Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2010 - Falkirk Council

4.25 The list of nearly 200 sites was then refined down to 77 sites (Appendix 5a) upon
which Council Members were consulted and this final list was then prioritised using
a scoring matrix that took account of land account holder, planning status, Housing
Needs Assessment, current land use and Members’ feedback. Detailed technical
design feasibility studies have been carried out over the past year to identify which
of the 77 sites could provide potential housing development opportunities. These
detailed assessments took account of:
• Topography,
• Ground Conditions,
• Known Constraints,
• Accessibility,
• Infrastructure Constraints,
• Utility Constraints,
• Surrounding Environment,
• Notional Site Capacity.
4.26 This lengthy but invaluable piece of work will inform the affordable housing plans
that will be set out in the next LHS (2011-16) and will form the platform on which the
2012-2017 and subsequent SHIPs can be based. Appendix 5a sets out the
process by which the land now being considered for future Council house building
has been identified and provides details about the deliverability of each site, listed
from the most deliverable to the least deliverable. Of the 77 sites, 5 have already
been identified for new Council housing utilising Scottish Government grant funding.
Further work is now required to establish which other sites can be brought forward
for consideration as potential future Council new build projects. Of the remaining
77 sites, 53 (74%) are currently classified as open space and these will need to be
assessed using the criteria set out in the Open Space Strategy to establish whether
they are suitable for new housing development. The overall assessment process
may also identify potential sites for future partnership working with our RSL partners
to be considered for future SHIPs.
4.27 Projects contained within the main SHIP or the Council’s New Build Programme
which are presently under construction or planned on land currently or previously
owned by the Council include:
Projects Under Construction:
• Mayfield Drive, Longcroft – 16 units (RSL),
• McTaggart Avenue, Denny – 10 units (RSL),
• Chisholm Place, Grangemouth – 12 units (Council),
• Shiel Gardens, Langlees – 20 units (Council).
Planned Projects:
• Carron Road/Haugh St, Falkirk – 36 units (Council),
• Carron Road/Millflats St, Falkirk - 10 units (Council),
• Chequers, Hallglen – 18 units (Council),
• Cadzow Avenue, Bo’ness – 24 units (Council),
• Auchincloch Drive, Banknock – 30 units (RSL).
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