New homes for Dundee’s Hilltown

Cullross and Caledonia Housing Association have submitted a planning application to Dundee City Council to regenerate the former Maxwelltown Works on Alexander Street in the Hilltown area of Dundee.

Caledonia and Cullross intend to transform the derelict site with a mixture of rented and low cost homeownership with one and two-bedroom flats as well as two, three and four-bedroom homes.

The application put forward by JMA Architects has been created after extensive consultations with the local community, ensuring the proposed regeneration of the site meets the needs of the community and makes best use of the site and location.

In recent years, the site has become an eyesore to the local community. Cullross and Caledonia hope this proposed development will dramatically transform the site. The submitted plans have been designed to be sympathetic to the site’s industrial past and the surrounding architecture, contributing positively to the ongoing regeneration of the area, with similar projects currently under construction on the opposite side of Alexander Street.

If successful, work is hoped to start on the site in Winter 2018, with the new homes handed over to Caledonia Housing Association by Spring 2020.

Emma Garry, Development Director at Cullross, said:

“It’s really exciting to have submitted the planning application for Maxwelltown. This is a site that we have tracked for a while and have been very keen to develop.

“We recently completed homes at the end of Alexander Street on Dens Road, so we know the area well and are keen to contribute in any way we can to the regeneration of Alexander St.

“It’s been a great team effort to put together the planning application, and we hope now that the value of what we have put forward will be seen and that the proposals will be supported.”

Andrew Kilpatrick, Asset Director at Caledonia Housing Association, said:

“Caledonia Housing Association is delighted to be contributing to the ongoing regeneration of the Hilltown area.

“The site provides an ideal location for a mix of low cost home ownership and high quality affordable rent homes and reaffirms Caledonia’s commitment to work with Dundee City Council to provide homes and services that make life better.” 

Pictured: Architect’s impression of the 57 new homes for the former Maxwelltown Works in the Hilltown.