PLANS have been unveiled for nearly 240 homes to rehouse people after Glasgow's notorious Red Road tower blocks come down.

PLANS have been unveiled for nearly 240 homes to rehouse people after Glasgow's notorious Red Road tower blocks come down.

The £20million project, which includes three-bedroom houses with en-suite bathrooms, is proposed for Petershill and Springburn and is expected to take two years to build.

Glasgow Housing Association's head of finance, David Fletcher, said the new project would be a "significant step forward" towards delivering a promised 2800 new homes across the city.

He added: "This project is the first new build development where GHA has been able to fully shape and influence the site layout and design of houses."

The new homes - 122 flats, 65 two-bedroom houses, 47 three-bedroom houses and seven three- bed town houses - have still to be given planning permission.

They will be built on four sites, including Avons-park and Mansel Streets, Rye Road and Berryburn/Scotsburn Roads.

All of the flats will have two double bedrooms and the houses with three bedrooms will have one of them en-suite.

The association also plans to hold talks with Glasgow City Council about putting community facilities in place.

Mr Fletcher said: "The new builds are only at the planning stage and GHA will continue to work with our preferred constructor and the Local Housing Organisations (LHOs) concerned - North Glasgow, Red Road Balornock and Unity Homes."

GHA is currently consulting with residents of the Red Road flats. One tower block, on Petershill Drive, has already been confirmed for demolition by 2015 and it's thought it will have to be dismantled floor by floor because it's too big to blow up.

The tenants who live there have been promised low-rise homes.