Mill of Haldane Master Plan

MAST worked with Cube and Dunbritton Housing Associations and Cruden as part of the long-term regeneration of the Mill of Haldane in Balloch. The wider programme sought to replace unpopular post-war tenement housing with a lower-density neighbourhood offering a greater variety of homes, private gardens and clearer relationships between houses, streets and shared spaces.

Across 13 sites, MAST designed and delivered approximately 250 new homes, predominantly houses and cottage flats, allowing redevelopment to take place progressively across the estate. The programme also included a replacement women’s refuge, while a further 50 homes for private sale were developed by Cruden Estates, introducing a broader mix of tenure within an area where demand for private housing had previously been limited.

The housing formed part of a much wider regeneration effort involving the housing associations, West Dunbartonshire Council, community organisations and residents. Environmental improvements included the upgrading of key public spaces and the Carrochan Burn corridor, while residents were given opportunities to remain close to established neighbours as new phases were developed.

The scale and duration of the programme allowed individual sites to contribute incrementally to a wider change in the character of Haldane, replacing large areas of tenemental housing with streets of lower-rise homes and bringing vacant land back into residential use. The wider regeneration was recognised as joint runner-up in the 2013 CIH Excellence in Regeneration Award.