings (Niall McColl)