Works starts on new affordable homes at former Lairdsland Primary School site

Work is set to begin on a new affordable housing development, located on the site of the former Lairdsland Primary School in Kirkintilloch. The development will include social rented and shared equity apartments as well as amenity housing for older people. Designed by Coltart Earley Architecture, the new development – which is part of the Kirkintilloch Town Centre Masterplan – will provide 38 homes with a mixture of two, three and four-storey buildings containing one and two-bedroomed flats. It will be constructed by Cruden Building and is due to be completed by Spring 2023. Cruden Building has been appointed as the main contractor for the works, and the demolition of the existing building will start on site in April. Demolition work is anticipated to be completed by this summer. A perimeter fence will be erected around the site and in order to ensure public safety, and to ensure that the works are carried out in a safe manner, a small section of the footway on Kerr Street and Queen Street will be closed for the duration of the works. Site works will include the widening of existing roads, provision for new parking, public and private footpaths, soft and hard landscaping and a new landscaped courtyard. The public were able to view the proposals and give feedback at a public engagement event held by the Council’s Housing Team back in August 2018.