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Mount Florida Bowling Club split 50/50 between flats & community

July 12 2022

Mount Florida Bowling Club split 50/50 between flats & community

Protracted moves to develop the former Mount Florida Bowling Club has come to a head with a planning submission that will equitably split the site 50/50 between residential and community use.

Noah Developments with jmarchitects propose two build twin apartment blocks containing 32 flats on half the site, with the remainder of the grounds left for community use as landscaped open space centred on an upgraded pavilion, which will serve as a social hub.

New homes will line Carmunnock Road with direct access to the street and the community space behind, with projecting bays providing private balconies.

In a press statement, jmarchitects wrote: "Importantly, this project is supported by the ambition of our clients which is to provide both a high-quality residential development as well as a meaningful open space and refurbished clubhouse that can be used by the whole community.”

A spokesperson for Noah added: “We are delighted to have submitted this planning application, which will see the redevelopment of the site, with half of it gifted at no cost to the local community and the current pavilion building upgraded to a new community hub, which can be used for a variety of local uses. The community will for the first time have direct ownership of these assets."

Noah has gifted the community facilities at no cost to a local action group and will remodel the former clubhouse as a multi-purpose space suitable for activities such as parents and toddlers’ groups, games nights, keep fit classes, educational events, craft groups and a café.

Apartments will range from one to three bedrooms
Apartments will range from one to three bedrooms
Half of the site will remain open for community use
Half of the site will remain open for community use

The clubhouse will be remodelled so that it may be readily adapted for a range of community uses
The clubhouse will be remodelled so that it may be readily adapted for a range of community uses

3 Comments

Ghetto King
#1 Posted by Ghetto King on 15 Jul 2022 at 10:00 AM
The way it has been redesigned it looks like the clubhouse and its environs are the private gardens of the proposed flats. I would image the community group envisaged a more holistic approach which is not encroached by the new builds. That is , the whole of the space for the whole community and not the community of the new flats.
Realist
#2 Posted by Realist on 23 Jul 2022 at 22:15 PM
They should have stuck with the original proposal, not this watered-down beige.
Please in My Back Yard
#3 Posted by Please in My Back Yard on 25 Jul 2022 at 09:44 AM
Get it built.

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