DESIGNS have been unveiled of a scheme aimed at transforming the former Bymacks site in Dursley.

Developer Crest Nicholson has released architects' drawings of proposed plans for the area around Long Street.

The drawings show how the derelict site would be changed if an application for a 146- home development is given the go-ahead by Stroud District Council development control committee a week on Tuesday.

Office space and the first section of the proposed Dursley relief road also feature in the plans.

Combined with the plans for the redevelopment of the Lister Petter site which were unveiled last month by St Modwen Properties, the Bymacks plans would play a part in a wholesale redevelopment of Dursley.

The application was delayed earlier this month so committee members could visit the site.

Stevan Usher, managing director of Crest Nicholson South-West, said: "These drawings show what a transformation these plans will make to the area by providing much needed homes and a range of other facilities for the benefit of all in Dursley.

"More importantly the first section of the relief road, which is essential for any long term planning in Dursley, will provide a catalyst for other long-awaited developments nearby, providing good transport links and job opportunities that will revitalise the town."

Mr Usher is keen work begins in earnest after a lengthy consultation which has seen arsonists and vandals attack the derelict factory units while the site has been lying idle.

He added: "The planning application was submitted almost a year ago and there has been extensive consultation. We hope that it will be given permission in its current form as soon as possible so that work can begin.

"It includes as many affordable homes aimed at providing places to live for young local people as can feasibly be provided, given all the other elements which are included in our proposals."

Crest Nicholson South-West is no stranger to this type of development, having won awards for the way it has regenerated so-called brown field sites across the region to help communities thrive.

Extensive consultation was carried out earlier this year with local authorities and interest groups, including a public meeting and exhibition.

Pictured: An architects' impressionsn of how the new development might look.