Bishopton is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Erskine. In 2005, BAE Systems and also Redrow submitted proposals to make use of a big part of the website for building brand-new housing which would certainly, a minimum of, double the size of Bishopton. Neighborhood residents showed their issue at the proposals; the major issues they had were with the size of the expansion-- with the associated ripple effects to the local facilities-- as well as fears of the contamination that was likely to be located on the site. In December 2008 Renfrewshire Council gave synopsis planning consent for the growth and also thorough planning authorization for an associated motorway junction off the A8/M8. By very early 2016, following comprehensive decontamination work, a considerable portion of the growth had been completed, with a number of your houses (the complete variety of homes having actually climbed from 2,500 in 2008 to 4,000 in 2019, entailing numerous housebuilder) constructed as well as occupied together with some purchasing facilities. However, a new primary school which was initially accepted in 2009 had still not been finished a decade on and was reflected on to be built in 2021 with fresh problems over the suggested catchment zone possibly bring about division in between the old and also brand-new communities in the area, which the institution would simply be also little to cope with the recurring influx of children, with the majority of the Dargavel housing being marketed for young family members to relocate there.