GCVSDPA Main Issues Report

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan
Main Issues Report

September 2010
GCVSDP MIR 20/10/2010
Main Issues Report
September 2010
Contents page
Foreword
Using this document 3
Introducing the Issues 4
Section 1
Introduction 6
Section 2
Legacy of the existing Metropolitan Development Strategy 10
Section 3
Strategic drivers of change for the Strategic Development Plan 14
Section 4
Vision and principles 16
Section 5
Main issues and key challenges 22
Section 6
The Main Issues
■ Issue 1
Breaking down distance to economic markets 26
■ Issue 2
Supporting a sustainable economy 30
■ Issue 3
Promoting environmental action - an economic necessity 34
■ Issue 4
Promoting sustainable locations for development 42
■ Issue 5
Tackling risk - strategic development priorities 50
Next stages 53
Glossary 54
Background Reports 57
GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAIN ISSUES REPORT SEPTEMBER 2010 Contents
Main Issues Report
September 2010
Figure 1 Figure 16
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley city-region local authorities 6 Glasgow International Airport strategic planning role 27
Figure 2 Figure 17
Scottish governmental context for the GCV Strategic Development Plan 7 GVA and employment change to 2020 31
Figure 3 Figure 18
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan GVA, productivity and employment change to 2035 31
publication and approval timeline 8
Figure 19
Figure 4 Strategic Economic Investment Locations 32
Main Issues Report structure and flow 9
Figure 20
Figure 5 City-region environmental context - role and function 35
The legacy of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 11
Figure 21
Figure 6 GCV Green Network strategic opportunities 37
Vacant and derelict land and index of multiple deprivation (top 15%) 12
Figure 22
Figure 7 Biomass woodfuel production opportunities 38
City-region strategic drivers of change to 2035 14
Figure 23
Figure 8 Wind farm search areas 38
Key components of the spatial vision to 2035 16
Figure 24
Figure 9 Private sector housing requirements 2008 / 25 43
Spatial vision and strategic drivers of change 18
Figure 25
Figure 10 Network of strategic centres 44
Development principles of the spatial vision to 2035 19
Figure 26
Figure 11 Network of strategic centres - assessment of role and function 45
Greenhouse gas emissions by sector 2005 20
Figure 27
Figure 12 West of Scotland Conurbation Public Transport Study
Population change 2008 / 25 22 proposed network at 2025 48
Figure 13 Figure 28
Household change 2008 / 25 22 West of Scotland Conurbation Public Transport Study
proposed outcomes at 2025 48
Figure 14
Adopting a demographic Planning Scenario 23 Figure 29
Preferred strategy 50
Figure 15
Glasgow International Airport air routes 26
Illustrations GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAIN ISSUES REPORT SEPTEMBER 2010
Foreword
by Councillor Graham Scott
Chair, Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority
The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic outcome is a statutory Strategic Development Plan - response to change through the SDP process and a
Development Planning Authority (GCVSDPA) and its but the real subject is all about people and a vision new enhanced focus and responsibility for their local
eight constituent local authorities have been tasked for the future of the city-region. The Plan, which development planning function.
by the Scottish Parliament to look long into the future will emerge from this process, will shape their living The vision in this document is for the Glasgow
of Scotland’s foremost city-region area to vision and environment over the next twenty-five years and and Clyde Valley city-region to be a competitive and
plan its development to 2035 and beyond. As you beyond. However, we do not start from scratch – we attractive European city-region which is tailored to
can imagine, that is a complex task. The first real already have a highly sustainable long-term strategy in fit changing global circumstances and which will
step is the publication of this Main Issues Report. A place – what we are on is a journey to delivering that not be left behind in the process of global change.
lot of people and organisations have been involved strategy and ensuring that it remains relevant to the It will develop an economy increasingly less reliant
in pulling together this document and the GCVSDPA future. That future will see further global pressures in upon carbon, with a real focus on urban life, a high-
is grateful for their help and commitment in thinking terms of economic change, petroleum consumption quality environment and an integrated urban-rural
long about the Glasgow city-region. At the same time, and prices, shifts to new sources of energy, to new relationship. The vision aims to stimulate population
it has been impossible to have everyone contribute forms of transport and a new emphasis on sustainable growth to support the city-region economy.
to shaping the document, but this next process of transport, a continued renewal of interest in cities as I encourage everyone to get involved with the
publishing the Main Issues Report is designed to economic engines. Competition between cities and Authority, its councils and partners in helping to shape
