New bid unveiled to transform site of cash and carry
PLANS have been submitted for a residential development on a site in Glasgow’s South Side which has lay vacant for 25 years.
Craighead Properties Ltd wants to redevelop the site of the former Castle Cash and Carry, which sits between the Gorbals and Govanhill areas of the city at Cathcart Road and Crown Street.
The site, which used to be the Dixons Iron Foundry before Castle Cash and Carry took over, runs alongside the M74, and has been the subject of many planning applications over the years.
The latest planning application for the brownfield site is for a proposed residential development with associated access, parking, landscaping and engineering works.
Planning permission for the site has already been granted for a mixed use development which includes a retail superstore with petrol filling station.
The planning permission is live and allows for the foodstore to be built on the southern part of the site until December 23.
The same planning application also allows for residential and office use on the northern part of the site until December 23, 2020.
In a planning statement, Zander Planning acting on behalf of Craighead Properties, said: “The proposal will contribute towards and bring a prominent long-term vacant brownfield site into fill active use.
“The site at Cathcart Road has been earmarked for residential development for a number of years.
“It is clear that non-industrial and business uses have already been accepted by the council, on the site, on more than one occasion.”
The statement continues: “In particular there is an extant consent on the site allows for residential development. This PPP consent is live until 2020 and there are no locational or density restrictions placed on the consent.
“As a consequence, the development as proposed could have been lodged as an Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions.
“This would have been a legitimate and component application.
“However, the applications felt that it would be ‘cleaner’ to apply for fresh planning permission”
The planning firm also states that the application, if approved, would contribute towards the regeneration of the Gorbals area.
Their planning statement said: “The proposal would realise the redevelopment and regeneration of a major site within the Clyde Corridor area that will provide signifcant urban renewal, economic benefit and employment at a location that can act as a catalyst for other proposals, focused on the regeneration of the site and the wider Gorbals area.
“The application should therefore be supported, as this will allow the development of a site that has lain vacant for over 25 years and that is currently contributing nothing to the regeneration of Glasgow or the Gorbals area.”
A decision is expected on the plans in June.