Ardrossan and Stevenston flats earmarked for demolition

The properties at Nursery Place in Ardrossan and Grange Court in Stevenston are both set to be razed to the ground to make way for new, 'affordable', family homes.

The information was distributed to tenants in a quarterly newsletter produced by the housing department at North Ayrshire Council (NAC).

The newsletter says the local authority's housing regeneration team are currently working with tenants within the flats, who are to be found "suitable accommodation elsewhere" to allow for demolition to take place.

Flats at Nursery Place in Ardrossan are set to be replaced by new family homes by 2027. (Image: Google Street View)

The council's strategic housing investment plan (SHIP) for 2024-29, ratified by councillors in November, states that the two sites are each capable of accommodating six new affordable homes.

The SHIP document states that regeneration work on the site is expected to start in the spring of 2026, with completion scheduled for the spring of 2027.

The sites are among 12 in the Three Towns identified for new housing in the plan, though one, at Afton Court in Stevenston, has already been completed.

The other projects in the pipeline in the area include those at the former James McFarlane School in Ardrossan and the former James Reid School in Saltcoats, where general needs, amenity and wheelchair-accessible homes are planned; Glebe Place in Saltcoats, including the demolition of eight 'low demand' flats and the building of eight new affordable homes; phase 5 of the Sharphill development in Saltcoats, where 100 new homes are proposed; Garven Road in Stevenston, which has capacity for 20 new homes and where the SHIP document gives an estimated completion date of this autumn; and Parkend Gardens in Saltcoats, where completion is expected early in 2025.

These flats in Grange Court, Stevenston are earmarked for demolition. (Image: Google Street View)

The two former school sites, as well as the Glebe Place regeneration, are both NAC projects, while Sharphill and Garven Road are under the auspices of Cunninghame Housing Association.

The Parkend Gardens initiative is a Link Housing project.

Two other projects are also listed, described simply as 'Confidential Site 10' in Ardrossan, which has capacity for up to 50 homes, and 'Regeneration Project 1d', also in Ardrossan, described as "a regeneration opportunity for 36 affordable homes".