More than 550 homes proposed in total, including on site of controversially demolished towers
Wheatley has submitted plans for hundreds of homes across two schemes in Glasgow.
Scotland’s biggest housing association wants to build 401 new homes in Wyndford and 157 designed by Collective Architecture on a brownfield site in the east of the city.
The former scheme, which will include 343 homes for social rent and 58 for mid-market rent, will see £100m invested to redevelop the community. It is being supported by grant funding from Glasgow City Council and the Scottish government.
Four 26-storey towers, which included roughly 600 flats, were demolished last year to make way for the new homes.
While Wheatley described the buildings as “outdated and unpopular”, their destruction was opposed by the Wyndford Residents’ Union, as well as famed Scottish architect Kate Macintosh, who argued instead for retrofit.
The replacement scheme will include a mix of one to three-bedroom flats and three and four-bedroom houses, as well as a new two-storey community hub and outdoor spaces.
The new homes will be built by contractor CCG, with work expected to begin next spring.
Lindsay Lauder, Wheatley’s Director of Development and Regeneration, said there were “very few family and accessible homes in Wyndford, and that means larger families, or tenants who have mobility needs, often have no choice but to leave the area”.
“The larger family homes and more accessible homes reflect the needs of the community in Wyndford,” she said.
“They will also give families the opportunity to build long-term roots in the community.”
Wheatley has also submitted plans for 157 affordable homes on a brownfield site at London Road and Springfield Road, next to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
The proposals for the long-term vacant site include a mix of family-sized townhouses, apartments and accessible homes, as well as two ground-floor commercial units.
It includes 108 homes for social rent, to be managed by Wheatley Homes, and 49 affordable homes, to be managed by Lowther, which is part of the Wheatley Group.
The team for this scheme includes contractor McTaggart, structural and civil engineer G3 and quantity surveyor Reids Associates.
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