Plans have been revealed to build 2,000 new affordable homes in Renfrewshire by 2020.

The proposals are part of the final version of a Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP), which councillors will discuss at a meeting on Tuesday, 08 November.

Under the SHIP initiative, at least £30 million of grant funding will be directed towards building new homes in the region over the next five years.

The original 2011 plan aimed for 1,000 new homes. However, if all projects in the new version of the SHIP are delivered, this target will have been more than doubled.

The following projects are detailed in the plan, amounting to 800 new homes over the next few years:


• Around 200 affordable homes in the Bishopton Community Growth Area

• 200 new affordable homes at two sites in Renfrew, at Andrew Avenue and the Western Park site in Inchinnan Road

• Around 100 new council homes for social rent in Johnstone Castle

• 47 new homes and flats in Seedhill Road, Paisley, delivered by Williamsburgh HA

• 24 flats built by Link Group in Smithhills Street, Paisley, as part of the next phase of development on the former Arnotts site

• 18 social rented homes by Williamsburgh HA in Milliken Road, Kilbarchan

• Comprehensive improvements to tenements in Orchard Street, Paisley.

Other potential projects include adding another 500 units, including the proposals for housing regeneration in Ferguslie Park, connected to plans for a regional sports village next to the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

Councillor Tommy Williams said: "The Strategic Housing Investment Plan shows which projects we and our housing association partners are already delivering in that area, as well as the ones we plan to achieve.

"In line with other key council planning and housing strategies, the plan aims to make sure any new housing development is of the right kind and in the right place."

(LM/JP)