Planning permission in principle for a mixed-use development comprising homes, commercial and leisure uses is being sought for the land, which could also be home to a hotel and primary school.

Bidwells have proposed to build up to 3,000 homes on a ‘green grid’ in a series of mixed-use neighbourhoods on land surrounded by Darngavil Road Dykehead Road Airdriehill Road Ballochney Road, Urban Realm reports.

In a masterplan statement, Bidwells wrote: “The arrival of the East Airdrie Link Road means the future of current industrial allocations needs reviewed in the context of this new connectivity and the site needs reconfigured in support of delivery of the project. This application for planning permission in principle therefore brings forward a strategic masterplan to guide the long-term planning of the site.”

75 hectares of the 383-hectare site will be reserved for public greenspace, intersected by a network of active travel routes. The phased development is likely to be built between 2026 and 2039.