Meeting Minutes, 25 October 2022

Attended by

Tam Coyle (Chair), David Cowan, Peter Hayman, Robin Jones, Niall McColl (Secretary), Eileen Mills, Ros Wardley-Smith, MD, CMcK, TMcK, JH, AL, GF, PC Sean McFadden, PC Rob Wilson 

Ward Councillors: Philip Braat, Baillie Christy Mearns, Angus Millar

Attended by video: Gary Atkinson

Apologies: Councillor Eva Bolander

Police report

PC Wilson reiterated that local police were not collating crime statistics since they did not believe this was a good use of police resources.

Tam disagreed, saying that if no measurements were taken and comparisons made it was impossible to judge if progress was being made and where the main problems lay.

JH complained about parking on pavements in Candleriggs.  Why were police not enforcing the law with £50 fines? This had been going on with impunity for far too long. He had seen police walking past offenders without taking action.  PC Wilson replied that a number of fixed penalty notices had been issued. If there is a transgression police need to know on the day. He may have to raise this with GCC as there is a traffic management issue. 

Robin Jones said the Spaces for People initiative which involved tables and chairs on the pavement left too little room for pedestrians, especially wheelchair users.

PC Wilson said cafes and restaurants were given licences for specific sizes of outdoor spaces. Police would check these limits were being observed.

JH said there should be no goods loading/unloading on Candleriggs. Action on illegal parking should be taken now.

A resident said two premises in Virginia Street had two adjoining bars with different licensing hours. Customers were leaving one premise in the early hours of the morning in contravention of its licence. He had received no response to his emailed complaints to the licensing board. Tam will take this up as a matter of urgency.

Scott noted that an owner at Carrick Quay reported recently finding drug users squatting on the premises and had been moved on by police. PC Wilson said this was likely to become a bigger problem with the colder weather but the East Campbell Street homeless shelter would be open again in November through to March. 

CMcK said the noise from buskers was continuing to be especially loud at the entrance to Debenhams, often from the same group of people. Tam said there should be an enforceable decibel level. PC Wilson reiterated that if repeated police warnings about excessive noise were not heeded, sound equipment could be confiscated. 

GF complained about noise and brawls long into the night outside WHERE?. Repeated calls to GCC’s Noise Control, an under-resourced unit, had been fruitless which meant police (who relied on the unit’s reports) could not intervene. Christy said there was a similar situation at Connolly’s but progress had been blocked because of the need for acoustic monitoring in complainants’ homes. Tam said the matter was getting worse and he will take up the issues with GCC licensing and the police. 

Gary said seating outside Connolly’s, which caused outside noise from customers, had not yet been removed.

Approval of September meeting minutes:

Eileen queried item 6.3.3. Niall read out what had been said. “Is it correct that Cemetery friends can take an interest in restoring or any action at all regarding gravestones? Is that not the responsibility of the owner of the gravestones or the descendants of the owners of the gravestones and grants and such like?”

He quoted Eva as saying Friends groups could do so under terms laid down by Historic Environment Scotland.

Approval of minutes proposed by David Cowan and seconded by Ros Wardley-Smith. Carried. 

Ward Councillors’ reports:

Angus:

City centre transport (transformation) plan is being presented to GCC committee next month. 

George Square updated concept designs out in next month or so.

He met yesterday with representatives of the Friends of the Ramshorn. Tam said a constitution could be based on that of the Friends of the Garnethill Cemetery. First meeting 22 November.

Angus will make sure MCTCC gets adequate notice of future walkabouts.

Re Archaos nightclub in Queen Street (across road from MCTCC area): Tam, Peter and Scott met developers who have lodged a pre-planning application  for student accommodation. Tam said there was no mention of demolition of the building at that meeting. Community Council response is being led by Broomielaw CC

Christy:

Has asked police to review Candleriggs premises which might be in breach of their licences for occupation of outside spaces. 

