Site disposals and compulsory purchase to deliver housing boost for Glasgow

Glasgow City Council’s Contracts & Property Committee approved the off-market disposal of four pieces of land.

The first is a very small piece of land adjacent to 11 Cromer Gardens in Ruchill, to allow the expansion of a residential garden, while the second is for a 0.15 hectare site at Bogmoor Road in North Cardonald, to allow Fortrum Energy to create an ancillary area to its energy centre there.

The third disposal is for 7.75 hectares of land at Westerhouse Road in Easterhouse to allow Apsley (Gartloch) Limited to build an access road into a residential development of up to 800 homes that Apsley intend to build on an adjacent site. A fourth disposal is for 0.72 hectares of land at Ledgowan Place and Sandbank Street in Maryhill to Maryhill Housing Association, who intend to build 138 mixed-tenure homes there as a result.

The committee also approved the off-market disposal of three former janitor’s houses to the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, following a bid revealed in Scottish Housing News earlier this week.

Ownership of the B-listed Cuthbertson’s janitor’s house at 33 Cuthbertson Street in Govanhill, the B-listed St James’ janitor’s house at 88 Green Street in Calton, and the Royston janitor’s house at 104 Royston Road will now transfer to the Trust. The organisation will use its specialist expertise to restore/refurbish these heritage properties, bringing them back to habitable use before selling on to a housing association for the provision of social housing.

Approval for the compulsory purchase of a residential property at 118 Hillington Road South was also given. The ownership of the property, which has been empty since June 2026, will be transferred by the council to Linthouse Housing Association to be brought up to standard and then put back to productive use as a home for a homeless person or family.

Councillor Ruairi Kelly, depute leader and convener for housing and development at Glasgow City Council, said: “These decisions will enable hundreds of new homes to be built and others brought back into used for the people of Glasgow at a time when new housing is very much needed. The built heritage of the city is also being protected through the restoration of three janitor’s houses that will once again be used to provide quality housing for families in Glasgow.”