Plans have been submitted to create four new villages on land between Easterhouse and the M73 motorway.
The massive housing development would include 1,200 homes in four interconnected 'villages', as well as a 120-bed care home, a children's nursery and commercial space.
The Heatheryknowe site, which sits south of Commonhead Road, has already been highlighted as a Community Growth Area by Glasgow City Council, who have also agreed on a draft master plan.
Included in the new homes will be 229 terraced properties, 633 semi-detached properties, 337 detached properties, and 90 retirement apartments.
The development is expected to take around 12 years to complete with villages named after local farms Netherhouse, Rogerfield, Commonhead, and Heatheryknowe.
An application submitted with the plan's detail: "The site is fairly typical of urban fringe land with significant evidence of fly-tipping throughout the area, including abandoned vehicles.
"The indicative master plan includes a proposed care home for the elderly. The current demographic for the Greater Easterhouse area shows a relatively young population and the proposed CGA development will bring a focus on the delivery of family homes.
"The housing however will be delivered over a lengthy period and the intention of the masterplan framework is to ensure that all ages are catered for in terms of housing opportunity. The intention within the Community Growth Area is that the development should be community-focused and deliver a range of tenancy types for a wide spectrum of the population.
"In terms of the scale of new development, this will see whole new communities being planned and built over a period of time. The concept of cradle to grave housing opportunity is not new and the introduction of a care home in the longer term will allow the more elderly community members to release housing stock when appropriate to do so, but also allow elderly residents to remain within the community, close to friends and family and to be supported by an element of care. Ultimately the new communities should be just that, communities that are community-focused and provide for all ages.
"In keeping with the need to provide adequate social and community facilities, as well as the desire to create local jobs and reduce the need to travel; it is expected that both the creche and care home facilities will be welcome additions to the community of Heatheryknowe, enhancing the sense of place and encouraging community bonds to develop through the lifetime of the development."
The plans will now go before Glasgow City Council's planners.
