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A PUB'S plan to extend its beer garden in an upmarket conservation area of
Glasgow's West End has sparked a row.

Owners of the Rock in Hyndland have been given the go-ahead to raise a
terrace and triple the size of the seating area.

But the proposal has been slammed by the Architectural Heritage Society
of Scotland.

The bar, in Hyndland Road, already has a large beer garden catering for
around 35 customers.

Its Hertfordshire-based owners the Orchid Group now plan to extend the
outside drinking area up to the pavement to cater for 114 customers.

But in its objection, the Architectural Heritage Society said: "The pub is in
an outstanding residential conservation area and in one of its most
sensitive and distinguished locations. The proposal is inappropriate,
incongruous and over-commercialised."

The pub group first applied for planning permission to fit raised decking in
September. That application was refused by councillors because it failed to
take account of the prominence of the site and the historic character of the
Glasgow West conservation area.

Councillors gave the go-ahead to the extended terrace yesterday after pub
owners ditched the decking for charcoal-coloured "courtstone" paving.

James H
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Fjord · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:

A bit of good news in the planning dept for once ... nothing to do with it being my local of course

I miss the Wickets beer garden though it was the best.