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North Lanarkshire Council has approved extraction and remediation works across 200 acres of the 1,200-acre plot \u2013 unlocking the next phase of brownfield regeneration scheme.<\/p>\n
The programme involves ripping out deep steelworks foundations and shifting more than 2.7m cubic metres of material to prepare land for a new mixed-use community.<\/p>\n
The cleared area alone could eventually support up to 2,000 homes alongside commercial, leisure and green-space development.<\/p>\n
The approved zone includes Meadowhead next to new urban park The Craig, land around the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, and plots north of New College Lanarkshire\u2019s Motherwell Campus.<\/p>\n
Ravenscraig director Russell Wilkie said the approval \u201cturns once-unusable industrial land into a viable location for residential development that will breathe new life into the area.\u201d<\/p>\n
Council leader Jim Logue said the authority\u2019s new road and active-travel links from Motherwell to Ravenscraig were \u201cessential to open up the site to enable further investment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The JV behind the scheme \u2013 Barratt Developments, Tata Steel and Scottish Enterprise \u2013 has already invested \u00a3250m in long-term plans to transform the former steelworks, which closed in 1992.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n