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16/04/2013

Plans Revealed To Transform Dundee Mill

A planning brief has been submitted to transform a 185-year-old former flax mill into housing and small scale commercial workspace.

The development plans for the mill in Dundee could go ahead if councillors support the plan.

The draft site planning brief recommends that the former Queen Victoria and Regent Works between Brook Street and Douglas Street in the Blackness area are redeveloped as high quality homes and appropriate commercial use.

Any potential developer for the site would have to provide at least one parking space per house and public artwork.

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Will Dawson, convener of Dundee City Council's City Development Committee, said: "This is a prominent site in the Blackness Conservation Area with an industrial past stretching back almost two centuries.

"Although the buildings are likely to be in poor structural condition we would like to see as much of the material as possible salvaged for re-use.

"The local sandstone the mill was built from as well as the slate roof and cast iron columns could be used in a way that reflects the building’s long manufacturing history."

The city development committee is due to meet on 22 April. If the draft is approved, it will be issued for public consultation before being finalised.

The flax mill, which was built between 1828 and 1834, has listed buildings status, but is currently on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland due to its poor condition. It has been vacant since 1990.

(JP/CD)

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