Friday 19 December 2008
Urban Capacity Issues Report 2009
The Urban Capacity Issues Report 2009 invites views on the main issues which could have implications for future urban capacity studies for the Glasgow and Clyde Valley area.
Your responses will assist the Strategic Development Planning Authority deciding whether policy changes are necessary.
It is important to stress that the Strategic Development Planning Authority seeks at this stage to collate the views on the issues raised, however the discussion of any particular issue does not infer commitment to any change in strategic policy.
Copies of the Urban Capacity Issues Report 2009 in PDF format can be downloaded here
 Urban Capacity Study Issues Report 2009 PDF 5.17 MB
If there are any questions please contact George Eckton who is the Strategic Planner with responsibility for this study on 0141 229 7738.
Written comments should be sent to:
Dr Grahame Buchan
Strategic Development Plan Manager
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority
Lower Ground Floor
125 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2SA
or by email to urban.capacity@gcvcore.gov.uk
Responses to the Issues Report are sought by Friday 30 January 2009.
Friday 12 December 2008
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000, Fourth Alteration 2008 Finalised Draft
submitted to Scottish Ministers for determination
The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee has submitted the Finalised Draft of
the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000, Fourth Alteration 2008 to the Scottish Ministers for their determination.
The Fourth Alteration has been prepared to bring the approved Structure Plan into line with Scottish Planning Policy 8: Town Centres and Retailing and is produced as a result of the term Shopping and Leisure Centres in the draft version of SPP 8 changing to Commercial Centres in the finalised version. This terminology is applied to locations distinct from Town Centres.
Under the terms of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Fourth Alteration has been screened and a determination made by the Joint Committee that the Alteration is not likely to have significant environmental effects. The reasons for this determination are contained in the Fourth Alteration 2008 Strategic Environmental Assessment Determination Statement.
In addition, two other supporting documents have been prepared under the statutory provisions of Scottish Planning legislation and its accompanying advice, namely, a Statement of Publicity and Consultation and Matters kept under review
Copies of the Fourth Alteration 2008 Consultative Draft, the SEA Determination Statement , the Statement of Publicity and Consultation and the Matters kept under review document are available to download
Fourth Alteration 2008 Finalised Draft PDF 8.85 MB
Fourth Alteration 2008 SEA Determination Statement PDF 1.23 MB
Fourth Alteration 2008 Statement of Publicity and Consultation PDF 2.13 MB
Fourth Alteration 2008 Matters kept under review PDF 829 KB
and are on deposit to view at the following council offices
East Dunbartonshire Council
The Triangle, Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs
East Renfrewshire Council
Council Headquarters, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock
Council Offices, 211 Main Street, Barrhead
Glasgow City Council
229 George Street, Glasgow
Inverclyde Council
Cathcart House, 6 Cathcart Square, Greenock
North Lanarkshire Council
Fleming House, 2 Tryst Road, Cumbernauld
Municipal Buildings, Kildonan Street, Coatbridge
Dalziel Building, Scott Street, Motherwell
Renfrewshire Council
Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley
South Lanarkshire Council
Council Offices, Montrose House, 154 Montrose Crescent, Hamilton
West Dunbartonshire Council
Council Offices, Garshake Road, Dumbarton
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee
Lower Ground Floor, 125 West Regent Street, Glasgow
Objections to the Fourth Alteration 2008 to the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000 should be sent in writing to
Sandra Carey
Scottish Government
Directorate for the Built Environment
Area 2-H, Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
or by email to 4thalterationmods@scotland.gsi.gov.uk before Friday 30 January 2009
and an Objections / Representations form can be downloaded as a PDF file here - 10 KB.
Objections should contain the name and address of the objector, the matters to which they relate and the grounds on which they are made.
Forms for making objections are also available at those offices where the documents are on deposit.
Those making objections may request to be notified of the Scottish Ministers' decisionon on the Fourth Alteration 2008 to the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000.
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Thursday 20 November 2008
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan area boundary approved
On 11 November 2008 Scottish Ministers issued their determination of the Strategic Development Plan area boundaries for
the four Scottish city regions and Circular 3/2008 Strategic Development Plan Areas is now available from Scottish Government's website.
