Regeneration of Oatlands

 

 

 

Funding and Acquisitions

 

Most of the funding for the development will come from Gladedale as the provider of the proposed 1,062 private houses.  The company is also financing the major road works, park improvements, community facilities and subsidy on social-rented housing, all in lieu of land value to Glasgow City Council.  Although the development land has been leased by the Council to Gladedale, the entire site will remain in Council ownership until passed directly to the purchasers of houses and other property.

 

The City Council and the Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) have allocated over £6,000,000 towards necessary property acquisitions (negotiations nearing completion) and to the payment of home loss and disturbance allowances to those who will have to move house as a result of the regeneration proposals. Two compulsory purchase orders have been confirmed to assist with acquisition of property which has not been obtainable through voluntary means, namely:

  • Regeneration of Oatlands, Glasgow Compulsory Purchase Order 2003, first advertised in July 2003, confirmed by the Scottish Ministers in May 2005 and came into full effect on 26 August 2005.  All objections to this Order, covering commercial property and areas of land with no recorded ownership title, were resolved through negotiation.

  • Regeneration of Oatlands, Glasgow Housing Compulsory Purchase Order 2004, first advertised in October 2004, confirmed by the Scottish Ministers in December 2006 and eventually applied to one remaining property in September 2007.  Objections to this Order were heard at a Public Local Inquiry on 18 April 2006.

Below is a general view of the Oatlands site, looking east from the completed housing at Ritz Place towards land to be occupied by future phases.  In the foreground is the site construction compound.  The roadway to the right will be replaced by allotment gardens, relocated from elsewhere on the site.  One of the new allotments will relate directly to the adjacent Richmond Park School (on right).  In the background are the remaining inter-war three-storey tenements which will shortly be demolished.

 

 

View of Oatlands Site

General view of Oatlands Site