This consultation is now closed as of 13 December 2018.
Consultation running from 29 November to 12 December 2018
Residents are being offered another chance to find out more about revised proposals to build 61 affordable homes in Kirkintilloch at a public event.
East Dunbartonshire Council, along with development partners Bield Housing and Care, are proposing to develop an area of land known locally as Cleddans Playing Fields or Tottie Park.
The site, to the east of Whitehill Avenue (Hillhead) and West of Loch Lea (Harestanes), is presently used for open space and a retirement housing complex but was allocated in the Local Development Plan for residential development in 2017.
The proposal is to build 61 affordable homes on the site which would include social rented and shared equity flats and houses. Thirty-seven new retirement apartments would also be created to replace the existing complex owned by BieldHousing and Care at Whitehill Court.
Engagement events took place in autumn 2017 and earlier this year to discuss the proposals. However, some changes have been made to the original site layout, including the provision of additional affordable housing units.
A further public exhibition has therefore been arranged by the Council’s Housing Team, to provide you with an opportunity to look at the proposals, find out more and give your feedback. The event details are:
Date: Wednesday 12 December 2018
Time: 4pm to 7pm
Venue: Hillhead Community Centre, Meiklehill Road, Kirkintilloch, G66 2JT
The plans displayed at the exhibition can be viewed at Kirkintilloch Community Hub following the exhibition.
If you wish to make comments on the proposal please email grant.davidson@eastdunbarton.gov.uk(link sends e-mail) or write to Housing Strategy and Development, William Patrick Library, West High Street, Kirkintilloch G66 1AD. Please note that comments made at this stage are not formal representations to the planning authority. Once a planning application is submitted a further opportunity to make representations to the planning authority will be made available.
Responses were generally positive as there is an awareness of the need to increase the supply of affordable homes in the area. There were some concerns in relation to possible parking issues due to the increase number of housing units.