Despite 143 objections the application to build 109 flats on the Ingram Street site would be recommended for approval at next week’s Planning Applications Committee. Another material consideration could be possible archaeological relics under the site. 

She is looking at possibilities for more Zebra crossings for some side streets in Merchant City under the proposed new 20 mph zone.

Remove all traffic  from some streets under the City Centre Transport (Transformation) Plan?

Philip:

Have we reached saturation point for student accommodation in certain locales?

The backlog of bin collection following the refuse workers’ strike is being cleared. 

Peter said GCC had told him there are enough bins near his flat but this was not true: there were too many bins with contents destined for landfill and too few heading for recycling.

Scottish Water work will cause disruption in High Street from 6 January and is likely to impact traffic through Merchant City (This will be publicised on the MCTCC Website). 

There have been complaints of noise from the funfair in St Enoch Square.

Questions to ward councillors

MD raised issues concerning planning enforcement of the A listed Jacobean Corsetry building in Virginia Street.

JH said the Sorriso cafe in Candleriggs was refused a licence in April 2022 yet continued to operate.

He also said 83b Candleriggs Court is operating as an aparthotel but of 36 flats 15 are operating as serviced apartments. Why is GCC not taking action? 

JH added that six cast iron Victorian bollards had been removed from outside the City Halls some 10 years ago at great expense. Why could they not be returned? 

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Meeting Minutes – 27 September 2022

1.       Welcome

Gary Atkinson welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2.       Attendance and Apologies

2.1.  Community Councillors

Gary Atkinson; Ros Wardley Smith; Niall McColl; Scott Thornton; Peter Hayman; Eileen Mills

2.2.  Residents

AL, SC, HL, TM

2.3.  Elected Members

Cllr Eva Bolander; Depute Lord Provost Christy Mearns

2.4.  Ex-officio

PC Rob Wilson, Police Scotland

2.5.  Apologies

Tam Coyle; Carla Arrighi; David Cowan

3.       Police Report

No specific report; Rob made the following points

3.1.  Contacting the Police

• Public will never be criticised for contacting the police about something that concerns/alarms them
• Call centre risk assesses every call, which dictates the response

3.2.    Citywide campaign for low level drug use

• This has been successful

3.3.  Questions

3.3.1.   What’s the current status on break-ins, etc? (PH)

• No figures available
• Main issues locally are on-street drug dealing, antisocial behaviour

3.3.2.   High levels of noise on Ingram St on Monday night (PH)

• A few instances of antisocial behaviour but nothing major

3.3.3.   What are the main drugs trafficked? (ST)

• Cocaine; Heroin; Cannabis
• Legal highs are not street drugs, but are not an issue in Glasgow

3.3.4.   What are the Police Powers on Noisy street musicians (ST)

• No prescribed decibel level
• If Police get a complaint, they will attend
• If, in their judgement noise exceeds what a reasonable person would expect, they’d ask them to turn it down
• They can be issued with a warning and, if they persist, their equipment can be seized.
• Eva added the following:
  • Was a focus before covid
  • There is a plan for addressing this

  • There is a buskers code of conduct, which the community team should be enforcing    

3.3.5.   What can be done about Antisocial behaviour from pubs and pubgoers (SC)

• Phone it in to the Police on 101
• They will review
• If it falls outside the pub’s licence conditions, will pass it on to partner agencies
• Provides the evidence that GCC etc need to be able to take action against their licence
• Local noise team are short staffed
• Connolly’s and Murphy's are still a particular issue

3.3.6.   Any issues in the Ramshorn (GA)

• No reports of antisocial behaviour, drinking
• It is included in the patrol matrix

4.       Minutes of August Meeting and Matters Arising

4.1.  Approval

No changes were requested

Proposed by Scott Thornton; 

Seconded by Niall McColl

Minutes adopted

4.2.  Matters Arising

4.2.1.   Filming

• Policy is for Scott to ask donations from any company wishing to film in the area
• Total of £8,600 so far, which is an impressive total, and many thanks are extended to Scott for his work on this
• Discussion re use of money postponed to next mid-monthly

