01 – Location and Brief

View on to south west corner of building from Foulis Lane

Elder and Cannon Architects have been engaged by Calmont Group to assume the role of lead consultant in the preparation and presentation of design proposals for full planning permission for a new build housing project at 21 Herschell Street, Glasgow.

The application site is located at the top of Herschell Street, accessed just off the junction to Great Western Rd and running directly along the shared boundary to the north bound platform of Anniesland Train Station to the east and the retail car park of Morrisons supermarket to the west and north.

The proposal is for a development of 136 fully managed Build To Rent flats with supporting communal accommodation including internal and external amenity spaces and servicing. The dwellings will principally comprise one bed flats and larger two bed corner flats, along with a smaller number of studio apartments. They are to be provided in two separate apartment blocks of 5 – 7 storeys with landscaped courtyard spaces, communal gardens, roof terraces and large private balconies or terraces for every dwelling.

The Glasgow City Development Plan (CDP) (2017) provides the main planning policy framework for determining planning applications within the area.

Within the CDP, the site is located within Anniesland Local Centre (CDP4).  The majority of the site is located within an area of High Public Transport Accessibility as defined by CDP11. City-wide policies CDP1 Place Making and Policy CDP2 Sustainable Spatial Strategy also cover this site. There are no listed buildings or structures on the site, and the site is not located within or adjacent to a Conservation Area.

Planning History

Planning permission was granted for the conversion of office building to 48 residential flats, associated external alterations, car parking and landscaping at the site in September 2016 (application reference: 16/00438/DC). A Section 42 application to amend condition 1 of planning permission 16/00438/DC was approved in October 2018 (planning application reference 18/01670/FUL).

The site benefits from an extant planning permission for residential use.