A vacant site in Woodlands is set to be turned into a residential centre for young homeless people.

The four-storey facility for Queens Cross Housing Association will be on a vacant site in Glenfarg Street, beside Woodside Halls.

The building will also have facilities for daytime service users after being approved by Glasgow City Council.

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Originally a dispensary associated with the neighbouring Woodside Halls, the existing building became most established as social and welfare centre for the local Polish Community, after the war, according to planning documents.

Since the welfare club fell into disuse, the building was disused and empty for a number of years before being demolished.

Permission was previously granted for 27 student flats on the site.

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