In 2023, the housebuilder will undertake a programme of extensive remedial and demolition work, likely to take up to nine months in total. Cala Homes (West) plans to start site works for the new community in Autumn 2023.

Planning approval was granted by Stirling Council to deliver 89 new homes featuring bungalows, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes. With expansive landscaped green spaces, including a new village green and a children’s play area, the site will offer a new footway and cycle path to the local Killearn village.

Graham McNeil, land director, Cala Homes West, said: “We are especially pleased to have concluded the purchase of Killearn Hospital and associated grounds. With the hospital having closed in the 1970s, the site has become run down and derelict so this presents a rare opportunity to achieve something truly transformative that will give the site a new identity.

“The development will provide much-needed housing options for the local community as well as buyers from further afield.”