Friday February 20th 2026
Wheatley Homes wants to build over 110 new homes on Cook Street (image from plans by Anderson Bell + Christie Architects).
Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Drew Sandelands
A former car park in Tradeston is set to be sold to a housing developer to allow over 110 homes to be constructed.
The council-owned site could be taken over by Wheatley Homes, which is planning to provide flats for mid-market rent.
A deal, worth at least £448,000, has been drawn up and will go before councillors for approval on Thursday.
Wheatley Homes requested permission to build on the old car park in 2024 and is currently awaiting a decision from council planners.
The 1.8 acre site is bounded by Wallace Street, Cook Street, Centre Street and Tradeston Street. Once home to Centre Street Primary School and Kingston Occupational Centre, it has most recently been used as a storage yard for a construction contractor.
A council report adds: “Following the school’s closure, the buildings were subsequently demolished and the site was later levelled for use as a surface car park.”
Wheatley Homes, Scotland’s largest social landlord, wants to build 112 homes for mid-market rent. There would be a mix of one, two and three-bedroom properties.
Available to households on low to moderate incomes, mid-market rent is usually cheaper than private rent but more expensive than social housing.
Plans state the developer wants to offer “a range of high quality homes… with spaces for home working and high quality external amenity spaces to foster social interaction”. An internal courtyard is proposed.
A gross price of £1.23m has been agreed but abnormal development costs — unusual or additional costs faced while working on a site — will be deducted. A minimum purchase price of £448,000 is proposed.
Glasgow City Council would receive £398,000. City Property, which owns advertising hoardings on the site, would get £50,000.
The sale is set to be funded by the Scottish Government-funded affordable housing supply programme, which provides cash for social rent, mid-market rent and low cost home ownership.
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