A new All Bar One will open at Glasgow Central Station in August following the granting of an alcohol sales licence.

Hospitality firm Mitchells & Butlers wants to reopen a currently vacant unit above M&S Simply Food as the city’s second All Bar One venue.

Council planners are currently considering an application to convert the unit and the licensing board has now allowed the sale of alcohol on the site.

Licensing solicitor Audrey Junner, who represents the firm, said the unit, previously the Central Bar, had been closed since 2016 and her clients wanted to bring “new life” to the space.

He said: “Everything is going well, they are scheduled to start operating in April next year and if all goes to plan I believe the launch is planned for August.

“The station is currently undergoing renovations, there are many closed units. “This will change as developments occur at the station and this will be a valuable addition to this.”

He added that Mitchells & Butlers was “trying to improve the user experience within the station”.

Councilors on the city’s licensing board approved the firm’s temporary facility license.

Ms Junner said All Bar One was “one of the most popular of the Mitchell & Butlers brands”, adding: “They already run one on St Vincent Street but this will be a much smaller unit.”

Plans for the new venue were recently submitted to the council and follow the cancellation of a previous proposal for a Wetherspoons in the unit.

The application states that if the council concludes the works “will not detract from the historic character of the building or harm its appearance”, a “similar regulation” to the approved Wetherspoons project will be made.

It also revealed that Mitchells & Butlers had leased the unit from Network Rail and had proposed “minor non-structural alterations” to the interior and new lighting at the main entrance.

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