THERE'S going to be even more new homes in Dumbarton soon.

A planning proposal has been submitted to turn a former C-listed church into eight homes and another application has been granted for 58 new homes near Dumbarton Golf Course at the Lomondgate site.

The proposed application is for the vacant United Reformed Church on Leven Street.

Plans would see eight houses built while retaining the “distinctive appearance” of the church. A smaller adjacent building would be demolished to create seven parking spaces.

In the application, the developer Paul Wilson says the plans would “breathe new life into a building which has been unoccupied since circa 2013, benefiting the area by providing much needed housing and regenerate a historic and much loved building within the area.”

The 1950sq.m site was lasted used as a parish in 2013. It was originally built in 1882 for use by the Dumbarton Evangelical Union congregation and became the United Reform Church in 2000. In 2006, Historic Scotland categorised it a C-listed building because of its Greek Revival elements and decorative cast iron railings from Walter McFarlane and Co.

If green-lit, the project would take place in two phases. The first would see the church altered to eight self-contained flats, the second would demolish the adjacent building.

Taylor Wimpey will also continue the next phase of three and four bedroom homes at their Lomondgate development.

The major development application was approved on August 8.

Stephen Andrew, technical director for Taylor Wimpey West Scotland, said: “We are delighted to have secured planning permission from West Dunbartonshire Council for the next phase of 58 three and four bedroom new homes that will be located off Glen Shira Drive at our Lomondgate development in Dumbarton.

“Our development will boast a distinctive sense of place which respects the heritage of the local area, as well as the setting and amenity of neighbouring properties.

“As part of the overall construction process, we will continue to work with West Dunbartonshire Council in the coming months to secure the additional technical approvals that must be in place before we can begin any work on this phase of the development."