4.2.2.   Saltmarket Bridge Repairs

4.2.3.   Businesses occupying excessive space on streets

• Covered under Eva’s report

4.2.4.   Visit to Recycling Centre

• 3 community councillors attended
• Very worthwhile visit
• Lots of background on what GCC is doing to combat the mess problem
• Many thanks to Scott for organising the trip

5.         Treasurer’s Report

• No official report as Carla sent apologies
• Minor expenses of £130 for web related stuff

6.       Elected Members Reports

6.1.  Councillor Eva Bolander

6.1.1.   Walkabout with Angus

No community council representatives were able to attend, though Eva wasn’t aware if we’d been advised (update – no emails were sent to the MCTCC account advising us this was taking place)

6.1.2.   Virginia Place refuse problems

• meeting with planning and cleansing to try and resolve. 
• Plan to have bin sheds at side of building requires the dead end to be “stopped up”

6.1.3.   Graces Bar

• Graces bar complaints have been reported to Licensing and to Planning. 
• In the future, all licenced premises will have to apply for space on pavements, and will have to show a plan. 
• Eva will arrange a briefing on what the new rules are

6.1.4.   Candleriggs Development

• Central square to be called Candleriggs Square

6.1.5.   Avenues Project

• Some parts need to be re-scoped, and some elements of the projects may be scaled back due to current inflationary pressures. 
• High St is now included in the overall project. 
• Learnings from Sauchiehall project are being taken into account. 
• Timelines have slipped due to COVID, plus external pressure. 
• Report available from the GCC website (https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/submissiondocuments.asp?submissionid=105987)

6.1.6.   Green Grants

• Green grants for businesses will go live fairly soon. These are grants to help achieve city’s net zero ambitions

6.1.7.   Ramshorn

• EM asked if Eva knew anything about the Marie Trust, which she did, and was able to give more details about it.
• Initial meeting of group was cancelled for various reasons. Eva proposed that a donation to Ramshorn would be beneficial to the community, and also suggested other uses for the money we have received, such as The Marie Trust, Simon Community, Glasgow Helps – a new organisation setup to help people facing cost of living crisis.

6.2.  Depute Lord Provost Christy Mearns

6.2.1.   Festival Village

• They now have temporary planning permission for 2 years, so can apply for a full premises licence. Deadline to object to that is 13 October

6.2.2.   Electric shuttlebus

• Part of proposal to reduce volume of traffic, and would be a complementary service

6.2.3.   Spaces for People

• New approach to spaces for people will remove the temporary footways
• Requirement for 2 meter clearance on the existing pavements
• COVID permissions lapse at the end of the month
• Businesses using more of the pavement will now have to submit applications to use more space.
• Applications will be for 2 years

6.2.4.   Connolly’s

• Still ongoing
• Due to the review hearing that’s been proposed, there was an agreement to allow Connolly’s time to make improvements to their operation
• Part of the agreement was for acoustic monitoring equipment to be used to measure noise, but she believes that this is no longer the case

6.2.5.   City Centre Transformation Plan

• General direction is good
• Did suggest that alongside removing through traffic, should provide more pedestrianisation, as current plans would still allow traffic on many streets

6.2.6.   Infrastructure Fund

• Hoping for improvements in the merchant city
• CC could put forward ideas

6.2.7.   SPT Strategy

• Closes on 31 October

6.2.8.   Food Growing Fund

• Applications open for next 6 weeks
• Communities and local groups to increase food growing opportunities
• https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29671

6.2.9.   Recycling

• Agrees that its a very confusing landscape
• A lot of the blame lies with manufacturers using inappropriate plastics
• We have to reduce the waste we’re producing

