Retail units also included in proposal for North Glasgow

AMAJOR residential development could be built on a derelict industrial site which previously made up part of the Cowlairs Locomotive Works.

Plans have been submitted to Glasgow City Council for up to 300 homes on the land at Carlisle Street.

The scheme, which would see a mix of flats and terraced housing, would also include 14 retail or commercial units.

Planning consultancy firm Turley has submitted the application for planning permission in principle to the council on behalf of Albermarle Glasgow and Dalesford Estates.

There would be 340 bike parking spaces and 330 car parking spaces, including 24 for disabled parking.

A letter, which was sent with the application, states the site is currently brownfield land which was “formerly occupied by the Cowlairs Locomotive Works which closed in 1968” and was also previously used by Scottish Water. “The site has been derelict for a significant period,” it adds.

The proposed use, layout, character, materials and scale of the development can be designed in consultation with Glasgow City Council to “deliver a significant improvement” to the local area, the applicants say.

When the proposal was sent to the local authority, Turley’s associate director, Kate Donald, said: “We are delighted to have submitted this application for the redevelopment of an under-utilised site which has lain derelict for a significant period of time.

“The project will provide fantastic new homes and new business space for local residents.”