PROPOSALS to bring over 110 new homes to Alloa were given the go ahead by Clackmannanshire Council last month.

Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) submitted plans for two developments to the local authority in February this year.

One of them proposed building 54 affordable homes, consisting of 50 houses and four cottage flats, on a 1.4-hectare piece of land between Leven Court and Achray Court.

Documents state the properties would be "a mix of social-rent housing and mid-market rent housing", and the development would also include an access road from Forth Crescent.

The other development proposed building 60 affordable flats on the 0.61-hectare area of land at 5-11 Primrose Street, opposite the Speirs Centre.

That site was formerly home to the Co-op building, and is now largely used for parking within the town.

Both proposals were approved by the council’s Planning Committee at its meeting on Tuesday, May 28.

Councillor Donald Balsillie, convenor of the committee, said the properties would have huge benefits for the town once completed.

He also outlined that the Primrose Street development would include some homes tailored towards accommodating people with dementia.

He told the Advertiser: “[the Primrose development] is being developed in conjunction with the Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership.

“It’s about intergenerational living in the town centre, but it’s about independent living as well.

“It’ll contain a mix of three and storey buildings on a brownfield site, and it’ll have a communal garden area to the rear of the property for residents.

“Some car parking is also planned because there is a slight loss of car parking within the town centre.

“The development will contribute to the town centre regeneration, as it’s a quality development in the heart of Alloa.”

Speaking about the planned development between Leven and Achray Court, he said: “The 54 houses will provide much needed social housing in that area, and again, that’s intended to be a quality development.”

After that proposal was originally submitted to the council in February, a spokesperson for Kingdom Housing Association said: “In terms of time scale, we would probably hope to be on site at the back end of the summer.

“[Then] it would possibly be 15 months or less for the construction period.”

Kingdom Housing Association did not respond to another request for comment by the Advertiser for this story.

To find out more information about the forthcoming developments, use this link: tinyurl.com/y5yyjqxl.