For Sale Development Opportunity

Donald Mackinnon Avenue, Kirkintilloch On behalf of Development site of circa 2.65 Ha / 6.57 Acres

• Gateway site to Kirkintilloch Justin Beveridge • Locationally strong commuter town 9 miles northeast of Email: [email protected] Glasgow Tel: 0131 222 4553

• Established site accessed directly off adopted road DTZ • Mixed use allocation in existing Local Development Plan One Edinburgh Quay 133 Fountainbridge • Good rail and road links Edinburgh • Good access to amenities including schooling EH3 9QG

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Donald Mackinnon Avenue, Kirkintilloch

LOCATION Kirkintilloch is a popular commuter town accessible to, and only 9 miles north east of, Glasgow. With a population of approximately 19,700 (2009 census) the town lies on the Forth and Clyde canals and is the administrative centre of East Council.

The town offers excellent transport links, with the new Kirkintilloch link road connecting the town directly to the national motorway network by road via the M80 and a rail link at allowing easy access to Glasgow and surrounding towns and countryside. This is complemented by a regular bus service.

Kirkintilloch and neighbouring Lenzie offer a good variety of amenities and local facilities, including supermarkets and shopping, centred mainly around the Cowgate. There is a leisure centre, swimming pool and golf club and the restoration of the Forth and Clyde Canal has brought a steady flow of water-borne tourists to the area. Secondary schooling includes the non-denominational The area is well served educationally with numerous schools. Kirkintilloch High School and the RC Ninian's High School Primary education includes Hillhead, Harestanes, Oxgang, (both new-build campuses, completed in August 2009) and Gartconner, Lairdsland, St Flannan's and St Agatha's in Lenzie Academy. Kirkintilloch and Lenzie Primary, Lenzie Moss Primary, Millersneuk, and Holy Family Primary in Lenzie. The site lies to the southern periphery of Kirkintilloch adjacent to Woodilee Village, a recently developed and sought-after residential location with a leafy feel to it, lying between Kirkintilloch and Lenzie.

DESCRIPTION The site comprises a brownfield site of approximately 2.65 Ha / 6.57 acres. The site is owned by National Grid and historically was the site of the Kirkintilloch gasworks.

The site is irregular in shape, has a level topography and is sufficient in size to facilitate a variety of different uses, subject to obtaining appropriate statutory consents.

There is direct access into the site from Donald Mackinnon Avenue, an adopted road.

PLANNING The site is allocated in the adopted Local Plan 2 (2011) as an economic development opportunity site referred to as Kirkintilloch’s Gateway. The adopted Local Plan gives specific consideration to the Kirkintilloch Gateway site and states the following:

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Donald Mackinnon Avenue, Kirkintilloch

“A mixed use, redevelopment masterplan is to be prepared by OFFERS AND PRICE landowners for the area bounded to the west by Kirkintilloch Offers are invited for the heritable interest (freehold) for the Link Road, to the north by the existing residential area around whole site with vacant possession - the sale being managed Loch Road and to the south and east by Woodilee Road. The by DTZ. masterplan should incorporate predominantly economic development uses and may also include, where appropriate, Offers clean of planning conditionality will be preferred by non-food retail, residential and hotel/leisure uses. The phasing the seller but offers subject to detailed planning consent will of development should ensure that redevelopment of also be considered. Any planning application will be brownfield sites shall generally precede development of undertaken by the preferred bidder and submitted with greenfield land” National Grid as joint applicants, with all documentation jointly owned. Further planning information and enquiries should be directed to Graeme Laing at : Offers should be sent directly to DTZ’s Edinburgh office and include: GL Hearn Limited 16 Gordon Street • Bidding party name/synopsis of area of business and past Glasgow experience G1 3PT • Price and method of payment [email protected] • Proposed timescales and schedule of actions required for full settlement/payment or • Proposed overage and claw-back provisions (optional but bid assessment will allocate a positive score to bids East Dunbartonshire Council - Planning incorporating these provisions) 12 Strathkelvin Place • Conditions of purchase Kirkintilloch G66 1TJ • Deposit details Tel: 0300 123 4510 • Board or other required third party approval details [email protected] • Proof of funding • Legal representative details

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Please note that the seller reserves the right to call a closing The seller holds significant technical information regarding the date for offers and is not obliged to accept any offer. site, including ground conditions, which will be made available

to interested parties. Please contact the selling agent DTZ in the first instance. Interviews/a second closing date for shortlisted parties may be required if further bid information is required and/or

differentiation of initial bids submitted is required. VIEWING The site can be viewed from the roadside. On allocation of a preferred bidder the selected party will be granted a determined period of exclusivity in which to conclude missives (an Offer to Sell will be provided) with payment following as per terms agreed.

IMPORTANT NOTICE DTZ, a UGL company gives notice to anyone who may read these particulars as follows: 1.These particulars are prepared for the guidance only of prospective purchasers. They are intended to give a fair overall description of the property but are not intended to constitute part of an offer or contract. 2. Any information contained herein (whether in the text, plans or photographs) is given in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement or representation of fact. 3. Nothing in these particulars shall be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good condition or otherwise nor that any services or facilities are in good working order. 4 The photographs appearing in this brochure show only certain parts and aspects of the property at the time when the photographs were taken. Certain aspects may have changed since the photographs were taken and it should not be assumed that the property remains precisely as displayed in the photographs. Furthermore no assumptions should be made in respect of parts of the property which are not shown in the photographs. 5. Any areas, measurements or distances referred to herein are approximate only. 6. Where there is reference in these particulars to the fact that alterations have been carried out or that a particular use is made of any part of the property this is not intended to be a statement that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consents have been obtained and these matters must be verified by any intending purchaser. 7. Descriptions of a property are inevitably subjective and the descriptions contained herein are used in good faith as an opinion and not by way of statement of fact. December 2014

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