Current Licensing Applications - 17 February
Current Licensing Applications
Glasgow City Council Licensing Board notify community councils of newly lodged licensing applications, as we are a statutory consultee. Anyone can make representations about proposed licensing applications. For more information visit the Licensing Board website. To find out how to make a representation, visit https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/1095/Make-an-Objection-or-Representation
There are no current licensing applications for the Merchant City and Trongate area
Last updated 17 February 2026
Redevelopment of King St Car Park - Planning Application
Redevelopment of King St Car Park - Planning Application
Comments close Monday 22nd September
An application forPlanning Permission in Principle has been submitted for the King St Car Park site, which will comprise several buildings. A Proposed elevation, looking north from Bridgegate, is shown above. The Development Framework (parts 1 - 5) give a good insight to what the development might look like.
As you can see, there are 5 proposed buildings, of different heights.
If you want to make a comment, they can be made via the Council’s online portal or in writing.
Please note, Glasgow City Council can only take “material considerations” into account in determining the application. Please review their guide to Commenting On Planning Applications for more information.
Current Planning Applications - 17 February
Comments on the applications below can be made via the Council’s online portal or in writing. Glasgow City Council can only take “material considerations” into account in determining the application. Please review their guide to Commenting On Planning Applications for more information.
General Planning Applications
| Reference | Summary | Address | Last Date for comments |
| 25/02890/FUL | Use of shop (Class 1a) as cafe (Class 3) | Italian Centre 170 Ingram Street Glasgow G1 1DN | 12/03/2026 |
| 25/02891/LBA | Internal and external alterations | Italian Centre 170 Ingram Street Glasgow G1 1DN | 09/03/2026 |
| 25/02684/LBA | External alterations including replacing waterproofing covering to rear backcourt deck and railings and repair works to boundary walls. | 52 Parnie Street/5 – 19 King Street Glasgow | 06/03/2026 |
| 25/02974/LBA | Internal and external works and display of signage | Buck’s Head Building 63 Argyle Street Glasgow G2 8AH | 27/02/2026 |
| 26/00248/PNT | Installation of telecommunications equipment and associated works | 110 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3BX | 26/02/2026 |
| 26/00144/LBA | Installation of replacement windows to flatted dwelling | Flat 4/2 25 Trongate Glasgow G1 5EZ | 25/02/2026 |
| 25/02950/FUL | Use of premises as homeless facility (Class 8) to provide a 24 hour accessible facility (retrospective) | 71 Glassford Street Glasgow G1 1BQ | 20/02/2026 |
Updated 17th February 2026. Information provided by Glasgow City Council
Tall Buildings in Glasgow - Public Consultation
A public consultation on Tall Buildings in Glasgow has begun in response to the increasing number of these being built and planned, especially in the city centre and on its fringes.
The consultation will run until 30 September, and will help to shape the final design guidance on Tall Buildings - which not only guides the best location and design principles for these, but is a key factor in the determination of planning applications.
Given the increasing pressure to develop these types of buildings, the trend to add additional height to re purposed buildings, and the move to the re-densification and re-population of the city centre, it became clear that further design guidance was necessary.
While strategies such as the Central District Regeneration Framework, City Centre Strategic Development Framework and the River Clyde Strategic Development Framework identify opportunities for increased density and increased height along the Clydeside, it is also considered important to maintain the character of the Glasgow Central Conservation Area.
There are a range of views on Tall Buildings, with many people proposing that they can help reduce sprawl, increase density, and provide opportunities for refurbishment and re-use. Others suggest that they are inherently unsustainable, with a greater consumption of more materials, energy, and resources than lower-rise buildings, and create social and environmental problems.
Glasgow City Council recognises the role taller buildings can play in terms of sustainable and organic growth of the city system, and encourages competent, forward thinking and holistic responses to the challenges of planning, constructing, and maintaining taller buildings - so tall buildings can be sustainable if they are designed and built with care and innovation, and if they are part of a holistic urban planning strategy that balances environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects. However, the council does not view tall buildings are not a panacea for urban sustainability challenges and should be complemented by other forms of low and medium-impact development that promote diversity, liveability and inclusive economic growth.
Current design guidance on Tall Buildings is based on the following factors:
- Quality of the city centre: the distinctive qualities and values of this distinctive place including historic character and context;
- Heritage: understanding the significance of the local historic environment and the potential impact on this significance;
- Visual: the impact on the city centre streetscape, and wider urban landscapes, and views of the skyline. This includes the setting of heritage assets;
- Functional: the design, embodied carbon and carbon cost, construction and operation;
- Transport: the impact on the local transport infrastructure and particularly public transport needs;
- Environmental: the influence on local micro-climates such as creation of wind tunnels, 'canyon' effects, distances between tall buildings, overshadowing, and effect on heritage assets in terms of the impact these micro-climatic changes could have upon their fabric, and how they are experienced; and
- Cumulative: the combined impacts on heritage assets from existing, consented and proposed tall buildings.
The Tall Buildings design guidance was considered earlier this year at meetings hosted by the Glasgow Design Panel and attended by architects, designers and developers, a meeting with Ward 10 (Anderston/city/Yorkhill) community councils, and last month the council hosted a digital round table workshop for UK and international professional and academic experts with previous expertise in producing tall buildings design guidance for similar scale cities to Glasgow. The consultation beginning today will help shape the final design guidance document and is open to anyone with an interest in this topic in Glasgow.
