River Clyde plan sunk as bosses plot new course
PLANS to create a massive shopping centre along the banks of the Clyde have been withdrawn — but the developers are believed to be considering the creation of a leisure resort.
Peel L&P said it was assessing “all options” after confirming it had pulled a bid to renew permission for long-term planning consent for retail, offices, residential, hotel and leisure uses on the ‘Glasgow Harbour’ site.
The scheme had been approved in principle and further details, for a Glasgow Harbour Lifestyle Outlet with shops, restaurants and a cinema, were then backed by the city’s planning committee last year.
However, the developer said it has now decided to “reconsider our approach to the whole Glasgow Waters site” — which includes Castlebank Quay and Yorkhill Quay.
The plans could see more than 1000 homes, a 200-bed hotel and leisure uses on part of the site at Yorkhill Quay, and were submitted in April this year.
That application, for permission in principle, has yet to be decided on by the council but, on Friday, the developer’s website stated the scheme could include “the possibility of a Wellbeing Resort with Therme Group”.
Reference to a wellbeing resort has now been removed from the website, and a company spokesperson said: “At this moment in time, Peel L&P is considering all options to our approach for Glasgow Waters.”
However, a council report earlier this year revealed an expression of interest had been received, under the project title Therme Scotland, for an application to the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund.
It stated: “Site preparation for construction of leisure resort concept encapsulating water therapies, nature, sustainable technologies and culture – located on site near the Transport Museum [Riverside Museum].”
Peel L&P’s latest application for the Yorkhill Quay site would develop land between the Riverside Museum and the Scottish Events Campus. The shopping outlet had been planned on the other side of the Riverside Museum, across the River Kelvin.
Therme, which is planning a leisure resort in Manchester, featuring wave pools, slides and saunas, recently confirmed it is bidding to open a site in Scotland.
We need to look again at our approach to the whole Glasgow Waters site