Work on Tannahill regeneration to get underway within weeks
The long awaited new homes will see local families moved from damp-ridden 100-year-old properties to properly insulated homes that benefit from solar panels and sound proofing.
101 new homes will be built as part of the development which will sit within the grounds of the former St Fergus Primary School. (Image: Paisley)
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An example of the Memo piece of equipment. A PLAY park in Erskine is set to have state-of-the-art equipment installed thanks to a council grant. Located in the Bargarran area of Erskine, the park will be the first in Scotland to have interactive play equipment including an interactive DJ Booth, dance arch and an activity zone with games on seven difference screens.
An artists example of the interactive DJ Booth The new area is being created with a £50,000 award from Renfrewshire Council’s Green Spaces, Parks and Play Areas and Villages Investment Fund. As well as that, children and young people will be able to enjoy a zip wire, seating areas and an outdoor gym.
Plans would have seen hundreds of homes built in Paisley CAMPAIGNERS who have fought endlessly against controversial plans to build more than 600 homes in Paisley are celebrating after the proposal was thrown out by councillors in a shock move.
Planning chiefs had recommended permission be granted to a consortium of developers who wanted to build the properties on surplus land at Dykebar Hospital, despite admitting serious problems around biodiversity, roads and schools. But in what has been described as an unusual move , planning board convener Marie McGurk went against her staff during a crunch meeting yesterday and received unanimous support from elected members to turn down the proposal, the site of which was located within her Paisley Southeast ward.
Newbuild homes in Bishopton are an example of some of the new homes Renfrewshire Council will be building RENFREWSHIRE will see 300 new homes built over the next ten years as part of a £100m investment in the area. Plans for the Regneration and Renewal Programme were given the go-ahead from Renfrewshire Council last week. New council housing will be built in Johnstone, Paisley and Renfrew in the first phase which will start in the new year. The move comes as part of the council’s two year Covid-19 recovery plan. Local authority bosses are hoping the new development will bring new job and training opportunities to the area and support the local authority’s commitment to climate change targets and improving fuel efficiency.