6.3.    Questions for Councillors

6.3.1.   What can the council do about the banks with boarded up windows (NM)

• Barclays and HSBC (outside our boundary) on Argyle St
• Eva will follow up

6.3.2.   Refuse collection issues (TM)

• The Polmadie plant can separate some waste into recyclable material
• Knowing what can and cannot be recycled is almost impossible (ST). More information on what can and cannot be recycled available from: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17043

6.3.3.   Can “Cemetery Friends” groups take an interest in or any other action about restoring gravestones, referring to Deeds of Grant, Susan O’Connor etc 

• Yes, in line with Historic Environment Scotland guidelines
• Susan O’Connor (Civic Trust) can clarify what they can and cannot do 

6.3.4.   Is the Saltmarket/High St shop front improvement programme still going (TM)

• Some of the units are looking in poor condition
• Meanwhile Use programme phase 1 is complete, phase 2 is under way
• Eva will confirm what’s available now

6.3.5.   Seats installed outside Connolly’s have worsened problems for residents, as pub-goers sit on them until the wee hours (SC)

• Installed as part of Spaces for People
• Eva will speak to the officers about getting them moved

6.3.6.   Where would the electric bus run? (ST)

• Christy - No detail as yet

7.       Planning

7.1.  This month’s planning applications

The detailed application can be reviewed by clicking on the application details

Reference	Details
22/02026/FUL	Installation of additional telecommunications equipment and associated ancillary works. - Glasshouse Car Park 44 Glassford Street Glasgow
22/01764/ADV	Display of internally illuminated box sign and 2no. double sided projecting signs, includes various non-illuminated vinyl manifestations to glazed doors - Unit 9 201 Argyle Street Glasgow G2 8BU
22/02083/LBA	Internal and external works including roof extension to listed building. - 101 Trongate Glasgow
22/02332/LBA	Internal and external alterations - 101 Trongate Glasgow
22/02096/LBA	Display of illuminated signage. - 62 Virginia Street Glasgow G1 1TX
22/02284/ADV	Display of illuminated signage. - 62 Virginia Street Glasgow G1 1TX
22/02372/FUL	Use of shop (Class 1) as bureau de change (Class 2) - Unit 100 St Enoch Shopping Centre 55 St Enoch Square Glasgow G1 4BW

7.2.  Other notes

• Corrigans on Howard St is now empty as they have moved to Keppochill Road.
• Proposal of Application Notice for Archaos on Queen St
  • Community Councillors will meet with developers in October

  • Public events in November/December

8.         Licencing

8.1.  Recent Applications

• Festival Village. Closing date 13 October. More info https://mctcc.scot/2022/09/29/licensing-application-festival-village/

9.       Social Media

• Now just under 700 followers on Facebook

10. Any Other Business

10.1.  Marie Trust

• EM recently became aware of the Marie Trust and met with Frances McKinley, the Chief Officer.
• Work as a day centre for homeless people, based on Albion St, having recently moved from Midland St
• Frances is is keen to speak to us. Would November be possible? To be discussed at October mid-monthly
• Also keen to be involved with Greyfriars Garden – offering to recycle they food waste into compost. EM has provided contact details for this.

10.2.  Merchant City Community Notice Boards

• Should we be thinking of updating them to reflect that we’re now MC&T CC

10.3.  Great Scottish Run, 1 and 2 October

• Many roads closed around the Merchant City, but no notifications received by residents
• Eva will follow up

11.   Date of Next Meeting

• Tuesday 25 October 2022 at 7pm in the City Chambers and online
• Our AGM will be held at the start of the meeting. All office bearers step down and may be re-elected, or any other Community Councillor can stand for an office bearer position,

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Meeting Minutes, 30 August 2022

Tuesday 30^th August 2022 at 7pm in Committee Room 1, Glasgow City Chambers and online via Zoom

1. Welcome

Tam Coyle welcomed everyone to the meeting

2. Attendance and Apologies

2.1 Community Councillors:- Chair: Tam Coyle; Niall McColl, David Cowan; Peter Hayman; Scott Thornton; Eileen Mills; Gary and Rosalind Atkinson