This consultation can be found here.
Information from Glasgow City Council - published by MCTCC 9 July 2024
Have your say on proposals for student accommodation on Osborne St – come along to Granite House, 31 – 33 Stockwell Street on 20th February between 2 – 7pm to see what is being proposed for what is currently a gap site.
Glasgow City Council's Decision re 65-97 Ingram St
Residents have reacted furiously to Glasgow Council’s decision to destroy what they claim is the final opportunity for a community park in the city’s heart.
On the casting vote of its Chairman, the Council’s Planning Applications Committee (PAC) voted after a three hour public hearing to agree planning officers’ recommendation of approval for a seven storey building of 109 apartments on the site. This is currently a car park opposite the historic ‘A’ Listed Ramshorn Church.
Almost half the 14 members of the Committee failed to turn up for the hearing, described by Merchant City and Trongate Community Council (MCTCC) as the most important event for local residents in the past 20 years and the culmination of its four year fight for the area’s first green space.
The decision means 21 horse chestnut and cherry trees will be felled. The site, sold by the Council to its own arms length property company, is also home to the world famous mural ‘Fellow Glasgow Residents,’ showing a variety of wild animals and birds peeking through what appear to be holes in a wall.
Tam Coyle, Chair of MCTCC which was one of 143 objectors, commented: “We are devastated and angry at the outcome. It’s ironic since Glasgow was host of the COP 26 UN Climate Change Summit and its leaders have regularly spoken about how determined they are to boost the greening of the city.”
He added: “It has now ruined the last remaining opportunity for a community park in the very heart of the city. No other site is available.”
An acoustics expert told the hearing that residents of the new flats would have legitimate grounds for complaint about noise from the adjacent City Halls and Old Fruitmarket entertainment complexes which host well over 200 events a year and that this could put their continued existence in doubt.
Depute Lord Provost Christy Mearns commented: “I’m bitterly disappointed that Councillors have voted to obliterate the last available open space in Merchant City and putting world-renowned music venues under significant threat of closure.”
She went on: “Unfortunately there is now no chance of ever creating a park here, despite the area crying out for it. The Council says it wants to encourage families and children to live in the city centre yet there is nowhere for them to play or gather. We need new homes but these should be prioritised in appropriate locations”.
Mr Coyle noted that Glasgow had recently come 68th and last in a survey of the greenest cities in Britain carried out by university scientists from England and Australia.
The PAC’s vote was 3-3 but carried on the casting vote of Councillor Ken Andrew (SNP Hillhead).
Mr Coyle commented: “This decision, waved through on the casting vote of one person, is a travesty. It sends absolutely the wrong signal about Glasgow Council’s long repeated mantra of wanting a greener environment for its citizens.”
Other objectors said the proposed development was out of context with existing buildings and hide views of the Ramshorn which dates back to 1720, and add to already serious traffic problems in the area, especially since the proposal had no provision for parking spaces.
Local resident David Hughes told the hearing that Merchant City was the only part of the city centre without a green space and that a park would boost the community’s health and well being,
Public Consultation - Proposed erection of student accommodation, Trongate/Hutcheson St
The second public consultation event for the proposed demolition and redevelopment of the site on the corner of Hutcheson St/Trongate will take place this Wednesday, 11th January, in Metropolitan Bar, Candleriggs, between 12noon and 7pm. The proposal has been updated following feedback from the first public consultation.
Avenues Consultation - Argyle St East/St Enoch Sq/Dixon St (Online)
Changes are being made to Argyle Street east of Central Station, St Enoch Square, Dixon Street and around Barrowlands Park as part of the Glasgow Avenues Programme.
The proposed changes focus on protecting and prioritising space for active travel, improving connectivity, introducing sustainable green infrastructure and improving the way public transport is accommodated.
You can find out more about the proposals by:
- Visiting St Enoch Centre on Monday 25th July between approximately 10am and 6pm, to meet the team, see the proposals and have your questions answered.
- Viewing the proposals online at www.glasgow.gov.uk/avenues
- Joining an online presentation on Wednesday 27th July ay 7pm, where we will explain the proposals and provide an opportunity to ask questions.
Visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-avenues-argyle-street-east-registration-372832832037 to register
Meet Our Waterfront Drop-in Session
Meet Our Waterfront is a project commissioned by Glasgow City Council to develop an urban masterplan for Custom House Quay and Carlton Place. The urban masterplan formed on the basis of a new structural quay wall built into the river, providing new development plots, new high quality public realm (of at least equal quantum to that existing in the area) and improving connectivity along the river edge.
These sessions will provide an opportunity to view the emerging designs, and discuss opportunities. During the event the design team will be on hand with visual materials to prompt conversation and gather your feedback on the emerging proposals for Custom House Quay and Carlton Place.
No need to book - just drop-in any time during the following periods:
Wednesday 6th October: 11 am - 2 pm
Wednesday 6th October: 5 - 8 pm
Thursday 7th October: 11am - 2 pm
Thursday 7th October: 5 - 8 pm
Fore more information, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-our-waterfront-meet-the-design-team-tickets-174273706347
St Enoch Centre Masterplan - Public Consultation event
The owners of St Enoch Centre will be hosting a public consultation event on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 October, between 10am and 3pm, online and in the unit next to Millie's Cookies in the Centre.
More details here: https://st-enoch.com/masterplan/