Glasgow City Council approves disposal of sites for hundreds of new homes
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Glasgow City Council approves disposal of sites that will “ help make hundreds of homes available and support local businesses and residents”
Glasgow City Council has approved the disposal of a number of sites across the city in a move that will allow “hundreds of new homes” to be built.
The disposal of the sites, and three B-listed former janitor’s houses, were approved at the council’s Contracts & Property Committee.
Glasgow City Council has today (17 September) approved the disposal of both a number of sites across the city and three former janitor’s houses, as well as giving the go-ahead to compulsory purchase property, decisions that will benefit local businesses, residents and make hundreds of social and private homes available.
The first is a very small piece of land adjacent to 11 Cromer Gardens in Ruchill, to allow the expansion of a residential garden. A 0.15 hectare site at Bogmoor Road in North Cardonald will allow Fortrum Energy to create an ancillary area to its energy centre there.
The council have also disposed of 7.75 hectares of land at Westerhouse Road in Easterhouse to allow Apsley (Gartloch) Limited to build an access road into a residential development of up to 800 homes that Apsley intend to build on an adjacent site
Lastly, 0.72 hectares of land at Ledgowan Place and Sandbank Street in Maryhill have been handed over to Maryhill Housing Association, who intend to build 138 mixed-tenure homes there as a result.
The disposals could also see three B-listed properties brought back into use as social housing.
Cuthbertson’s janitor’s house at 33 Cuthbertson Street in Govanhill, St James’ janitor’s house at 88 Green Street in Calton, and the Royston janitor’s house at 104 Royston Road - to the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust.
The Trust will use their specialist expertise to restore or refurbish the heritage properties, bringing them back to habitable use before selling on to a housing association for the provision of social housing.
Councillor Ruairi Kelly, Depute Leader and Convener for Housing and Development at Glasgow City Council, said: “These decisions will enable hundreds of new homes to be built and others brought back into used for the people of Glasgow at a time when new housing is very much needed.
“The built heritage of the city is also being protected through the restoration of three janitor’s houses that will once again be used to provide quality housing for families in Glasgow.”
Approval for the compulsory purchase of a residential property at 118 Hillington Road South was also given - the ownership of the property, which has been empty since June 2026, will be transferred by the council to Linthouse Housing Association to be brought up to standard and then put back to productive use as a home for a homeless person or family.