2.2 Residents:- EM, TD, CM, GM, MR, AL, PM

2.3 Elected Members:- Cllr Eva Bolander, Cllr Angus Millar, Cllr Philip Braat and Bailie Christ Mearns

2.4 Ex-officio:- Graeme Naine (North Plan), Ross Barrett (HLM Architects), and Olga Kozlova (Director of Innovation, Strathclyde University)

2.5 Apologies:-  Kaukab Stewart MSP 

3. Minutes of Last Meeting (26 July 2022)

3.1 Corrections to minutes - No changes were requested

3.2 Approval:   Proposed by: Niall McColl, Seconded by: Tam Coyle

3.3 Matters Arising

There were no matters arising.

4. Treasurer’s Report

There was no Treasurer Report as Carla Arrighi was on holiday.  Scott Thornton, in collaboration with Niall McColl, reported that we are awaiting confirmation if Warner Bros. film company has paid the MCTCC invoice sent to them.  They reported we are also expecting £100 from another film company.

5. Police Report

There was no police report as they were unable to attend.

6. Presentation – Planning Application for TIC2 at Strathclyde University

Graeme Naine, Ross Barrett and Olga Kozlova thanked MCTCC for being invited to meeting.  HLM Architects have submitted to GCC the Proposal of Application Notice for ‘Tic 2’ (Technology Innovation Centre 2) building.  The have started the formal pre-application consultation which runs to late September. They expect to submit a full planning application by late November. More information about the building is available online at:

https://www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/technologyinnovationzone/charleshuangadvancedtechnologyandinnovationcentre/

Olga Kozlova explained that it would be called “Charles Huang Advanced Technology Centre” It is the biggest project Strathclyde University has been working towards for the last 3 years. The purpose is to expand upon the work that is being done in ‘Tic 1’, which is now full, located next to this site, wherein scientists are carrying out innovation and research with private companies to produce prototype goods.

The entrance to Tic 2 will face the High St Rail Station, and so will be a fitting start to the new Glasgow City Innovation District (GCID). The ground floor will be open to the public and community (to some extent) and include an innovation hub. This will promote social innovation, allow for the public to test new products from the research which carried out there.  It will bring high quality jobs to the city centre. 

Graeme Naine - Strathclyde has appointed a full project team. The design proposals are subject to review after the consultation has finished. Ross Barrett took us through the slides and added supplementary information.  It is well placed for sustainability and active travel due to close location to transport hubs.  They have looked at the history of the High Street and capture the concept of courts and closes. The presentation and consultation information would be distributed MCTCC members.

Daniel – Is it the case that the West side is not yet a confirmed projects at the Herald building? Graeme Naine explained that he understands currently there are no plans for the West side plot. However, he could not say that this would not change in the future, but was sure if this were the case, it would not be until after Tic 2 was built. Strathclyde university would brief MCTCC well in advance of any such plans at this location.

Scott Thornton enquired how the community would have access / use of the ground floor? Olga Kozlova explained that it would not be full access, the work upstairs must remain private.  Just as in Tic 1 the ground floor will be open to the public where there will be a café, have some public events or information galleries which would be open to the public.

7. Elected Members Report

Councillor Angus Millar

City Centre Consultation, the deadline for this is the 12^th of September, it would be good if MCTCC submitted a response. It relates, in some ways to mobility access to the city centre:-   https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/city-centre-transformation-plan

Broad discussions around the People 1^st Zones:- reducing traffic from the city centre and improving access for disabled people. He noted how MCTCC had contributed to pedestrian strategy plans in the past, even though that is no specific duty to this, it would be useful if they did and would give a mandate for the work being considered.

