{"id":88039,"date":"2025-05-09T18:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/88039\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T18:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:32:11","slug":"blank-street-could-be-forced-to-close-glasgow-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/88039\/","title":{"rendered":"Blank Street could be forced to close Glasgow venue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The firm opened its second Glasgow premises, on the corner of Byres Road and Ruthven Street, earlier this week, despite council planners turning down an application last month.\n<\/p>\n

\n Enforcement officers at Glasgow City Council<\/a> are aware of the situation, and the company could be forced to close the coffee shop\u00a0if found to be open without the required approval.\n<\/p>\n

\n READ MORE:\u00a0Blank Street opens second Glasgow caf\u00e9 despite planning permission refusal<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n READ MORE:\u00a0Plans for US coffee chain’s West End location refused<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n But a spokesperson for the chain said it is currently operating \u201cunder the previous tenant\u2019s use\u201d,\u00a0which differs from the use requested in its recent planning application.\n<\/p>\n

\n The unit was previously home to a Greggs store, and Blank Street has kept its grey exterior, rather than the green it had proposed to the council.\n<\/p>\n

\n It is possible the venue could serve customers under the existing Class 1A use, which can allow the sale of cold food.\n<\/p>\n

\n The application rejected last month was to change the Byres Road premises to class 3 use, which is for the sale of food or drink for consumption on the premises. That use would be needed to sell hot food.\n<\/p>\n

\n In a statement, the company said: \u201cAs with all its stores, Blank Street has planning and necessary permissions for the intended use of the Byres Road store in Glasgow.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cBlank Street is rightfully operating under the previous tenant\u2019s use, and we look forward to welcoming customers in the coming weeks and months.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n The venue appears to be selling drinks, such as coffee and matcha, as well as pastries and cookies. Customers have been queuing out the door to try it.\n<\/p>\n

\n Applicants have a three-month period in which to appeal against a decision to refuse permission.\n<\/p>\n

\n An appeal would go before councillors on the city\u2019s planning review committee for consideration.\n<\/p>\n

\n It is unlikely any enforcement action would be taken until an appeal is rejected or the three months have passed, it is understood.\n<\/p>\n

\n Planners refused the application as they said a change to class 3 use would \u201cresult in 44.4% of the units within the street block in non-class 1A\u201d use, which would \u201cerode the retail character\u201d of the area to \u201cthe detriment of its vitality and viability\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n Officials also said the firm had not demonstrated the property<\/a> had been \u201cappropriately marketed\u201d for class 1A use for a minimum of 12 months, and that the marketing had been \u201cunsuccessful\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n They believed extract vents below neighbouring flats would \u201cadversely affect the well-being and amenity of the residents\u201d on the upper floors of the tenements.\n<\/p>\n

\n The rejection letter added that the proposal failed to \u201cprovide an active frontage to Ruthven Street\u201d. A proposal to install an illuminated sign was also rejected.\n<\/p>\n

\n Blank Street Coffee opened its first Glasgow venue on Gordon Street in the city centre last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The firm opened its second Glasgow premises, on the corner of Byres Road and Ruthven Street, earlier this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-88039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114479309984943679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}