The site will provide accommodation for Glasgow Social Enterprise Network. Credit: Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.

Residential developer Watkin Jones Group has submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council to construct a new student housing project in Scotland, UK.

The project will be developed on the site of Portcullis House at Charing Cross.

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The scope of the accommodation project will include the construction of two new buildings comprising 36 storeys and ten storeys, with a total of 784 student beds.

Watkin plans to rehabilitate the brownfield site. Regeneration work will see the demolition of a former HM Revenue & Customs building on India Street and the retention of a portion of its old concrete frame.

Upon receiving approval, the development will be dubbed The Àrd.

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This project aims to address the ongoing shortage of student housing in Scotland’s capital, Glasgow.

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The facility will also provide a new location for non-profit organisation Glasgow Social Enterprise Network, which will occupy a ground-floor apartment at the property.

A sky lounge on the top of the building will provide a view of the surrounding cityscape.

The development will be built to the highest environmental standards, using low- and zero-carbon technology, including heat pumps and low-energy lighting. It will be easily accessible by public transit and pedestrian/cycle paths.

UK-based architectural company Hawkins Brown designed The Àrd scheme.

Watkin planning director Iain Smith said: “This exciting development at The Àrd will regenerate a brownfield site bringing vitality to this part of the city, providing high-quality and much-needed student homes, in addition to greatly increased public realm.

“It will help to address a chronic undersupply of student accommodation, as well as repopulating the city centre and benefit local businesses as part of an overall renewal of the west end.”