TWO developers have partnered up to submit a planning application for 490 new homes in Bellshill.

Hamilton-based employer Banks Property Developments and Edinburgh housebuilder Miller Homes want to invest £100m in a 16-hectare site that has been rife with fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour.

Initial permission for nearly 800 homes was granted in 2004 but progress was halted by the 2008 financial crisis.

Since then, Banks has been working with the local authority to address the various planning matters associated with the site. 

Andy Liddell, development director at Banks Property Development, said: “After years of hard and detailed work, we are delighted to be submitting an application for appropriate and high-quality homes that will see £100m invested in Bellshill.

“This project will regenerate an unsightly, derelict former industrial site into a new and vibrant community, where people want to live, that will generate tangible and lasting benefits to the local area for years to come.

“Demand for quality new homes in the area is high and if approved this new development will help to meet it.

“I welcome the opportunity to work with local people and look forward to hearing their feedback based on their local knowledge to help us ensure these plans deliver the maximum social, economic and environmental benefits for the local area.”

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The plans will consider local views and there will be a discussion with the community.

An online consultation will start on Monday, April 18, followed by an online event on Monday, May 9.

A face-to-face event is planned for the spring, depending on restrictions, where Banks and Miller Homes will discuss their plans in more detail.

If plans are approved, it is hoped that construction could start on the site by the first half of 2023.

The project would also see the creation of 1700 jobs.

 

Paul Macari, land director at Miller Homes said: “As a business, we have invested heavily in North Lanarkshire, our involvement has included local developments such as the extremely popular Green Park Gardens, as well as the regeneration of Fullwood, located opposite the Clydeworks site.

“We are very much committed to the area and delivering these new homes will not just help ease some of the housing pressure in the area, but also support over 1,700 new jobs.”

To find out more about the consultation, please click here.