33 new family homes approved for long-vacant Possilpark site
West of Scotland Housing Association has won planning permission for terraced houses and cottage flats on Allander Street, on the edge of Cowlairs Park – the first step in the wider Cowlairs regeneration.
Saracen Street in Possilpark. Thirty-three new homes are planned for a vacant site on nearby Allander Street. · Photograph: Daniel Naczk (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A long-vacant site in north Glasgow is set to be transformed after plans were approved to build 33 new homes.
West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has secured planning permission to develop the site on Allander Street in Possilpark.
The project will deliver a mix of terraced houses and cottage flats on the edge of Cowlairs Park.
Larger family homes
The development will include nine three-bedroom houses and 12 four-bedroom houses, helping to meet demand for larger family homes for social rent in the area.
All the homes will be built to the Net Zero standard, with air source heat pumps and solar panels.
"An exciting first step"
Karen Shaw, director of development and asset management at WSHA, said: "This development marks an exciting first step in the wider Cowlairs Regeneration, bringing fresh purpose to vacant and derelict land."
"By creating much-needed larger family homes for rent, West of Scotland Housing Association is addressing targeted housing need in the area."
The team behind the plans
WSHA is working with CCG (Scotland) Ltd, MAST Architects, Cowal Design and RYBKA to deliver the project.
Steven Oates, architect at MAST Architects, said the team was "delighted to have obtained planning approval for the development of 33 new warm and healthy homes at Allander Street".
Why it matters for north Glasgow
Glasgow has a large number of vacant and derelict sites, many of them concentrated in the north and east of the city. Bringing that land back into use is a key part of the city's plans to tackle a shortage of affordable housing, and is seen as a way to improve neighbourhoods that have lived with empty plots for years.
A timetable for construction has not yet been announced.