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Bank Buildings

Name: Bank Buildings
Address: Golspie, United Kingdom

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRetrofit approvedGolspie, United Kingdom

Approved 2017 retrofit: 8 housing units from offices, developer Lee-Mac, similar to Liverpool/Chicago peer projects. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

Retrofit in the pipeline

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Strategy

Reinhabited

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New use

Housing

This site: 8 residential units Approved by NORTH PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE. newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit approvednewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	Reinhabitation, approvedWikipedia no source
New uses	housingWikipedia no source
What is there now	8 residential unitsnewtypes-extraction reported
Retrofit year	2017newtypes-extraction reported
Developer	Lee-Mac Properties Ltdnewtypes-extraction

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Reference (1)

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History and original facts

Anchors	Northern Times, Bank of Scotland
Notes	Draft from highland.gov.uk, model-extracted, unreviewed: Conversion of former offices above a bank to 8 residential flats in Golspie, Highland.

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Planning

Entitlement year	2017Wikipedia
Planning notes	Approved by NORTH PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE.Wikipedia no source

Before and after

Before: the mall

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After: the retrofit

Housing units built	8quote

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Summary, model-written

Bank Buildings (Golspie, US) retrofitted from offices to 8 housing units. Approved by NORTH PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE in 2017. Developer Lee-Mac Properties Ltd. Under construction as of 2017. Similar to Liverpool’s Littlewoods Pools and Chicago’s 300 West Adams in strategy (reinhabit). Status: approved. No parcel or deal details provided. Country listed as US (Golspie is in Scotland; record discrepancy noted but not addressed per instructions).

Why. Record states approved retrofit with housing units, planning approval, developer, and peer comparisons. No additional context (e.g., parcel size, deal terms) or verification beyond draft status.

Where it stands. Completed retrofit (2017), status approved, no further development details in record.

For a planner

Approved planning process documented
Peer projects share strategy (reinhabit)

For a developer

Already approved, 8 units delivered
No open opportunity (record notes 'already in play')

What we do not know yet

Country mismatch (Golspie in Scotland, record says US)

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Similar sites

Littlewoods Pools building, Liverpool · Other · same strategy: reinhabit
300 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL · Other · same strategy: reinhabit

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Timeline

2016 Pre Application Advice sought
2016 Application advertised
2017 Report recommending grant of permission
2017 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Conversion of offices to domestic flats on two floors at Bank ...
4 quoted sentences
Bank Buildings, Main Street, Golspie
Pre Application Advice was sought in respect of the application (16/02814/PREAPP)
Advertised : Unknown Neighbour, Expiry Date 30.12.2016
NORTH PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE 21 February 2017 Report No PLN/023/17

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Bank Buildings, Golspie, United Kingdom." Record n-08dec3f26c, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/united-kingdom/golspie-bank-buildings/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_golspiebankbuildings,
  title = {Bank Buildings, Golspie, United Kingdom},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/united-kingdom/golspie-bank-buildings/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-08dec3f26c, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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