£25m housing development planned on former South Lanarkshire hospital site

Persimmon Homes West Scotland has lodged plans to build 196 new homes on the site of a former hospital.The developer is hoping to secure permission to transform the 17-acre Stonehouse Hospital site with a £25 million development featuring a range of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes.In literature lodged with South Lanarkshire Council, Persimmon said it will create 392 vehicle parking spaces on the site and has committed to creating a play area on-site.The company also highlighted that the application marks its latest investment in South Lanarkshire, following developments in Larkhall and Cambuslang.Persimmon say the development “will also help support more than 800 jobs, including direct staff, contractors and the wider supplier network”.Built in 1896, Stonehouse Hospital was demolished in 2001.NHS Lanarkshire confirmed in February that it was in talks with a national housebuilder over plans for the site after South Lanarkshire Council had granted the health board more time to market the site for residential development.