Green light for housing plan at former Gorbals health centre

Green light for housing plan at former Gorbals health centre

New Gorbals Housing Association has been granted planning permission to build 28 houses and flats at a former health centre site.

Proposals designed by Reiach & Hall Architects will see 18 one and two-bedroom flats and 10 four and five-bedroom houses delivered at the former Gorbals Health Centre plot on Pine Place.

Green light for housing plan at former Gorbals health centre



A design document included with the application stated: “The Pine Place development will provide new homes for social rent near the centre of Glasgow, building on the recent and continuing regeneration of the wider Gorbals area.”

It continued: “The elevational treatment of the five-storey apartment block is ordered and rational taking its cue from the heritage of the Gorbals and context; tough and robust but timeless.

“An expressed and generous daylit communal entrance connects to the garden and provides lift and stair access to upper levels.

Green light for housing plan at former Gorbals health centre



“Windows are generous, affording good daylight to dwellings, maximising views in all directions. Balconies are typically expressed as part of the building fabric rather than ‘outboard’ of the facade, providing protection and year-round usable external amenity to each home.

“The two to three-storey houses establish a strong built edge to Pine Place. These well-defined street-based buildings with paired front doors enliven the public realm and promote a sense of safety within the area.”

New Gorbals Housing Association also teamed up with Reiach & Hall Architects for the submission of plans for 64 apartments at 99-111 Eglinton Street, formerly home to the Coliseum Theatre.


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