Plans for hundreds of homes
An in-principle planning application for hundreds of new homes to be built in Gowkthrapple is expected to be rubber-stamped by North Lanarkshire councillors.
The development site at Birkshaw Brae inWishaw will include residential, ancillary retail, open space, landscaping, SUDS (sustainable drainage solutions), access, and associated works.
The planning application which has been lodged by North Lanarkshire Council also seeks permission for demolition work of existing housing.
The local authority revealed an ambitious masterplan earlier this year to redevelop the area.
They intend to complete the work in phaseswith96homes–bungalowsand cottage flats – proposed to be built in the initial phase, but the total could almost triple with three further construction phases at the 15.5 hectare site.
Agents Ironside Farrar previously confirmed that the homes proposed for the site will be a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced houses and amenity bungalows.
GowkthrappleCommunityCentre would remain and be integrated into the proposed development.
A generous open space network is also proposed and the green corridors extending through the site will connect withCambusnethanWoodlandstothe southwest and the Gowkthrapple Burn corridor to the east.
The development is in keeping with the local authority’s Development Plan andithasbeenrecommendedthat councillors grant permission in principle when the application goes before the Planning Committee onThursday, December9.
The recommendation to grant is subject to a list of conditions, including comprehensive site investigations and any necessary mitigation works be carried out before work of any other description is permitted.
When the masterplan was unveiled during the summer, a council spokesman told theWishaw Press that the proposals were part of their new-build council housing programme and would initially see around 100 new homes built.
That included a range of house types to meet local needs.
The spokesman added:“The existing ageing housing will be demolished as part of the council’s re-provisioning programme, with tenants being moved into more suitable homes.”
The proposed phasing of the development depends largely upon the demolition phasing across the site, and the need to protect residential areas still occupied from impacts of construction.