Clydebank’s Playdrome site to be sold for housing in £5.675m deal

The former Playdrome site in Clydebank is set to be transformed into a housing development after a £5.675 million sale.Clydebank’s Playdrome site to be sold for housing in £5.675m dealThe prominent site owned by West Dunbartonshire Council was marketed late last year after the leisure centre building was demolished.The 8.5-acre site received six offers, all of which were for housing developments, with Miller Homes chosen as the preferred bidder.The developer is proposing to transform the site into a 116-property development, with a mixture of three-bedroom homes, including those with a frontage along the canal.The details of the disposal were shared with members of the council’s Infrastructure, Regeneration and Economic Development Committee last week.Members approved the sale and gave officers the green light to conclude negotiations with Miller Homes.Officers will also liaise with Miller Homes throughout to ensure the design proposal is aligned with the Local Development Plan and place making ambitions including the Clydebank Framework.Members at the meeting also approved the sale of a site at Burroughs Way in the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate at a price of £1m.The successful bidder – CW properties Bruce Weir Holdings – intend to develop the site for mixed industrial usage for other organisations.