Likewise for the George Square consultation is ongoing, there have been many phases as GCC has learned from previous changes that a broad consensus is required for changes to be accepted. The concept designs have been widely publicised with questions asked if people would like more grassy areas, benches and if there are too many trees included. It is known that people like to spend time there, hold civic and private events there. To take part in the survey please visit:- 

https://www.ourplaceglasgow.com/get-involved/george-square

There has been industrial action due to a national pay dispute by the cleansing department for the last week. It has still some days to run. When the strike ends, domestic refuge collection will restart. Negotiations are ongoing to resolve this pay dispute.

Tam has arranged to do a walkabout with Eva and himself on Tuesday 7^th of September.

Bailie Christy-Mearns

Bailie Christy-Mearns has also recently done a walking survey of the Merchant City. It was good to see the ‘Spaces for People’ planters and benches have been installed. These are an improvement on the improvised wooden planters used beforehand.  These now have an aesthetic, clean design befitting of the Merchant City. It is good GCC has approved these to become permanent fixtures. 

Although the installation of these has used up some parking spaces, it has been done in a safe way she has been assured. It improves the look of the streetscape and allows greater access for everyone. Depending on how the new designs work out, it could be that planters can be relocated elsewhere thus allowing for more seating to be added.

In response to suggestions from a member of MCTCC she has asked that the Planning Portal show, in a better way, the documents for planning applications. Specifically this relates to the dates of the documents for the Ingram St carpark development. Those submissions which were uploaded before the end date will be considered valid and will be taken into account for the overall application.

The funding for a citywide speed limit of 20mph for Glasgow has been approved.  She is pleased to have been involved in this public safety initiative and understands the signage is now going up across the city.  She thanks MCTCC for supporting this policy for many years.

She is an advocate for the City Centre Transformation plan. It will improve the  ‘pedestrian experience’  of their use of the streets with more ‘greenery’.  Likewise, the George Square proposal will be positive step forward, in collaboration with all the other initiatives.  More seated grass areas in the centre, and around the perimeter, as this would promote better recreational areas for children to play.  However the plan does not consider the look of the surrounding streets and these need improvement, especially considering it is meant to be a conservation area. There is too much signage and advertising.

Councillor Eva Bolander

She visited the Saltmarket Rail Bridge consultation that was located in Osbourne Street in August. She was not happy about the time that will be taken to do the work and noise it will create.  It will be done during the night, and she has already had a number of complaints even before the work has started. Network Rail the say the works have to be done as soon as possible and that the residents have been notified there will be noise during the night.  It is believed the Saltmarket bridge is only used for network rail activities and not for passenger trains. Trains crossing the bridge are going to, or from, Shields Road depot for cleaning or repair.

The Infrastructure Fund was put before the North West Area Partnership in June. 

She consulted with her colleagues and the Partnership. Some of the funds will go towards resurfacing of road on Cochrane St.  Following complaints, it was agreed that the following pedestrian crossing workings have to investigated: Montrose St and Cochrane St and John St and Cochrane St.

The Friends of Ramshorn Graveyard and a date for the inaugural meeting has been set for 6^th of September.  She has had a summary report from the Merchant City Festival and was pleased to see that it was very well attended including by families.

Queen St was closed today due to emergency road works at Ingram St and George Street though it was not known why. 

Baillie Philip Braat

Good news about the Merchant City Festival.  He has reported that some of the older benches around the Counting House Wetherspoons adjacent to George Square require re-painting.  

It has not gone unnoticed that some businesses have deemed it suitable to utilise the whole pavement for their commercial use. Residents and the public, are only able to pass by walking on the road; there has to be a balance here. Any cases like this should be reported to the Ward Councillors.

As was seen in Edinburgh previously, it is not just domestic bins that are now overflowing due to the industrial action. It will take some time after for the bin men to clear up all mess that has been accumulating. He has noticed that even before the strike there was mess building-up in some areas and he encourages these to reported after the strike ends.

