Detailed plans for the first 400 homes to be built on the Bangour hospital site will go before councillors in West Lothian this week.
Plans for almost 600 homes across the county will also go before the Bangour hospital site will go before councillors in West Lothian this week.
The plans are among papers to be discussed by the council’s Development Management Committee on Wednesday, including developments in Bathgate and Murieston in Livingston.
Planning permission in principle was given two years ago for the wholescale redevelopment of Bangour to create almost 1,000 homes on the site of the former hospital. Initial groundworks and tree felling have been underway since then.
The development will save some of the listed hospital buildings as homes and as part of a new primary school in the Dechmont area.
In a report to the committee planners said: “The application, by Ambassador Developments (Bangour) Limited, proposes the erection of 356 houses and 52 flats at the former Bangour Village Hospital to the west of Dechmont.
“This is the first detailed application for development of the site following planning permission in principle being granted.
“The part of the former hospital site subject to this application comprises a large part of the west and centre of the site, as well as the south eastern corner nearest to Dechmont. The area at the west of the site has largely been subject to platforming works for housing development, which were granted under a separate application. The south east corner of the site is an area of open ground.”
The report outlined: “The application proposes 271 houses for sale and 137 affordable houses and flats. There is a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced properties, with townhouses included around the three listed buildings at the west of the site.
“The affordable housing for this application is a mix of semi-detached, terraced and flatted properties. The affordable housing is proposed in the centre of the site, adjacent to the Recreation Hall that is proposed as the primary school, as well as at the south east of the site.”
The development will see the removal of 302 trees, with 540 trees proposed as replanting.
Decisions on two other West Lothian sites recently debated by the committee are also expected.
Redesigned plans for a brownfield site in Bathgate will go before councillors. They had delayed a decision on the development of a former abattoir site on Whitburn Road because of concerns from neighbouring homes in Birniehill Crescent that their privacy would be lost as new homes would back onto the existing gardens.
The redraw of the site shows a road and tree planting would act as a screen between the development and homes
Councillors had also voiced unhappiness at plans to remove a tree belt which acts as a boundary between the site and Whitburn Road.
An Irish building firm Urban Life, has applied for detailed planning permission to build 154 houses and 12 flats on the site.
In Murieston, Livingston neighbours of a new housing estate off Tarbert Drive had called on the developers to consider building bungalows on the boundary of the site to maintain privacy for existing homes in the area.
At the last meeting of the DMC neighbours won the support of councillors to address the bungalow question, arguing that there is a shortage of single level homes in Livingston, and especially in Murieston, suitable for wheelchair users.
Perella Homes is seeking permission for modified plans to build 18 homes in the area.
Plans for almost 600 homes across the county will also go before the Bangour hospital site will go before councillors in West Lothian this week.
The plans are among papers to be discussed by the council’s Development Management Committee on Wednesday, including developments in Bathgate and Murieston in Livingston.
Planning permission in principle was given two years ago for the wholescale redevelopment of Bangour to create almost 1,000 homes on the site of the former hospital. Initial groundworks and tree felling have been underway since then.
The development will save some of the listed hospital buildings as homes and as part of a new primary school in the Dechmont area.
In a report to the committee planners said: “The application, by Ambassador Developments (Bangour) Limited, proposes the erection of 356 houses and 52 flats at the former Bangour Village Hospital to the west of Dechmont.
“This is the first detailed application for development of the site following planning permission in principle being granted.
“The part of the former hospital site subject to this application comprises a large part of the west and centre of the site, as well as the south eastern corner nearest to Dechmont. The area at the west of the site has largely been subject to platforming works for housing development, which were granted under a separate application. The south east corner of the site is an area of open ground.”
The report outlined: “The application proposes 271 houses for sale and 137 affordable houses and flats. There is a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced properties, with townhouses included around the three listed buildings at the west of the site.
“The affordable housing for this application is a mix of semi-detached, terraced and flatted properties. The affordable housing is proposed in the centre of the site, adjacent to the Recreation Hall that is proposed as the primary school, as well as at the south east of the site.”
The development will see the removal of 302 trees, with 540 trees proposed as replanting.
Decisions on two other West Lothian sites recently debated by the committee are also expected.
Redesigned plans for a brownfield site in Bathgate will go before councillors. They had delayed a decision on the development of a former abattoir site on Whitburn Road because of concerns from neighbouring homes in Birniehill Crescent that their privacy would be lost as new homes would back onto the existing gardens.
The redraw of the site shows a road and tree planting would act as a screen between the development and homes
Councillors had also voiced unhappiness at plans to remove a tree belt which acts as a boundary between the site and Whitburn Road.
An Irish building firm Urban Life, has applied for detailed planning permission to build 154 houses and 12 flats on the site.
In Murieston, Livingston neighbours of a new housing estate off Tarbert Drive had called on the developers to consider building bungalows on the boundary of the site to maintain privacy for existing homes in the area.
At the last meeting of the DMC neighbours won the support of councillors to address the bungalow question, arguing that there is a shortage of single level homes in Livingston, and especially in Murieston, suitable for wheelchair users.
Perella Homes is seeking permission for modified plans to build 18 homes in the area.
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