Bellsmyre regeneration plans gather pace with new proposals submitted

A regeneration project to build 140 new homes and improve community amenities in Bellsmyre, Dumbarton has moved a step closer after Caledonia Housing Association submitted a detailed planning application to West Dunbartonshire Council.The association has put forward plans for the £40 million regeneration including new homes to replace many of the original tenements. The development has been designed by ECD Architects.The new properties include eight four-bedroom semi-detached houses, 76 two and three-bedroom terraced houses, and 64 one and two-bedroom cottage flats. The application also includes homes for wheelchair users with two accessible two-bedroom flats incorporated in the scheme.The application is the second stage of the wider Bellsmyre regeneration project which started with the building of 66 homes on an adjacent brownfield site at Muir Road. These are due for completion by next summer. Caledonia has also created new homes nearby at Bonhill for local tenants.