Hundreds of arts students will be able to move into new accommodation after a licence was granted by Glasgow City Council.
Base Glasgow will open its doors to students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland despite neighbours’ concerns over potential noise issues.
Licensing chiefs granted HMO – housing in multiple occupation – licences to Soller One Ltd for 25 six-person units on McPhater Street, near to the conservatoire’s campuses.
Neighbours fear an influx of students to the area will lead to noise issues, particularly with music students practising in new studios.
One said they had concerns over hundreds of residents moving into what is “currently a quiet residential area”, bringing “noisy behaviour”.
They also have worries over outdoor terraces and parking.
However, a representative for the applicant said students would be a “wide variety of ages and nationalities”, ranging from 16 to 40.
“There won’t be anyone who is not a student,” she added, saying the students are the “best of the best” who have “dedicated their lives to their craft”.Some courses only take 24 students but receive more than 1,200 applicants, she explained.
The representative add that the conservatoire had even had requests for alcohol free flats.
“You don’t normally get that for student accommodation,” she said. “It’s a slightly different type of student you’re dealing with here.
”In response to parking concerns, she said the students are not allowed a car on site and are encouraged to use public transport.The rehearsal studios while not 100 percent soundproof will “significantly reduce the amount of noise that will escape”.
Outdoor areas, such as a roof terrace, will only be open from 8am to 8pm and will be covered by CCTV.Prestige Student Living is running the accommodation, which will open later this month and cater for around 300 students overall.
As well as practice rooms and the roof terrace, students will have access to an on-site gym, cinema room and games room.
Licensing chairman Alex Wilson said it was a “unique set of students”, with “less partying than you’d expect for that demographic of people”.
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