Dandara set for nod on 1,000-bed plans in Glasgow

Glasgow City Council is set to approve plans to add almost 1,000 new beds to the city next month. The council has said it is minded to grant consent to plans from Dandara to transform a 5.6-acre site on the River Clyde into a three-building development providing 505 build-to-rent homes and 491 student bedrooms. Dandara wants to build an eight-storey student accommodation block comprising 104 studio flats and 384 cluster flats, a 10-storey block of 169 BTR flats, ranging from studios to two-bed apartments, and a third stepped block of nine-, 14- and 28-storeys providing 336 BTR flats. These will range in size from studios to three-bed homes. Planning papers for City Wharf say the proposals are intended to provide a vibrant series of landscaped spaces, including a new public linear park and civic square designed to promote well-being and biodiversity. “The design focus has been on the high quality of the new buildings and spaces but with a wider view to future regeneration and connections to surrounding opportunities,” the documents say. The Dandara site sits in the middle of a number of proposed and under-development projects, including Platform’s BTR development and Summix’s BTR and PBSA scheme, both at Central Quay, Moda’s BTR project at Lancefield Quay and CA Ventures’ BTR development on Washington Street. Glasgow is in dire need of more student beds, with data from Savills showing there are more than 2.5 students for every available PBSA bed in the city. To reduce that ratio to 1.5, more than 20,000 new student beds need to be developed. Images from Dandara