July 14 2025

Falkirk Council has awarded planning consent for hundreds of new homes south of Bo'ness in what is billed as a new neighbourhood for the town.

CALA Homes with Barton Willmore will build 226 homes, 34 of which will be affordable, including a range of terraced, semi-detached and detached properties arranged around a walkable shared space grid.

Groundworks will commence this autumn with the first homes completing a year later, each incorporating fully electric air source heating and electric vehicle charging points. Additional features will include multi-use paths linking the John Muir Way to Linlithgow Road and a shop on Crawfield Road.

Michael Clements, land manager at Cala Homes (West) said: “This new development will enhance and complement the vibrant community of Bo’ness, future-proofing the area with homes built to the highest standards of sustainability and energy efficiency. Importantly, it offers a range of housing options, thoughtfully designed to meet the needs of residents at every stage of life.” 

A new park will also form part of an urban wildlife strategy for the site, including trails, woodland and meadows. 

7 Comments

#1 Posted by Roddy_ on 14 Jul 2025 at 13:32 PM

Creating a mugger's alley in the south of the site is not much of a surprise (classic volume builders way to do things) , but when you do it along the main road too, you got a problem.
Are those SUDS ponds or pocket parks? Either way, they couldn't be less strategically placed.

#2 Posted by Bonessian on 14 Jul 2025 at 19:01 PM

The image shown is for robertson homes development already underway not for the cala homes development. But yes suds for cala homes and suds for the robertson one depicted.

#3 Posted by Vicki wright on 14 Jul 2025 at 20:51 PM

34 house will be affordable. How do you apply for these houses?

#4 Posted by Mark on 14 Jul 2025 at 22:26 PM

#3 - CALA will likely partner with a local housing association for the affordable housing, so it might be worth contacting them - enquirieswest@cala.co.uk - and the local council's housing dept. to ask whether the HA is already in place.

#5 Posted by Mark on 15 Jul 2025 at 07:28 AM

The real story here is about an ever growing town with zero facilities due to the council's incompetence. Falkirk Council happy to take rhe rates and taxes but not invest in local infrastructure unless its a road crossing amd traffic lights that aren't needed.

#6 Posted by Tommy on 15 Jul 2025 at 16:10 PM

It's all well building alll these houses but there is no infrastructure to support it not enough schools not enough doctors and no enough leisure facilities plenty of barbers & nail saolns tho

#7 Posted by Mark Wizzle on 15 Jul 2025 at 18:26 PM

Some of these new builds are 650k. They are building out into Linlithgow now. The council just closed the only sports centre in Bo'ness. Schools are full. The only thing is abundence in Bo'ness is the fast food takeaways.

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