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25/05/2021

Council Approves Additional Sites For Future Developments

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North Lanarkshire Council has approved additional sites for future developments.

Its new council house building programme is delivering significant investment to regenerate communities across the area and is supporting the local economy by providing training and employment for local people.

The Council has now completed 817 new homes, with a further 200 under construction and more in the planning stages, reaffirming its commitment to delivering our ambitious housing target of 5,000 new homes by 2035.

The latest sites approved for new council homes are at Calderigg Place, Airdrie, which will see approximately 30 new homes built and the former Petersburn Primary School, Airdrie, where plans for around 40 new homes are being developed.
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Groundwork is now underway at its largest new council housing site in Holehills, Airdrie, to deliver 150 new homes, 19 of which are the first confirmed Net Zero project undertaken by the developer CCG.

The site at Holehills is part of the council's programme to demolish its tower blocks and replace them with new high quality homes for the future. The three tower blocks at Holehills were recently demolished to make way for the new development which includes 11 new wheelchair standard homes, and a mix of 1 to 4 bedroom homes, including semi-detached, terraced, cottage flats and bungalows. The cost of the Holehills development is £27m with a grant funding contribution of £8.8m being made by the Scottish Government.

Work is also expected to start on site next month at Northburn Avenue, Airdrie, where 31 homes, a mix of 1-3 bedrooms, including 3 suitable for wheelchair users, are being built on the site of 28 flats which were recently demolished as part of the re-provisioning programme.

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