North Lanarkshire housing project set to create 140 jobs

Cala Homes (West) and Barratt Homes have lodged plans for a residential development that would create more than 60 construction jobs a year plus dozens more indirectly.The housebuilders said that the project in Stepps, North Lanarkshire, would secure 63 direct construction jobs a year – including four apprenticeships – and would support a further 84 jobs in the supply chain and wider local economy.Economic impact analysis commissioned by Barratt and Cala estimates the new development would cost £31m to build and generate an additional £34m of gross value added (GVA) over the four-year construction phase.Barratt Homes West Scotland and Cala Homes (West) aim to construct 199 new homes, including 30 affordable homes, at Gateside Farm, Stepps, helping to address a local housing shortage. More than 670 people are currently waiting for social housing in the Stepps/Cardowan area of North Lanarkshire.The Gateside Farm site, near the M80, was granted planning permission in principle for a residential development of up to 200 homes in July 2018 and is allocated for housing development in the North Lanarkshire Modified Proposed Local Development Plan.The independent research on the project’s GVA and jobs that would be created was carried out on behalf of the two housebuilders by Stantec.