New housing gets underway

A housing developer is to start work on a new estate in West Lothian.

The new development in Winchburgh will have 74 four and five-bedroom properties. CALA Homes (East) will begin the works after buying the land as part of the Winchburgh masterplan. The wider masterplan is creating a community of 3800 homes, including 750 affordable homes, investment in transport links, a school campus including primary and secondary schools, a new canal marina, 40 acres of employment land as well as the new £6 million district park.

Gavin Pope, land director with CALA Homes (East), said: “With construction work at our Oakbank development now underway, we are looking forward to delivering our new homes within this location. The development offers a wide range of family homes which will benefit from the excellent amenity and environment that will be delivered as part of this very exciting placemaking development.”

A further key design consideration has been the environment, with mature woodland on site retained and further trees planted as part of extensive landscaping.

John Hamilton, chief executive of Winchburgh Developments Limited, said: “Having a developer of CALA’s calibre as our next housing partner further emphasises the appeal of the lifestyle standards we are creating here. The delivery of the Winchburgh masterplan is moving on at pace, with landscaping work on Auldcathie District Park set to begin early next year, and construction of the new canal marina and schools’ campus well underway. The masterplan will also deliver improved transport links for Winchburgh, such as the new M9 junction, major investment in public transport and a new network of pedestrian and cycling paths that connect into the national cycling route.”