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02/09/2021

New Bellway Homes Development Approved In Glasgow

Glasgow City Council's planning committee has approved a proposal from Bellway Homes for the development of some 400 new homes at the former Ruchill Hospital site in north Glasgow.

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Bellway Homes are now set to build 160 one and two-bedroom flats and 243 three and four-bedroom houses at the site of the former hospital, which closed in 1998.

According to reGlasgow, the former hospitals category A listed water tower and a category C listed stairwell will both be maintained in the new development.

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