West Dunbartonshire Council appoints CCG to build more than 300 new homes

Councillors have selected CCG (Scotland) Ltd to construct 321 new homes across West Dunbartonshire as part of the local authority’s affordable new housing programme.The appointment will help West Dunbartonshire Council move closer to its aim of building 1000 new energy efficient homes by 2021 as part of the More Homes Better Homes pledge.It is expected that work will begin in the coming weeks, with CCG taking on sites including St Andrew’s School in Clydebank, Creveul Court in Alexandria Town Centre and the former Haldane Primary School site in Balloch.CCG will build a range of different homes including two, three and four-bedroom semi-detached, disabled bungalows, flats with disabled access, one-bedroom cottage flats and three-bedroom flats.As part of the agreement, the company will also provide a number of community benefits including work placement opportunities for 30 people, 16 new jobs created and a further 22 people expected to complete apprenticeships during the course of the work.The total cost of the developments will be £42.5 million, and the appointment of CCG will allow the council to unlock a £19m Scottish Government grant.Councillor Diane Docherty and Councillor Caroline McAllister, the convener and vice convener of housing and communities, visited CCG’s off-site manufacturing facility, CCG OSM, in Glasgow this week to see how the homes would be manufactured.The contract was approved by councillors at a meeting of the tendering committee last month.There will be 126 homes at the St Andrew’s site, 20 at Creveul Court, 55 at the Bellsmyre regeneration at Aitkenbar, 60 at Clydebank East and 60 at Haldane Primary School site.