Green light for jet hub hotel development

Empty office will get a makeover

05.10.2017 Hotel chiefs have been given the go-ahead to transform an empty office near Glasgow Airport.

Hotelier Kamran Khan has been granted permission to turn the threestorey Falcon House building into lodgings for travelling families, air staff and businessmen.

Architects Fouin + Bell has drawn up blueprints for the development on Inchinnan Road.

Renfrewshire Council approved proposals in a report to planners.

It stated: “The site lies within an established local industrial area, close to Glasgow Airport’s operational land and has lain vacant for a number of years following its closure as an office building.

“Access to the site is to be taken from an existing point on Inchinnan Road, with parking provision surrounding the building and delivery provided via the building frontage.”

Planning bosses maintained it would be “preferable” to “site hotels within town centres” but approved the plans due to close proximity to the jet hub.

They say it would result in a longterm vacant building being brought back into use and would connect to the public transport network between Paisley and Glasgow.

The project was unveiled earlier this year and was put to the public as part of a 21- day statutory consultation.

Neighbours were informed of the proposals and there were no objections to construction.

Council chiefs have set-out a vision to create a business district centred on the airport. Almost £40million has been set aside to create new infrastructure and access between the terminal and the existing Westway, Inchinnan and nearby business parks.

A new bridge will also span the White Cart, with additional cycle routes.

The proposals will make land around Glasgow Airport more attractive to major firms.

Cash for the scheme is being stumped up by the City Deal partnership, which includes Holyrood, Westminster and eight councils across the west of Scotland.

It has also approved a £80million bridge between Renfrew and Yoker.

The airport will also be connected to the national rail network by a £144million tram-train project, set to be operational by 2025.