provide an opportunity for all those who wish to make city-groupings will intensify. We are already seeing this the future of Glasgow and the Clyde Valley.
an input, to so do. We are designating a consultation accelerate across Europe and beyond.
period of eight weeks to allow for these inputs. We The Glasgow and Clyde Valley city-region will
also will provide, for those interested, a wealth of not be excluded from these pressures and it is vital
technical material which informs this Report. that we continue to think long and plan long with a
Whilst the subject of the Main Issues Report is focus on the big picture vision rather than on local
inherently physical - where we build new businesses interests. We need not focus on that level in this
and homes, new shopping complexes and new SDP process - that level will be addressed fully by Councillor Graham Scott
transport systems; how we improve the environment the individual constituent local authorities within the Chair
in which we live and play; how we manage our big picture framework resulting from this strategic Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development
connections with our economic markets and the visioning process. The new legislation under which the Planning Authority
rest of the UK, Europe and the world - the primary Authority operates envisages a more focused strategic
GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAIN ISSUES REPORT SEPTEMBER 2010 Foreword
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Main Issues Report
Using this document
Aims and purpose
Using this document The current Development Strategy and its legacy are Engaging with the MIR and the GCVSDPA
under constant monitoring and review; the maximum
The content and purpose of a Main Issues Report interval for review being five years, thus keeping Sections and questions
(MIR) are clearly laid out in legislation. It is to explain strategy up-to-date and attuned to those forces which
the Strategic Development Planning Authority’s overall are driving change within the wider economic, social This document is written in sections and at the end
vision for a long-term future, in this case to 2035, and and environmental context. of each section the reader will find a set of questions
the development strategy needed to deliver that vision relating to its content. These questions are intended to
for the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley city-region, in Legislation makes clear that MIRs are not draft focus the reader’s thinking and provide a framework
essence, where new strategic development should versions of plans, but are Issues documents which for their responses.
and should not take place. highlight key changes from previous plans and
which highlight the Strategic Development Planning A glossary of terms is included to assist the reader.
This MIR is intended to emphasise vision and the long Authority’s big ideas - the Vision - for future
term. How that vision and development strategy are development, including preferred and alternative The GCVSDPA would be grateful if readers could
fleshed out at the detailed level is the responsibility locations, where reasonable, and be underwritten by a use these questions to engage with the MIR and the
of the eight local authorities of the GCV area through sound evidence base. Authority when responding to the MIR.
their local development plans (LDP) and through a
range of their corporate operations. The MIR is effectively an engagement and
consultation document which is designed to provide How to respond
The Strategic Development Plan (SDP) and its MIR is a vehicle for all stakeholders through which they can
about creating the long-term framework for action and engage with the GCVSDPA and its constituent local Responses can be made in writing to:
setting the direction of travel for developing the GCV authorities in shaping the long-term future of the
area into the long term. Glasgow and Clyde Valley area, Scotland’s largest and Dr Grahame Buchan
primary city-region complex. Strategic Development Plan Manager
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An MIR can highlight elements of current strategies Glasgow and the Clyde Valley
and plans which remain pertinent to the long-term Strategic Development Planning Authority
future. In that case, Glasgow and the Clyde Valley has Lower ground floor
the benefit of a widely acknowledged Metropolitan 125 West Regent Street
Development Strategy (MDS), put together between Glasgow
2000 and 2008 and approved throughout that decade G2 2SA
by the Scottish Ministers.
by email to:
The MDS provides a strong foundation for the SDP mir@gcvsdpa.gov.uk
upon which to build future strategy and its substantive
components. But the SDP and its MIR is about a more
focused direction for strategy. or through the consultation section of
the GCVSDPA website at:
It cannot be stressed strongly enough that the MIR www.gcvsdpa.gov.uk/mir
does not seek to replace the previously approved
strategy and its land allocations which continue to
have relevance. These locations are integral to on-
going local planning and their role in delivering the
strategy and giving confidence to investors.
The purpose of this MIR is to map out the future