The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan Area boundary will be constituted by the administrative areas of
East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire
and West Dunbartonshire Councils, excluding the part of West Dunbartonshire that lies within the Loch Lomond and
the Trossachs National Park.
An individual map of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan Area is also available to download
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan Area
PDF 2.87 MB
Friday 19 September 2008
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000, Fourth Alteration 2008 Consultative Draft launched
The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee is undertaking consultation on the Fourth Alteration to the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000.
The Fourth Alteration has been prepared to bring the approved Structure Plan into line with Scottish Planning Policy 8: Town Centres and Retailing and is produced as a result of the term Shopping and Leisure Centres in the draft version of SPP 8 changing to Commercial Centres in the finalised version. This terminology is applied to locations distinct from Town Centres.
The necessary changes have been made to the Approved Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000, Third Alteration 2006.
Under the terms of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Fourth Alteration has been screened and a determination made by the Joint Committee that the Alteration is not likely to have significant environmental effects. The reasons for this determination are contained in the Fourth Alteration 2008 Strategic Environmental Assessment Determination Statement.
Copies of both the Fourth Alteration 2008 Consultative Draft and the SEA Determination Statement are available to download
Fourth Alteration 2008 Consultative Draft PDF 3.52 MB
Fourth Alteration 2008 SEA Determination Statement Consultative Draft PDF 1.33 MB
and are on deposit to view at the following council offices
East Dunbartonshire Council
The Triangle, Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs
East Renfrewshire Council
Council Headquarters, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock
Council Offices, 211 Main Street, Barrhead
Glasgow City Council
229 George Street, Glasgow
Inverclyde Council
Cathcart House, 6 Cathcart Square, Greenock
North Lanarkshire Council
Fleming House, 2 Tryst Road, Cumbernauld
Municipal Buildings, Kildonan Street, Coatbridge
Dalziel Building, Scott Street, Motherwell
Renfrewshire Council
Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley
South Lanarkshire Council
Council Offices, Montrose House, 154 Montrose Crescent, Hamilton
West Dunbartonshire Council
Council Offices, Garshake Road, Dumbarton
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee
Lower Ground Floor, 125 West Regent Street, Glasgow
Representations and comments should be sent to:
Dr Grahame Buchan
Structure Plan Manager
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee
Lower Ground Floor
125 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2SA
or by email to alteration4@gcvcore.gov.uk by Friday 24 October 2008.
if you have any questions regarding the Fourth Alteration 2008 please call 0141 229 7730.
Please note that any responses received will be made publicly available.
Friday 27 June 2008
Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate
Green Infrastructure Design for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
The Joint Committee has recently agreed to participate as a stakeholder in a proposal submission entitled Green Infrastructure Design for Climate Adaptation and Resilience lead by the Centre for Urban Regional Ecology (CURE) to the Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARCC) programme, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC).
The overall aim of the proposal is to better understand critical interactions between the natural and built environment with a view to informing climate change adaptation via green infrastructure planning and design.
The outline project proposal was submitted on 26 June 2008 and the project partnership hopes to be invited over the summer of 2008 to submit a more detailed funding proposal in September 2008 with a final decision made on project funding through the ARCC programme in early 2009.
The Joint Committee's climate change webpage.
If you have any questions then please contact George Eckton who is the Strategic Planner with responsibility for the Joint Committee’s climate change work on 0141 229 7730.
Tuesday 26 August 2008 update
The project proposal was submitted in June 2008 and subsequently the C-RED project partnership has been informed that has been unsuccessful in this round of funding.
Wednesday 25 June 2008
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority designated
The Statutory Order by the Scottish Ministers designating the eight local authorities of Glasgow and the Clyde Valley as a Strategic Development Planning Authority (SDPA) came into force on 25 June 2008.
The new Authority will be required to prepare and keep under review a Strategic Development Plan for the eight local authority areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
The SDPA is one of four in Scotland covering the city regions around the four largest cities - Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh.
The strategic land-use planning role is performed currently by the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee, who will now take on a new role as the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley SDPA.
One of the first tasks of the SDPA will be to propose boundaries for the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan.
This proposed boundary is required to be submitted to Scottish Ministers by 25 September 2008.
