Glasgow to dispose of sites and properties for new homes and other development

Glasgow to dispose of sites and properties for new homes and other development

The plot of land on George Street

A number of homes, properties, and pieces of land on sites across Glasgow are to be disposed of by the local authority to allow for the creation of new homes and other development.

Decisions approved by a Glasgow City Council committee yesterday will result in social, mid-market rent and private housing, supermarket development, student accommodation, shops and advanced manufacturing units.

The first decision was the disposal of four properties to two housing associations for the development of social homes - a former library and children’s home at 35 Arran Drive in Bellahouston and a detached five-bedroom bungalow at 17 Fettes Street in Carntyne - will be sold to Wheatley Homes, and the two flats at 283a / 283b North Woodside Road will be sold to KEY Housing Association subject to the successful conclusion of negotiations.

The second was the disposal of three areas of land - 0.2 acres in total - at the former Stonedyke Neighbourhood Centre at 9 Belsyde Avenue in Drumchapel to allow the entire site to be sold to developers Belsyde Property, who will build 12 mid-market houses there. The council will receive £7,821 for these three areas of land.

0.57 acres of land at Springburn Road will also be sold to Lidl - beside its store there - to allow it to expand its supermarket offering there, with the council receiving £300,000 for the land.

Another land disposal is for five plots of land - 30.15 hectares in total - at Kenmuir Road in Carmyle to Carmyle Developments, which will form part of a residential development of 400 homes for sale. The council will receive £1.45 million for the sale.

The disposal of a small parcel of land (0.0047 acres) on George Street in the city centre to BKF Newco DM Limited was agreed in principle, to allow the company to consolidate their ownership of the site there as it looks to build a student accommodation and retail development. Negotiations on the sale will now begin.

The in-principle agreement on a 0.12-acre piece of land between tenements at Ardery Street in Partick of a disposal to Mr Michael McDonagh, who plans to refurbish and develop the adjoining former Partick Methodist Church into a wedding and events venue. Negotiation on this sale will also now begin.

The committee also gave its approval to begin negotiations on the disposal of two plots of land (0.25 acres in total) at Bartholomew Street and Dalmarnock Road/Playfair Street to Clyde Gateway, which is looking to consolidate a development site there. It hopes to build a 40,000 square foot industrial building, with uses such as advanced manufacturing, on the site.

Councillor Ruairi Kelly, convener for Housing, Development and Land Use at Glasgow City Council, said: “The number of disposals being agreed and taken forward shows the ongoing development of sites across Glasgow, with homes, jobs and community spaces being created through new uses for buildings and land. The receipts generated by these sales will be reinvested in public services.”

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