A site in Glasgow which has planning permission to be turned into a retirement village is to go on the market for £5 million.
The former Netherplace Old Dye Works site close to Newton Mearns has been brought to market by Watling Real Estate and Graham & Sibbald with a price tag of £5 million.
It already has planning permission to be used as a residential retirement village but there are other options for the site for whoever buys it.
The site is 15.27 acres and is close to the motorway, and the planning permission for it allows for a retirement residential community with a care home and a multi-purpose village centre which would all be access from a new road being built.
Matthew Southall, an associate director in Watling’s London office, said: “This is a substantial site in an affluent area that already has permission for the development of a retirement residential community, a care home and multi-purpose village centre – all accessed on a new road from Aurs Road.
“Its proximity to the M77 and fast access to Glasgow city centre makes it a very attractive proposition.”
A library, a bowling green and pavilion and a village centre is also included with the latter having leisure and recreational facilities including a fitness suite, a pool, a restaurant, bar, nursery, shop, meeting rooms and management offices.
There is also a reservoir on site, which dates back to 1850, and the original plans were for it to be stocked with trout for fishing as well as having gardens, sheds and barbecue and picnic areas to be made available for those living in Netherplace.
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Mr Southall said: “The village centre will also have two hotel style rooms to provide temporary accommodation for visitors, staff, consultants and as respite accommodation, plus there will be a further 24 apartments within the village centre.”
Joint agent Keith Watters, a partner at Graham + Sibbald, added: “The site is consented and has been cleared with all existing buildings demolished so it really is ready for developer to take forward. In addition, we do expect there to be significant interest on an alternative use basis.”
The site is located within a semi-rural setting to the west of the M77, with undulating farmland to the north and the Capaelrig Burn running through the north part of the site.
The Old Dye Works site was demolished in 2016 after it became an illegal dumping ground and led to a fly infestation in the area.
More than 1,500 tonnes of chemicals and mixed waste led to a fly infestation in the area.
The waste was discovered after locals made complaints to the council about the number of flies in the area that were going into homes and businesses.
It had also spread to neighbouring Giffnock and Clarkston and it led to the buildings being demolished at the site after Sepa were called in.
The Dye Works had been closed since 2003 before the buildings were knocked down following the infestation.
East Renfrewshire Council then approved planning permission for the retirement village in April 2020 but no work has happened since then with the site now being put up for sale.
At the time, the architect behind the project - Jonathan Jewitt, of Jewitt & Wilkie Architects - said: “We’ve carried out thorough and extensive research on aspirational, high quality homes and engaged with numerous public and private bodies to achieve the optimum scheme proposal.
“This proposal includes a wide variety of unique features which have been subtly future-proofed to cater for the changing needs of residents.
“By providing this kind of accommodation, it is expected that housing currently occupied by one or two persons within the surrounding community will be released into the market for much-needed family housing.”
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