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Appeal against Scottish Ministers' decision to approve the 2006 Structure Plan
An Appeal has been lodged under Section 238 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 against the decision of Scottish Ministers, dated 25 April 2008, to approve the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2006 Alteration with modifications.
The Appeal has been lodged by Capital Shopping Centres PLC and relates to the refusal of Scottish Ministers to modify the Structure Plan so as to change the status of Braehead from an Out of Centre Retail Location to a Town Centre or failing that to Commercial Centre as defined by Scottish Planning Policy 8: Town Centres and Retailing.
The Appeal notice has been served upon both the Scottish Ministers and the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee.
A timescale for the Appeal to be heard at the Court of Session has still to be set.
Details will be posted on the website when available.
The 2006 Structure Plan, other than that part which is subject to the Appeal, remains operative as from 29 April 2008.
Tuesday 3 June 2008
Waste Management Issues Report 2008 update
The Waste Management Issues Report was published by the Joint Committee on 20 March 2008 and comments on the issues raised were invited by 28 April 2008. The purpose of the Waste Management Issues Report was to enable the constituent authorities of the Joint Committee working with SEPA and the Scottish Government to identify the potential need and location for strategic waste management facilities to form an integrated system to serve the Glasgow and Clyde Valley area.
The Joint Committee distributed copies of the Waste Management Issues Report to a list of 50 stakeholders agreed in consultation with SEPA and the report was also made available for download via the Joint Committee’s website. The Structure Plan Manager received 6 responses (12%) to the consultation from stakeholders.
The responses will be the subject of a paper to the next Joint Committee meeting on 9 June 2008.
The paper is now available to download from this link.
The Joint Committee would like to thank all participants for their involvement.
Tuesday 3 June 2008
Town Centres and Retailing Issues Report 2007 update
The Town Centres and Retailing Issues Report was published by the Joint Committee on 1 October 2007 and comments were invited by 17 December 2007.
The purpose of the Issues Report was to enable the constituent authorities of the Joint Committee to consider the key issues relating to the development of town centres and retailing in the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley area. It is part of the Joint Committee’s early preparatory steps towards the inaugural Strategic Development Plan in 2011.
Following receipt by the Structure Plan Manager of 27 responses from stakeholders and a report to the Joint Committee summarising the responses in March 2008. A series of recommended responses to each issue identified by the Joint Committee in the original Issues Report 2007 is the subject of a paper to the next Joint Committee meeting on 9 June 2008.
The paper is now available to download from this link.
The Joint Committee would like to thank all participants for their involvement.
Friday 16 May 2008
Retail Focus Group presentations and note of the meeting
The Joint Committee would like to thank all those who participated in today’s Retail Focus Group.
The wide-ranging discussion and on-going engagement with the retail industry ahead of the publication of first
Strategic Development Plan in 2011 was greatly welcomed.
Copies of the two presentations given to the Retail Focus Group are available to download:
 Strategic Development Plans PowerPoint 5 MB Stephen Hall, Scottish Government:
Responses to Retail Issues Report PowerPoint 1.88 MB Stuart Tait, GCVSPJC
On-going discussions with the retail and town centres stakeholders are planned for the rest of the year.
Specific events will be advertised to the Retail Focus Group by email and on the Joint Committee’s website.
A note of the meeting has been prepared and is available to download below:
Retail Focus Group 13 May 2008 Note of Meeting PDF 60 KB
Friday 25 April 2008
Scottish Ministers approve the 2006 Structure Plan
The final stages in the Scottish Ministers’ approval process of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan 2006 have now been reached.
The Scottish Ministers issued their Final Modifications to the Plan as of the 25 April 2008, with the Plan going operational on the 29 April 2008. Following that date, the final element is the Right of Appeal to the Court of Session, under Section 238 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, within a period of six weeks from 29 April 2008.
That right can be exercised by anyone who questions the validity of the Scottish Ministers’ decision on the grounds that that decision is not within the powers conferred by the aforementioned Act or that any requirement of that Act or any Regulations made under that Act has not been complied with in the Approval of the Plan.
