Farmland zoned for housing at Easter Langlee
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Farmland zoned for housing at Easter Langlee
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 27 Jan 2008
This is part of a 65 acre site on the eastern outskirts of Galashiels that will see 493 new houses built if planning permission is granted to Persimmon Homes who wish to develop the site in 2 phases. The land has been zoned for housing in the Scottish Borders Council Finalised Local Plan (although for a maximum of 300 housing units) and the development would increase the population of Galashiels by almost 2000 and overtake Hawick as the largest town in the Scottish Borders. The most up to date figures from the General Register Office for Scotland has Hawick with 14,300 residents and Galashiels with 13,900.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.614273
Longitude
-2.755664