20 new houses and 60 new flats are being built in Falkirk and Grangemouth after a £7.7m investment plan was approved at a meeting of Falkirk Council’s Executive today (18 June 2013).

 

Two sites have been identified for the new build social housing – Windsor Road in Falkirk and Tinto Drive in Grangemouth.  

 

Preliminary work on the Falkirk properties has already started and is expected to be completed by April 2014.  In Grangemouth, work is starting in late June and is expected to be completed by October 2014.

 

Windsor Road will see 16 two-bedroom flats (eight will be fully ground floor accessible) and eight 3 or 4 bedroom houses built fronting on to Windsor Road.

 

The Tinto Drove site is located on the former location of Grangemouth High School and provides 44 two and three bedroom flats (22 being located on the ground floor and are fully accessible) and 12 three or four bedroom terraced houses.

 

Councillor Craig Martin, Leader of Falkirk Council said: “Our ongoing building programme is going some way to meet the social housing shortages we face across the area.

 

“These two projects will feature an energy efficient design and will be built in a very modern style.  

 

“As soon as these properties are completed we will get these on to our system and look to rent these out as soon as possible.”