{"id":750807,"date":"2024-08-05T10:58:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T09:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=750807"},"modified":"2024-08-05T15:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:48:11","slug":"court-backs-demolition-of-glasgows-wyndford-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/court-backs-demolition-of-glasgows-wyndford-towers","title":{"rendered":"Court backs demolition of Glasgow\u2019s Wyndford towers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow\u2019s biggest housing association, Wheatley Homes Glasgow, has long-earmarked the 26-storey blocks for redevelopment, and says they will be replaced with nearly 400 homes.<\/p>\n<p>Controversially, Glasgow City Council twice ruled that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) was not necessary when approving demolition last year. Pans for the replacement homes have yet to be submitted.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a ruling against Wyndford Residents Union campaigners, the Court of Session in Scotland last week said it rejected claims that Glasgow City Council had \u2018erred in law\u2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/glasgow-tower-demolition-signed-off-by-council-in-face-of-counter-proposals\">waving through the demolition<\/a>\u00a0without an EIA.<\/p>\n<p>The now-empty estate has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/architects-fight-demolition-of-glasgow-high-rises\">championed by Scottish architects<\/a> Malcom Fraser, of Fraser\/Livingstone Architects, Alan Dunlop, of Alan Dunlop Architects, and social housing pioneer Kate Macintosh.<\/p>\n<p>Dunlop, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishconstructionnow.com\/articles\/call-for-investigation-into-demolition-of-historic-glasgow-tower-blocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously described<\/a> the towers as embodying \u2018the spirit of Le Corbusier\u2019, told the AJ: \u00a0\u2018Wyndford residents and we Glaswegians are now faced with the realisation that a unique piece of social housing, urban planning and community resource, 50 years in the making, will be destroyed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He said the towers would be replaced with \u2018mundane, ubiquitous and anonymous blocks that take no account of this special location, riverfront and history, and could be mistaken for Milton Keynes. Shame on the housing association, shame on Glasgow City Council and shame on those who did not speak up.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Writing in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnthropoceneAS\/status\/1819312047630258386\">post on X<\/a>, Anthropocene Architecture School added of the judicial review: \u2018<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">This is a moment for every single architect &amp; educator who has ever cited their support for the Architects\u2019 Journal\u2019s <\/span>RetroFirst campaign to step up &amp; make their voice count. If you rallied for the M&amp;S building, please rally behind those living on the Wyndford estate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wheatley Homes has long disputed criticism of the environmental impact of the demolition and rebuild scheme, which it says will improve energy efficiency at the estate. It also says residents have supported the regeneration scheme, which is the result of retrofitting being \u2018extremely difficult and costly\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Under plans unveiled by Wheatley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/glasgow-towers-demolition-images-of-replacement-scheme-unveiled\">earlier this year<\/a>, around 85 per cent of the proposed 386 homes will be earmarked for social housing, and 15 per cent for mid-market rent.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Wheatley said: \u2018We note this verdict by the Court of Session which fully supports the earlier screening opinion taken by Glasgow City Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The overwhelming majority of tenants are fully behind our plans to invest \u00a3100 million in Wyndford and transform the community for the better, not only for the people who live there today, but for families and generations to come.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/threatened-glasgow-towers-not-special-says-scottish-heritage-body\">A bid to list the towers failed in February 2023<\/a> when Historic Environment Scotland said the buildings \u2018did not meet the criteria of special architectural or historic interest required\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The AJ understands campaigners may yet appeal the Court of Session decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow\u2019s biggest housing association, Wheatley Homes Glasgow, has long-earmarked the 26-storey blocks for redevelopment, and says they will be replaced with nearly 400 homes. Controversially, Glasgow City Council twice ruled that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) was not necessary when approving demolition last year. Pans for the replacement homes have yet to be submitted. 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