Acres

78

Acres

New homes

568

New Homes

Affordable

25%

Affordable

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 includes junction upgrades, new parks and play areas, green paths, biodiversity improvements, and land for a neighbourhood centre.

Delivering Opportunity Through Land Assembly and Infrastructure Delivery

The 78-acre site at Dennyloanhead, Falkirk was allocated for 568 homes and local retail in the adopted Falkirk Local Plan (2010), intended to support community regeneration and help meet housing needs.  However, the allocated land was fragmented, with multiple ownerships creating a significant barrier to delivery.

Mac Mic identified the opportunity and secured agreements with five separate landowners to assemble the allocated site.  An addition, a further agreement was required with a remote landowner to secure land necessary to deliver essential off-site motorway junction upgrades to the M80 Motorway.  The negotiation process was complex and sensitive, but with persistence and constructive engagement, all landowners were brought into alignment, allowing the site to move forward.

Securing Planning Permission in Principle 

Mac Mic secured planning permission in principle for the development, establishing the framework for infrastructure design and site platforming, along with new parks, equipped play areas and informal open spaces connected by green network routes linking to the wider countryside.  Biodiversity enhancements included, woodland planting,  meadow and grassland seeding, and the provision of bat roosting boxes in the woodlands. 

The design responds to the natural topography of the land to retain the stunning views across the countryside from the new homes, while allowing organic growth of the existing town layout to include new residential streets and connected paths and well-defined green spaces.

Mac Mic will independently deliver a local neighbourhood centre, including new local retail provision on the site. 

Infrastructure Delivery Through  Partnership and Investment 

To make the site marketable Mac Mic needed to demonstrate to the market that the infrastructure constraints, particularly junction upgrades,  could be resolved.

To support this Mac Mic secured £2.3m Housing Infrastructure Grant Funding from the Scottish Government.  This grant funding enabled Mac Mic to design, tender and ultimately construct the two new junctions.  This work unlocked the site's full capacity and removed a major barrier to delivery. The ability to resolve major infrastructure constraints is a key differentiator in Mac mic's approach to strategic land promotion. 

Read more about the infrastructure here.

Marketing and Sale to a National Housebuilder 

The site was openly marketed and ultimately sold to Persimmon Homes in December 2024. Persimmon is now on site, delivering new homes across both the private and affordable tenures. 

Where Strategy Meets Delivery

Dennyloanhead demonstrates how Mac Mic’s ability to manage complex land assembly, lead infrastructure solutions and work collaboratively through the planning process can unlock a fragmented allocated site and bring forward a deliverable, sustainable neighbourhood.

Working with Mac Mic felt more like collaborating with a partner as they shared my vision of creating a thriving new community that contributed towards the existing village rather than detracting from it.

Stuart Clumpas - Landowner, Killearn, Stirlingshire

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Working with Mac Mic felt more like collaborating with a partner as they shared my vision of creating a thriving new community that contributed towards the existing village rather than detracting from it.

Stuart Clumpas - Landowner, Killearn, Stirlingshire