Copies of the Approval Letter and its Annexes are available here:
Approval Letter PDF 47 KB
Annex 1 Schedule of final modifications PDF 104 KB
Annex 2 Reasons for not making modifications PDF 62 KB
Copies can also be obtained from the Planning Offices of the eight constituent Councils of the Joint Committee -
East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire
and West Dunbartonshire - or from the Scottish Government, Directorate for the Built Environment, Area 2-H, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.
A revised version of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2006 Written Statement is also available:
GCV Structure Plan 2006 Written Statement incorporating modifications PDF 1.47 MB
The Joint Committee is pleased that the final approval process has now been reached and is pleased that the Plan can now be used to foster the long-term regeneration and growth of the Glasgow metropolitan area in line with its Sustained Growth Agenda.
Monday 21 April 2008
Development Plan Scheme
Planning your future publication launch
Today the Joint Committee publishes an outline programme of upcoming work in its future role as the
Strategic Development Plan Authority for the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley area.
The leaflet aims to introduce the Strategic Development Plan process to stakeholders - particularly the public -
and asks for their opinions on the nature of consultation.
You can download the leaflet as a PDF document here:
Planning your future PDF 894 KB
The leaflet is also available at council offices, libraries, bus and train stations.
Background to the Joint Committee's engagement process can be found at www.gcvcore.gov.uk/engage
The Joint Committee looks forward to feedback from this initial phase of consultation and asks for resposes by the
end of August 2008.
Thursday 20 March 2008
Waste Management Issues Report 2008
The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee published the Waste Management Issues Report 2007 in October 2007.
The purpose of the report was to set out the key issues that relate to longer-term strategic waste management planning and their implications for future waste management facilities at a strategic level in light of the new requirement for the Strategic Development Plan (SDP).
The Joint Committee received a number of responses to the Waste Management Issues Report 2007, summarised here.
On 24 January 2008 the Rural Affairs and the Environment Cabinet Secretary Richard Lockhead's statement to the Scottish Parliament outlined the Scottish Government’s plans for a zero waste Scotland, which rejected the option of large-scale energy from waste infrastructure favouring instead revising the targets to increase recycling rates, reducing the use of landfill and retaining the challenging target of stopping growth in municipal waste by 2010.
As a consequence of this parliamentary statement it is considered that it would be beneficial to undertake another targeted round of consultation, posing questions relating to the implications of the new policy context. The Joint Committee has therefore published the Waste Management Issues Report 2008.
Copies of the Waste Management Issues Report 2008 can be downloaded here:
Waste Management Issues Report 2008 PDF 840 KB
Responses to this report are sought by Monday 28 April 2007.
If there are any questions please do not hesitate to contact George Eckton who is the Strategic Planner with responsibility for this study on 0141 229 7730.
Written comments should be sent to:
Dr Grahame Buchan
Structure Plan Manager
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee
Lower Ground Floor
125 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2SA
or by email to waste.issues@gcvcore.gov.uk
Thursday 20 March 2008
FP7 Project C-RED
Carbon Emissions Reduction in Buildings and Built Environment
The Joint Committee has recently agreed to participate in a Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) project submission entitled Carbon Emissions Reduction in Buildings and Built Environment (C-RED) along with lead partners Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Caledonian University.
This support action project will see members of the project team supporting collaborative research and actions, whilst mentoring less developed regions by providing recommendations on policies, plans and actions for reducing carbon emissions in the built environment.
The twin aims of the C-RED project are:
- Increase regional contributions to the reduction of carbon emissions from buildings and built environment in Glasgow, Bari (Italy), Belgrade (Serbia), Novi Sad (Serbia), Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Turin / Piedmont (Italy).
- Maximise the benefits of research infrastructure for regional economic development.
Framework Programmes (FPs) have been the main financial tools through which the European Union supports research and development activities covering almost all scientific disciplines. FPs are proposed by the European Commission and adopted by Council and the European Parliament following a co-decision procedure. The overarching theme of FP7 is sustainable development.
The project proposal was submitted in March 2008 and the C-RED project partnership hopes to receive a decision regarding funding by summer 2008.
The Joint Committee, through the EU INTERREG IIIC InterMETREXPlus project, has already been able to undertake the first ever substantive analysis of greenhouse gas emissions across the metropolitan area and hopes that a successful submission to the EU INTERREG IVC programme for the EUCO2 project will have beneficial synergies with the C-RED project.
