A FORMER Clydebank care home owned by West Dunbartonshire Council has been sold to a housing developer for £461,000.

Boquhanran House on Dickens Avenue – which was shut down last February – was later bought by Turnberry Homes, who plan to develop 22 two-bedroom apartments and cottage flats.

The properties will be for private sale.

Three other care homes – Mount Pleasant Care Home, Frank Downie Care and Day Care Centre, and the Queen Mary Day Care Centre – were closed as a new care home is being developed at the Queens Quay development.

The decision to sell Boquhanran House was made by the council’s infrastructure, regeneration and economic development committee on Wednesday.

Members welcomed the move to sell the former care home as constituents had been asking them what was happening to it.

Labour councillor Gail Casey said: “I welcome this report and I am pleased to see Turnberry Homes has submitted an offer.

“It is a year earlier than the other [care homes] and I look forward to seeing the progress that goes with it.”

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Her colleague, Councillor Martin Rooney, also said he was pleased to hear about the development in Clydebank.

A marketing campaign between May and October 2019 saw offers for the land invited from housing developers.

West Dunbartonshire Council received three offers to purchase, and decided to accept the highest offer, which was from Turnberry Homes.

The council is also expecting to benefit from £40,000 a year in council tax if all the homes are sold.

Provost William Hendrie added: “I am also quite chuffed with the 27 parking spaces that will be included in the development. I am glad to see this will be approved.”