£400m plan for ‘new town’ in north of city
October 30, 2009
Developers Forge Properties presented their ambitious plans for a new town in the Cowlairs area at an open evening at Keppoch Campus on Stonyhurst Street.
Forge have submitted a planning application for the first stage of the development, called Carlisle Square, which will feature retail space, housing and office space in a town centre plaza. The £100m square will be linked by a large water feature and park to the Keppoch Campus Primary School.
Carlisle Square is the first phase of a much larger development called Keppochill New Neighbourhood, which will encompass a large part of Cowlairs and Possil. If successful, the full £400m development will create 1,500 jobs and homes for 12,000 people.
The Carlisle Square site is situated beside the Glasgow – Edinburgh railway line, beside the Morrison Bowmore Distillery whisky bond.
Developer Liam Muldoon told LOCAL NEWS: ‘We have taken architectural inspiration from the best of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Bath.’
Representatives from Cowlairs Development Trust were present to view the plans
Patricia Ferguson MSP was in attendance to view the plans and get more details from the developers.
She said: ‘I am concerned at the Ikea and Ryanair analogy being used by this company to describe the housing, I want to make sure that it is high quality. I am also hoping that there will be a high proportion of social housing included in the plans.’
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