£100m mixed use plans lodged at former Angus hospital site

Developers behind plans for a £100 million redevelopment of a former hospital site near Montrose have now submitted the proposals to Angus Council.The former Sunnyside Royal Hospital site in Hillside was acquired by Montrose-based Pert Bruce Construction Ltd and Edinburgh based FM Group from NHS Tayside in a seven figure deal in August.The mixed-use development, called Sunnyside Park, will comprise housing, retail, commercial and social housing including affordable, retirement and assisted-living housing in a mixture of apartments and family homes.Sunnyside Estate Ltd, the joint venture company responsible for the transformation, has lodged its planning-in-principle application for a mixed use development on the 64-acre site.The development plan indicates the release of around 265 houses, with 140 in the first phase period to 2021, with the remainder to follow within five years.The Principle Class B and C heritage buildings will be preserved and sensitively incorporated into the overall development.