Plan for Dumbarton social homes on vacated Dumbuie Avenue

West Dunbartonshire Council has put forward plans for new properties on a long-time empty site on Dumuie Avenue.

Homes on the street were vacated more than ten years ago following structural issues with the buildings.

Then in November 2024 the homes were finally demolished, in the hope that the land can be used again for new housing development.

Now, a planning application has been submitted by the local authority seeking permission to build six new properties on Dumuie Avenue.

Current view of Dumbuie Avenue with demolished homes. (Image: WDC Planning)

The homes will consist of one three-bedroom cottage, two three-bedroom demi-detached homes and three, three-bedroom terraced homes.

The project was given the go-ahead through the Silverton regeneration scheme which hopes to bring 10 homes to the area between now and 2028.

Despite this, the authority's own roads department has raised concerns regarding the number of parking spaces being made available for each home.

In a consultation report from the team, it is noted that only 83% of the required spaces are included in the design drawings.

This means adequate provisions for the residents and any potential visitors has not been accounted for.

On top of this, the plan reference the creation of an access connection through Crosslet Court. However, this is not a council adopted road meaning they have no authority to carry out this work.

Instead, a pedestrian link through these roads is suggested.

A representative of the department, said: "I note that the proposal is unchanged from the pre app submission on which we previously provided comments. As the outstanding matters raised at pre-app stage has not been addressed we are unable to support the application in its current from.

"These [concerns] remain and need to be resolved or discussed further before roads [department] can provide a formal response."