Huge East Kilbride housing development has been given the go-ahead

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Planning has been approved for 50 new homes in East Kilbride.Councillors this week approved proposals for a residential development of 50 detached homes, which would form part of the Community Growth Area in the town.Elected members heard of Lynch Homes Limited’s plans to create the development on Newhouse Road.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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That needs to happen and that needs to happen soon, we can’t just keep ploughing more and more houses there, and I say that something needs to happen before there’s a serious accident.”Council officers confirmed that the roads department are looking into delivering these requirements and an