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Plans have been granted to build more than 250 affordable flats in the former 'Meat Market' site in the east end.

Located across from Duke Street Playground, the new development will include 79 one-bedroom apartments and 173 two bedroom apartments, with a 300 square-metre commercial unit on at the junction of Bellgrove and Duke Street which could house a shop, office or a restaurant.

The B-listed Glasgow Meat Market was established in 1879 and initially housed an inn, sheds and accommodation for sheep, bullocks and other livestock. The Meat Market was one of the last remaining markets in the country and closed in the 1980s.

The New Glasgow Abattoir then stayed open until 2001 and was finally demolished in 2007. Since then, with the exception of the residential development in the southern part off of Gallowgate, the site has lain vacant.

Home Group in Scotland will be working in partnership with the City Council to deliver the new affordable homes, which are expected to hit the market in 2024.

It comes as the brownfield land is being transformed into a new multipurpose linear park of over 10,000 square metres – which is to include seating, biodiversity planting and leisure areas for the community.

(Image: Glasgow City Council)

The scheme would also provide 130 car parking spaces and 318 cycle storage spaces located within dedicated internal storage rooms.

A paper submitted to the council's planning committee said: "Only a number of units will have a dedicated parking space, the rest will be advertised as car free by the applicant. It is the aim of the Council and the applicant to promote sustainable modes of public transport rather than reliance on the car. This is achievable in this location given the sites location within an inner urban area of high accessibility."

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