Plans have been approved to build 140 new homes in Glasgow.

AS Homes (Scotland) has been granted permission to develop 90 houses and 50 flats, including 10 cottage flats, on the former SNG brownfield site at Maxwell Road in Pollokshields.

The £20 million project is being delivered for social housing provider Home Scotland, part of Home Group.

The flats will be arranged in three- or four-storey blocks, with the terraced and semi-detached houses a mix of two, three and four bedrooms. Significant areas of landscaped public space will also be developed, including two equipped play areas.

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In addition, the energy efficient homes will be highly insulated, air tight and will be fitted with photovoltaic roof panels.

Paul Kelly, Managing Director of AS Homes, said: "Pollokshields is an area of Glasgow which badly needs affordable homes for social rental, so we were delighted to receive planning permission for this development. The added benefit is that it will bring this long-term empty site back into use, delivering a major economic boost and creating new jobs for local people in the process."

Stuart Dixon, head of development and delivery at Home Scotland, added: "Home Group nationally has a target of delivering 10,000 new homes in the next five years. This circa £20m project, which is being developed in partnership with Glasgow City Council, will contribute to this ambition and further strengthen Home Scotland's already strong presence in Glasgow."

AS Homes plans to be on site within the next month.

(LM/MH)