Steps up to Buchanan Galleries are set to be demolished as the first of a series of plans to transform the shopping centre has been given the go ahead.

Planners at Glasgow City Council have approved an application from Landsec, the owner of Buchanan Galleries, to make changes to one of the entrances.

It was submitted alongside four other applications earlier this year, as the company looks to revamp the centre, with proposals including a new foodhall and more leisure space.

Planning documents stated the existing Buchanan Galleries façade and entrances present a “subdued and somewhat inward-facing aspect to Buchanan Street ”.

A letter to the council from planning consultants Savills — on behalf of Landsec — added the plans involve “demolition of the existing entrance steps which a

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