Wednesday February 4th 2026
Upper floors on St Enoch Square could be turned into flats by a housing association (photo from the planning documents).
Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Drew Sandelands
The empty upper floors of a listed building in St Enoch Square can be converted into 28 flats by a housing association.
Glasgow City Council has approved West of Scotland Housing Association’s (WSHA) plan to revamp two buildings; a B-listed former bank at 34-36 St Enoch Square and a property at 26-30 St Enoch Square.
Previously used as offices, the properties can now be refurbished to flats for mid-market rent, which is available to households on low to moderate incomes. It is usually cheaper than private rent but more expensive than social housing.
The project will include replacing windows and repairing the roof. Plans stated the scheme is “understood to be the first such application by a registered social landlord that supports Glasgow City Council’s strategy to double the residential population of the city centre by 2035”.
WSHA announced it had purchased the buildings in a multi-million pound deal in 2024. It came after a private developer had secured approval for 26 flats on the site in 2021.
The plans, submitted by MAST Architects on behalf of the housing association, state the “floorplates, formerly in mixed business and commercial uses, were previously combined, and are communally accessed by the entrance doorway to 34 St Enoch Square”.
“The upper floors, historically in use as mixed office and commercial premises by a range of occupants, are now vacant and have been stripped back to a structural shell by the site’s previous owners,” the application continues.
“The buildings urgently require a viable end use and returned to occupation to ensure that they can be protected and conserved.”
Listed building consent had already been granted for internal and external alterations. Retail units on the ground floor are under separate ownership.
In March 2024, the housing association said it had bought the B-listed Station House for conversion to affordable housing. It was originally built in the 19th century as headquarters for the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company.
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