If you have any questions then please contact George Eckton who is the Strategic Planner with responsibility for this study on 0141 229 7730.
The Joint Committee's climate change webpage.
Details of the Joint Committee's work on climate change are available here.
For further information on Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) visit cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html
Tuesday 26 February 2008
GCV Greenhouse Gas Inventory Summary Guide and webpage
Further to the publication on Monday 18 February 2008 of the first greenhouse gas inventory for the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley area, an 8-page summary guide of the inventory has been produced.
This publication has been published to coincide with the launch of a new webpage on the Joint Committee’s website, collating its current work on climate change and also summarising the current policy and research context for land-use planning to address climate change.
The Joint Committee's climate change webpage can be found at: www.gcvcore.gov.uk/climatechange
The Summary Guide in PDF format can be downloaded from the link below:
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Greenhouse Gas Inventory: A Summary Guide PDF 1.19 MB
If you have any questions then please contact George Eckton who is the Strategic Planner with responsibility for this study on 0141 229 7730.
Monday 18 February 2008
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee was involved throughout 2007 in the InterMETREXPlus project - a partnership of European Metropolitan Regions working with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change.
The project utilised the GRIP (Greenhouse Gas Regional Inventory Project) model, developed by Dr Sebastian Carney of the Tyndall Centre, which is one of the first substantive methodologies to address the audit of greenhouse gas emissions at a metropolitan scale.
Detailed information on the GRIP model is available at www.grip.org.uk
GRIP for Europe Pilot Study: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Glasgow and the Clyde Valley PDF 440 KB
InterMETREXPlus Final Report 2007 PDF 1.67 MB
Details of the various InterMetrexPlus project outputs are available from www.euco2.org
and a copy of the summary prospectus of the EUC02 project is available:
EUCO2 Prospectus PDF 240 KB
If you have any questions then please contact George Eckton who is the Strategic Planner with responsibility for this study on 0141 229 7730.
Monday 4 February 2008
Waste Management Issues Report 2007 update
The Waste Management Issues Report was published by the Joint Committee on 15 October 2007 and comments on the issues raised were invited by 21 December 2007. The purpose of the Waste Management Issues Report was to enable the constituent authorities of the Joint Committee working with SEPA and the Scottish Government to identify the potential need and location for strategic waste management facilities to form an integrated system to serve the Glasgow and Clyde Valley area.
The Joint Committee distributed copies of the Waste Management Issues Report to a list of 50 stakeholders agreed in consultation with SEPA and the report was also made available for download via the Joint Committee’s website. The Structure Plan Manager received 10 responses (20%) to the consultation from stakeholders.
The responses will be the subject of a paper to the next Joint Committee meeting on 3 March 2008.
The paper will be available to download from late February 2008 from this link.
The Joint Committee would like to thank all participants for their involvement.
Monday 4 February 2008
Town Centres and Retailing Issues Report 2007 update
The Town Centres and Retailing Issues Report was published by the Joint Committee on 1 October 2007 and comments were invited by 17 December 2007.
The purpose of the Issues Report was to enable the constituent authorities of the Joint Committee to consider the key issues relating to the development of town centres and retailing in the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley area. It is part of the Joint Committee’s early preparatory steps towards the inaugural Strategic Development Plan in 2011.
The Joint Committee distributed 70 copies of the Town Centres and Retailing Issues Report to a list of stakeholders agreed by the Retail Topic Group and the report was also made available for download via the Joint Committee’s website.
The Structure Plan Manager received 27 responses (39%) to the consultation, from stakeholders. The responses will be the subject of a paper to the next Joint Committee meeting on 3 March 2008.
The paper will be available to download from late February 2008 from this link.
The Joint Committee would like to thank all participants for their involvement.
Monday 21 January 2008
Annual Review 2007 now available
The Joint Committee today publishes its Annual Review 2007. The document focuses on the work of the Committee over the last twelve months
Key issues covered include the Scottish Ministers' Draft Modifications to the Third Alteration to the Structure Plan, climate change and forthcoming changes to the planning system in Scotland.
The Annual Review 2007 can be downloaded as a PDF from here - file size 1.3 MB.
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