November 1 2022

Leftover land from the formation of the Clydeside Expressway is to be put back to use with 48 apartments split between twin residential blocks.

Designed by Nixon Development Consultants on behalf of Nixon Blue the car-free Beith Street build will necessitate rerouting an existing cycle path while minimising tree loss.

Previously lined by tenements the land has been left as open ground since the seventies but is being looked at anew with the construction of a nearby pedestrian and cycle bridge to Govan.

Nixon Blue director and architect Colin McIntyre commented: “The designs are in keeping with the scale and mass of Beith Street housing and the surrounding tenement buildings. As a popular residential area, we want the new apartments to support the regeneration of the Clydeside as the new Govan/Partick Bridge will greatly link the city and its residents.”

Th £8m project is now in the hands of planners.

6 Comments

#1 Posted by Not Impressed on 1 Nov 2022 at 12:44 PM

Inspiring.

#2 Posted by Gandalf the Pink on 1 Nov 2022 at 21:06 PM

The locals will fight this hard - just like last time.

'The apartments will help heal wounds left by 1970s road engineers' - hardly healing a wound when ripping up green space is involved.

Also, a bridge 1km away is a tenuous link to try to persuade planners to let this one fly.

#3 Posted by Localish on 1 Nov 2022 at 23:11 PM

Not sure who in their right mind would want to live sandwiched between an Orange lodge and the expressway but I suppose it takes all types...

Unfortunately I've no doubt this will get planning. Usual dross from developers. The visuals and quote about 'minimising tree loss' are pretty misleading. I highly doubt any of those mature trees near the buildings will survive the build. And six stories is hardly in-keeping with the neighbouring tenements. The less said about the design, the better.

#2 is spot on re: specious reasoning about '1970s scar' (hint: the scar is the expressway, not the grassy bits with trees).

#4 Posted by HMR on 2 Nov 2022 at 08:32 AM

The quality of housing design in Glasgow is in the gutter, each block that springs up is a poorer copy of the last.

#5 Posted by James Hepburn on 3 Nov 2022 at 12:09 PM

Developers, Architects and Planners are at an all time low in Glasgow. Just talentless.

#6 Posted by Martinne Adams on 28 Jan 2023 at 20:14 PM

Hi could u please tell me are the apartments bought property or through a housing ? If so could I put my name forward for one , thank you.

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