He thanked Mr Scott Thornton for assisting him in setting-up the visit to the Viridor refuse recycling centre on Thursday 15^th September between 1pm and 3pm. Cllr Braat was unsure if he was able to attend this meeting as he has a busy schedule around that time.

He received an email from a David Boyd of Network Rail in response to resident complaints, however Mr Boyd feels that the best solution is to continue with the night work so as to ‘just get the work done.’

Cllr Millar has invited him to a meeting at Strathclyde University to look at the Tic 2 plans.  Cycle September are trying to get people to take their bikes out in that month and any month afterwards.

Questions for Elected Members

Tam has found an empty Nitrous Oxide (NO) gas cannister in the Ramshorn graveyard.

There was also something at a car park.

Scott Thornton asked if the recycling centre is open, Cllr Bolander confirmed that it was closed during the strike.  He asked about how members of the public were notified of planning hearings.  It was discussed that the methods and timescales used by the Planning Department were unknown, Cllr Bolander recommended asking the department employee involved in the application.

Mark Ripley, who lives on Saltmarket, noted that there is little traffic flow on the road and so the works to the Saltmarket Rail Bridge by Network Rail could be done during the day. It would appear as though they are just doing the works at time that suits their business rather than local residents, despite the complaints.

8. Planning 

Planning Applications for August	Address	Details
22/01706/FUL 71	71 Argyle Street Glasgow G2 8BJ	External alterations, with installation of shopfront at Dunlop Street, extension toloading platform at Osbourne Street and works associated with subdivision ofretail unit to form two separate units (Class 1)
22/01872/PAN	185-211 High Street/30 College Street	Erection of technology and innovation centre (Class 10 Non residentialinstitutions), ( Class 4 Business) ancillary uses and associated works.
22/01773/ADV	82 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3DN	Display of one non-illuminated projecting sign and non-illuminated vinyl appliedto fascia.
22/01895/FUL	15 St Margaret’s Place Glasgow G1 5JY	Use of puzzle room (Class 11) as retail unit (Class 1)
22/01912/FUL	76 Argyle Street Glasgow G2 8A	Frontage alterations and installation of click and collect kiosk.
22/01862/FUL	9 - 11 Argyle Street Glasgow	Use of retail premises (Class 1) as flatted development ( 4 units) (Sui generis) andexternal alterations
22/01796/FUL	4 - 8 Dixon Street Glasgow	Erection of serviced apartments with ground floor retail and roof top restaurant :Section 42 Application to vary condition 41 of Planning Permission 19/01694/FUL
22/01899/FUL	101 Trongate Glasgow	Use of vacant premises as 4No. flatted dwelling with installation of replacementwindows, formation of dormer windows, frontage alterations and fabric repairs
22/02032/ADV	76 Argyle Street Glasgow G2 8AG	Display of illuminated signage.
22/02080/FUL	110 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3BX	Installation of telecommunications equipment and associated works
22/02084/FUL	34 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3DX	Use of betting office (sui generis) as amusement arcade (sui generis) withfrontage alterations and associated works: Application under Section 42 for noncompliancewith condition 3 of planning application 20/02513/FUL relating tohours of operation
22/02138/ADV	Site Of Bus Shelter Outside 12 On Glassford Street Glasgow	Display of internally illuminated digital double sided advertising

All planning applications can be viewed by visiting https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk

9. Licensing  

There were no licensing applications this month. 

Tam is looking at why there was no Licencing notification of the Beach event at King St carpark to ensure this does not happen again.

10. Any Other Competent Business

• Tam noted that this is the second month with no Police representation.
• There was a break-in at the Herald Building
• Glasgow Live website reported a raid on Parnie Street on Thursday 18^th of August.
• It has been noted that the vast majority of GCC office workers appear to be still working from home, even though the Covid pandemic has all but past.
• It was noted that there has be no response, despite filling a Doodle poll for availability for the ‘Rain Garden’ initiative MCTCC were contacted about in August.

Date of Next Meeting 

Tuesday 27th September at 7pm

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