More than 200 homes given green light at former Strathmartine Hospital

The final planning hurdle has been cleared for the development of the former Strathmartine Hospital on the outskirts of Dundee.It is hoped that work on the construction of 212 homes can begin soon after Angus Council’s development standards committee considered the detailed proposal this week.Under the plans, there will be 28 affordable homes built on the Ashton Terrace side of the site, with an additional £700,000-plus being commuted for more social housing elsewhere in Angus.The education contribution from the scheme will be almost £2 million, a large part of which will be used to increase the capacity of Strathmartine Primary School, The Courier reports.The project is to be phased over six years.Planning agent Robert Evans said Miller Homes and Chamberlain Developments welcomed the conditional approval recommendation from officials.Councillors unanimously backed the official green light recommendation.With the site having been a magnet for vandals since NHS Tayside closed Strathmartine’s doors in 2003, Angus councillors say lessons must be learned over the saga surrounding a lack of security at the abandoned premises.