Largest Ever North Lanarkshire New Build Council Housing Project Delivers 150 Homes

This summer, tenants moved into the final 53 homes of North Lanarkshire Council’s largest, new build council housing development at Dykehead Road, Airdrie, which has seen towers demolished and replaced with low-rise, modern and highly energy efficient affordable homes.

Known as the ‘Holehills Regeneration’, 150 new homes have been creatd on a site where 138, multi-storey flats once stood, transforming the area as part of our ambitious new council house building programme.

The new homes were delivered by CCG (Scotland) and comprise a mix of two and three-bedroom homes; one and two-bedroom cottage flats; three-bedroom wheelchair bungalows, two-bedroom wheelchair cottage flats, a three-bedroom wheelchair house and two-bedroom amenity bungalows.

Nineteen of the dwelllings are the Council’s first net zero homes* and feature a range of energy efficiency measures including triple glazed windows, air source heat pumps which control heating and store hot water, and additional PV panels that feed into a TESLA Powerwall battery storage unit to allow our tenants to store energy for later use and save on their bills.

All our new homes comply with the highest energy efficiency standards, helping tackle fuel poverty. They are also designed to Housing for Varying Needs standards, meaning they are adaptable to suit different tenants’ needs over the years and are Secured by Design accredited.

Housing Convener, Councillor Michael McPake said:

“I’ve visited this site during the project build, and I’m delighted to be here to mark its completion. As part of our reprovisioning plans, towers on the site were demolished and replaced by modern, affordable homes.

“The project created job opportunities for local people, provided community benefits and delivered these fantastic homes. We’re also building a greener future for our communities and families and our first net zero homes lead the way in using the latest technologies to make them more energy efficient and to help reduce our carbon footprint.

“We’re committed to transforming towns and communities and delivering on our plans for the future of North Lanarkshire to make it a better place for people to live in, and our council house programme is vital to that ambition.”

CCG Managing Director, David Wylie, added:

“CCG has been working with North Lanarkshire Council since 2019 and together, through a partnership that has been fostered on collaboration alongside our much-valued partners, we have transformed communities across the region. The completion of Dykehead Road is a significant milestone as its legacy transcends the development; not only is it the largest new build housing project to have been delivered thanks to our partnership, but it is also the first to have adopted the ‘CCG Net Zero Home’ build standard.

“The nineteen net zero homes, a product of 4 years of research and development with Carbon Futures, were originally commissioned on a pilot basis to analyse the adoption of enhanced building standards and a non-gas energy strategy. The standard has since become a blueprint for affordable housebuilding in North Lanarkshire, and we look forward to supporting the Council’s net zero transition over the coming years.”

Alongside the delivery of the new homes, CCG also undertook a range of community benefit initiatives during the construction programme, including 2 full-time jobs, 3 trade apprenticeships, 5 work placements, and engagement with local schools.

*Net Zero – the 19 pilot homes are designed to achieve operational net zero carbon i.e. a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions arising from the home’s fixed services (heating, cooling, pumps and fans) to a rate of zero or less.