Luxury hotel go-ahead
PLANS to build a luxury hotel near a Glasgow pub will go ahead despite concerns.
A 28-bedroom hotel will be created in the upper floors of an A-listed city building despite opposition.
REVISED plans to build a luxury hotel at a Glasgow pub have been given the green light – despite concerns from a neighbouring nightclub.
JD Wetherspoon, which owns the Crystal Palace on Jamaica Street, has permission to create 28 bedrooms in the vacant upper floors of the category A-listed pub.
And the company will transform a gap site next door into a nine-storey hotel with 69 rooms and a new rooftop bar.
Planning chiefs approved those proposals in July last year on the condition that a noise impact assessment would give views on how the hotel could affect neighbouring homes.
But a petition to the Court of Session by the owners of the Sub Club asked for a judicial review of the decision, with concerns consideration wasn’t given to how late-night music could affect hotel guests.
Court proceedings were suspended on the agreement that JD Wetherspoon would apply for a change to planning conditions to take into account how late-night venue noise could affect hotel guests. That was approved yesterday by planning bosses following objections music industry leaders.
City chiefs revealed that Sub Club bosses felt “vulnerable” and feared that they may experience a rise in noise complaints if the hotel is built.
And despite the new condition being attached to the planning permission, the Sub Club can still seek a judicial review in a bid to stop the build going ahead.
In total, 21 objections were raised, including from the Night Time Industries Association, the Music Venue Trust, the Scottish Music Industry Association, UK Music and members of the public.
Those claimed that JD Wetherspoon hadn’t taken measures to mitigate noise impacts from pubs and clubs.
They pointed to the Scottish Government’s ‘agent of change principle’ which places the burden of mitigating noise issues from live music venues on developers.