‘Ambitious’ house plans get the nod

New homes in pipeline

New homes are set to be built on vacant grassland in Wishaw as part of an “ambitious” housing project by North Lanarkshire Council.

The mixture of 61 single and two-storey houses and flats will be constructed at a site off Dimsdale Road.

Members of the council’s planning committee conditionally approved the application at a meeting held on Thursday, January 31.

A council spokesperson explained: “Ou r ambitious new build programme will see 61 homes constructed on the site off Dimsdale Road in Wishaw with one, two and three bedroom properties, including cottage flats, terraced houses, wheelchair accessible bungalows and semi-detached houses.

“This is the latest development to go ahead in the council’s NL Homes programme which has seen almost 600 new homes completed and a total of 5,000 new homes (including 550 buy backs) delivered by 2035.”

The site is currently vacant grassland which is zoned for housing.

There are already homes on three sides of the plot.

Meanwhile, a proposed 61-home development at a former electricity substation between Holytown and Mossend has been denied planning permission due to noise problems at the site.

Miller Homes and SP Transmission jointly applied to North Lanarkshire Council’s planning committee for approval to proceed with the planned development of various different types of two-storey, three and four bedroomed houses.

Howe v e r, at a committee meeting i n Mother well on Thursday, January 31, councillors agreed with the recommendations of planning officers that the site failed to meet detailed requirements on noise due to large amounts of road and rail traffic noise, meaning that it was not suitable for residential properties.