en.Wedoany.com Reported - Dimensional News, Glasgow City Council has approved Lar Housing Trust's redevelopment plan for the former "Inn on the Green" site on Greenhead Street in Bridgeton. The project will transform a Category B listed building, which has been closed since 2006 and severely damaged by a fire in 2014, into 45 mid-market rent homes.

Lar Housing Trust is an independent housing charity, established in 2015, dedicated to providing high-quality mid-market rent housing across Scotland. Mid-market rent housing targets low-to-middle-income households, with rents typically lower than the private rental market but slightly higher than social housing. The Greenhead Street hotel building, where the project is located, has been vacant since its closure in 2006, and a fire in 2014 destroyed the roof, leaving it derelict for an extended period.

Previous planning proposals, approved in late 2021 and early 2022, originally planned to demolish most of the Category B listed building, retaining only the facade and constructing new ancillary buildings. However, during subsequent progress, demolition contractors raised "serious concerns" about the structural stability of the facade retention plan. Based on safety considerations, the developer adjusted its strategy, submitting an updated proposal to Glasgow City Council, which has now received listed building consent.

The core change in the updated proposal is the abandonment of the original "facade-only retention" approach, opting instead for the full retention and renovation of the existing building. According to planning documents, all irreparable fire-damaged interior finishes have been removed, and the floor slabs and roof have been completely replaced. The building's external walls will be retained and refurbished, with new timber-framed double-glazed windows and doors installed on the main Greenhead Street facade. Simultaneously, a new wing will be added to the existing building to provide residential apartments.

The approval of this planning adjustment marks a new phase in the development of this long-vacant site. The project will transform a fire-damaged Category B listed building into 45 homes for low-to-middle-income households, helping to alleviate housing pressure in Glasgow while achieving the adaptive reuse of a historic building.