PLAN For Residential Development At Balrossie Site In Kilmacolm Is Approved

7 June, 2023 | Local, Planning

PLANS for a major housing development — including nearly 50 houses — at the Balrossie House site in Kilmacolm have been given the go-ahead. 

Balrossie Homes Ltd wants to develop 64 houses and flats on the land at Blacksholm Road.

The plans were originally approved by Inverclyde Council nearly five years ago and the developer applied to get permission renewed, along with fresh listed building consent. Councillors on Inverclyde Planning Board granted consent today.

The existing main building — which is Category B-listed — will be converted into 12 two to three-bedroom apartments, with three of the historic structure’s facades being retained. 

An annexe building will adapted into two four-bedroom semi-detached houses and a distinctive water tower will be turned into a three-bedroom residence also.

Forty-nine houses are proposed for the grounds. These will be a mixture of three, four and five bedroom detached and semi-detached properties.

The developers say the new houses are needed “in order to provide the necessary financial input required to fully refurbish the existing buildings.”

A document submitted with the application stated: “The creation of the new-build housing development will allow for the long overdue revitalisation of the existing buildings of the site, preventing their further decay and bringing them back into mainstream use.”

Balrossie, in Blacksholm Road, was built in the late 19th century as an orphanage by the Sailors´ Orphans Society of Scotland and was later used as residential school. It has been vacant for around 20 years.

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