LATEST NEWS

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• Community Council News
• Health and Wellbeing
• Police Updates
• Planning Applications
• Recently Decided Applications
• Current Public Consultations
• Road Closures

Community Council News

• Meeting Minutes, 25 June 202422/07/2024
  The draft minutes of our June meeting will be presented to our meeting on 30 July 2024. Attended by: Scott Thornton(Chair), David Cowan, Gary Atkinson, Rosalind Wardley-Smith, Niall McColl,  Peter Hayman, David Hughes, Gordon Millar ; Lorenzo Mele & Bernadette Fryars – Glasgow Merchant City Festival; Police Constable Sean McFadden; EM, RM, KL, TD, SM, CS,… Read more: Meeting Minutes, 25 June 2024
• 30th July 2024 at 6.30pm01/07/2024
  The next stages of Glasgow City Council’s anti-drugs campaign including the outcome of its ‘safe needle bin’ project, officially sanctioned graffiti, busking, how to avoid more serious disturbances by football fans and the surge in applications for student accommodation will be among the issues discussed at the next public meeting of Merchant City and Trongate… Read more: 30th July 2024 at 6.30pm
• Meeting Minutes, 28 May 202418/06/2024
  These draft minutes will be reviewed at our next meeting on 25th June. Attended by: Tam Coyle (Chair), David Cowan,  Peter Hayman, David Hughes, Gordon Millar, Scott Thornton; Ward Councillors Philip Braat and Angus Millar; Ian Elder, Glasgow City Council; Police Constables Stephen Clarke and Sean McFadden; TD, DF, NF, TMcK, RN; By Zoom video –… Read more: Meeting Minutes, 28 May 2024

Health & Wellbeing

• Women, Destitution & No Recourse to Public Funds25/05/2022
  The Glasgow Violence Against Women Partnership (GVAWP) are delighted to announce the launch of the Women, Destitution & NoRecourse to Public Funds Project, developed by the Women, Asylum, Immigration and Refugee Working Group (WAIR). The project is a joint initiative between the GVAWP, Glasgow Women’s Aid and British Red Cross and has been funded by GCC… Read more: Women, Destitution & No Recourse to Public Funds
• Wise Women – Women’s Safety in Glasgow19/01/2022
  Wise Women are a voluntary sector organisation in Glasgow, established in 1994, that supports women to improve their personal safety and confidence. Tget are currently working in partnership with Glasgow Girls Club, Commonplace and Glasgow Violence Against Women’s Partnership to gather information on women’s safety in the city. To achieve this they have developed an… Read more: Wise Women – Women’s Safety in Glasgow
• Public urged to phone 111 before showing up to GP Out of Hours18/03/2021
  Sharp spike in unscheduled attendances putting model at risk Following an increase in the number of attempted walk-ins at GP Out of Hours centres, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is urging patients to call NHS24 and not turn up at GP Out of Hours sites without an appointment to help preserve the safety of other patients and… Read more: Public urged to phone 111 before showing up to GP Out of Hours

Police Updates

• Local Police Plans 2023-202622/11/2022
• Roadworks – Glassford St, 23 May 2022 for 4 weeks23/05/2022
• HELP KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE THIS BONFIRE SEASON03/11/2021
• Police Scotland launch new national division – Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing Division11/05/2021
• Police Update – Illegal Drugs consumption situation in the Merchant City/Trongate area28/01/2021

Planning Applications

• Current Planning Applications24/07/2024
  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. Street Reference Summary Date Received Last Date for Comments Stockwell St 24/01614/FUL Use of office… Read more: Current Planning Applications

Recently Decided Applications

Decided Planning Applications history

Current Public Consultations

• (no title)15/02/2023
  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.
• Public Consultation – Proposed erection of student accommodation, Trongate/Hutcheson St09/01/2023
  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)14/07/2022
  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… Read more: Avenues Consultation – Argyle St East/St Enoch Sq/Dixon St (Online)
• Meet Our Waterfront Drop-in Session23/09/2021
  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… Read more: Meet Our Waterfront Drop-in Session
• St Enoch Masterplan published17/09/2021
  A Masterplan for the future of St Enoch has been published. Consultation event 1st and 2nd October online and in the centre. https://st-enoch.com/masterplan/

Road Closures and Roadworks

• Road Restrictions – 18th to 21st July – Merchant City Festival17/07/2024
  It’s the Merchant City Festival this weekend, and fingers crossed for decent weather. As you’d expect, there will be some road restrictions in the area… 18 July at 15:00 to 21 July at 23:59 – no waiting, loading or unloading 19 July 04:00 to 21 July at 23:59 – no vehicle movements Streets affected:
• Road Restrictions – 10th to 15th July – TRNSMT09/07/2024
  The TRNSMT festival is taking place on Glasgow Green this weekend. The following restrictions are in place in the MCTCC area. 10th July 10:00 to 15th July 02:00PROHIBITION OF DRIVING – Saltmarket for its full length– Steel Street for its full length– Bridgegate between King Street and Saltmarket– Mart Street for its full length– Jocelyn… Read more: Road Restrictions – 10th to 15th July – TRNSMT
• Road Restrictions – 5th and 6th July01/07/2024
  There will be many roads closed, or with restricted parking from 4pm on Friday 5th until 5pm on Saturday 6th July, whilst the Boyne parade is taking place, No waiting or loading or unloading16:00hrs on the 5 July 2024 to 16.00hrs on the 6 July 2024 Prohibition of vehicle movements05:00hrs to 16:00hrs on 6 July… Read more: Road Restrictions – 5th and 6th July
• Mens and Women’s 10K, Sunday 16 June10/06/2024
  The Mens and Women’s 10K road race will take place on Sunday 16 June. The following roads will have a No waiting and no loading or unloading restrictions from 15:00hrs on 15 June 2024 to 16:00hrs on the 16 June 2024 The same roads will have a Prohibition of vehicle movements from 06:00hrs to 16:00hrs… Read more: Mens and Women’s 10K, Sunday 16 June
• Race for Life, 19 May 202412/05/2024
  Expect road closures in the area from 6am on 19th May whilst Race for Life is taking place