{"id":31290,"date":"2021-09-28T17:41:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31290"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:32:53","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-giant-glasgow-gas-holder-near-ibrox-stadium-to-be-demolished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31290","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Giant Glasgow gas holder near Ibrox stadium to be demolished"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Historic gas holders are being dismantled around the UK and a landmark west Glasgow gas holder close to Ibrox stadium is set to be demolished.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 Gasholder owner SGN submitted prior notification to Glasgow City Council to tear down the unlisted urban hulk in the city\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Glasgow Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>A landmark west Glasgow gas holder close to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/rangers-fc\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\">Ibrox<\/a>\u00a0stadium is set to be demolished.<\/p>\n<p>The gas holding tank in Helen Street, which sits beside the M8, is no longer needed.<\/p>\n<p>The huge container was previously used for storing gas, which is now commonly kept in underground pipes.<\/p>\n<p>Gasholder owner SGN submitted prior notification to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/glasgow-city-council\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\">Glasgow City Council<\/a>\u00a0to tear down the unlisted urban hulk in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The firm intends to give more details on the demolition works to the council after a contractor is hired and a detailed site assessment undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>It said the demolition is not urgently necessary for health and safety reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Energy regulator Ofgem requires all gasholders across the UK to be dismantled by 2029.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/news\/giant-glasgow-gas-holder-near-21397060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbcatcop26.ihbc.org.uk\/\">IHBC@COP26 \u2018Conservation Helpdesk+\u2019<\/a> and for more background see our <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=IHBC%40COP26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic gas holders are being dismantled around the UK and a landmark west Glasgow gas holder close to Ibrox stadium is set to be demolished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38147,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31290\/revisions\/38147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}