Homes for derelict sites in Glasgow

GHA, part of Wheatley Group, has unveiled plans to transform two derelict sites on Glasgow’s south side – bringing 48 new affordable homes to the city.

The new homes in Carnwadric and Pollok will all be for social rent, GHA said.

GHA chair Bernadette Hewitt said the new developments, being built by contractor CCG, would “provide muchneeded affordable housing” in these areas.

Describing the new homes as “energyefficient”, she added: “I’m sure the new homes will make a big difference to the quality of life of the people who live in them.”

On Carnwadric Road, 22 homes, a mixture of flats and two, three and four-bedroom houses, are being built on the site of a former community centre. GHA noted these homes are being built with the backing of a £2.45 million grant from Glasgow City Council.

In Pollok, work starts this month on 26 homes on the site of the former St Edmund’s Primary School, demolished in 2010.

These Damshot Crescent homes, comprising 18 flats and eight houses, will be next to the White Cart river and are part-funded by a £3m grant from Glasgow City Council.

GHA noted the 48 homes are part of a “wider, ambitious new-build programme by itself and its sister organisations in Wheatley, which will see nearly 4,000 affordable homes built in the next five years”.

CCG managing director David Wylie said: “The developments themselves will leave a lasting legacy of jobs, training and localised investment.”