direction of that strategy and be more focused on
those locations and development priorities that will
meet future strategic challenges and drivers-for-
change, allowing the on-going development plan
process to promote, safeguard and/or deliver relevant Area covered by the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan
locations from previous strategic plans.
Once approved by the Scottish Ministers, the SDP will

replace the previous generation of Structure Plans.
GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAIN ISSUES REPORT SEPTEMBER 2010 3
Introducing the Issues
The five primary strategic planning issues facing the city-region to 2035
1 Breaking down distance

to economic markets 2 Supporting a sustainable
economy
For the Glasgow and The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Growing the regional economy
the Clyde Valley city- area is a city-region economy is vital to the long-term vision for
on the northern edge of its UK the city-region area - creating
region to achieve its long- and European markets. Tackling new jobs and attracting new
term vision by 2035, a this marginal location through migrants and stimulating
improved sustainable transport population growth - but this
number of issues need connectivity, in the form of High growth needs to be achieved
Speed Rail (HSR), is essential within our environmental
to be addressed, ranging
for long-term competitiveness. capacity. Promoting sustainable
from external economic However, air travel remains an development locations
essential, if less sustainable, which help to reduce carbon
connections to regional economic linkage for the city- consumption and reduce our
regeneration and economic region and must remain even greenhouse gas emissions
after HSR connectivity replaces will help to address climate
positioning and the creation short-haul air travel. International change and help achieve
of a high quality living routes and increased penetration sustainable economic growth.
of such, can only be achieved A key requirement will be the
environment to attract through air travel and will remain need to improve accessibility by
a key aspect of the long-term sustainable transport modes to
and retain a highly-skilled
economy. In addition, the scale our key economic locations.
population. of the regional economy is a
related issue and increased
critical mass through greater
collaboration with the Edinburgh
city-region is equally essential for
competitiveness.

3 Promoting environmental action

- an economic necessity 4 Promoting sustainable locations
for development 5 Tackling risk -
strategic development priorities
Environmental quality, green Sustainable economic growth will Capital investment will be
infrastructure and improved require long-term development in limited supply throughout
connectivity between urban and capacity to support it, new the first half of the Strategy.
rural spaces are vital components business and employment, new Identifying and phasing our
in city-region competitiveness. homes, investment in sustainable development and investment
The drive for sustainable transport, and community priorities will be central to
economic growth needs facilities. The key challenge maximising returns on that
complementary action to realise is in identifying and securing limited investment. There is a
these objectives. development locations that are need therefore to minimise the
accessible by public transport risk to the long-term vision by
and which reduce reliance upon focusing on our key priorities.
travel by private car. Minimising
the carbon footprint of the
city-region through identifying
sustainable locations and
recycling land will be central to
these objectives.
1
Introduction
Legislative background
1.1 The Scottish Government’s planning legislation, 1.2 Two additional pieces of Scottish Government 1.3 The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic
the Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006, which came legislation, the Town and Country Planning Development Planning Authority (GCVSDPA),
into force in February 2009, introduced into the (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 comprising the eight local authorities of the Glasgow
statutory planning legislation, the need for a and Planning Circular 1, 2009 Development Planning and the Clyde Valley city-region area namely East
Strategic Development Plan (SDP) to replace the provide further legislative detail as to the process by Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City,
previous generation of Structure Plans in Scotland. which such Strategic Development Plans are to be Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South
The preparation of an SDP applies only to the four prepared and submitted to the Scottish Ministers. Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire, has been
city-regions of Scotland, of which Glasgow and the established and tasked by its above-mentioned
Clyde Valley is the most significant in economic and authorities to co-ordinate and facilitate the preparation
demographic terms. and publication of an SDP for the city-region.
1.4 The initial key step in the new SDP process - the
publication and submission to Scottish Ministers of a
Development Plan Scheme (DPS) which sets out the
GCVSDPA’s timetable of publications leading to the
SDP itself - has been prepared with copies of the DPS
Figure 1 Glasgow and the Clyde Valley city-region local authorities being made available through public libraries, local
authority offices and through the GCVSDPA’s website.
In the DPS, the Authority identified September 2010 as
the publication date for what is the second key stage in
developing an SDP - its Main Issues Report (MIR).
1.5 This publication fulfils the requirements of the above

legislation in producing an MIR for public consultation.
A wide range of professional staff from the GCVSDPA
West Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire and its constituent authorities, as well as from the Key
Agencies, from professional planning consultancies,
Inverclyde
from the development sector and from a wide range
Glasgow City
Renfrewshire of interested stakeholders, have been instrumental in
North Lanarkshire
shaping the MIR and its content.
East Renfrewshire
1.6 It is important that readers understand the significance
of the SDP and what it means for the future of the city-
region. The SDP sets the overall direction or strategy
for development and investment in the city-region for
South Lanarkshire
the next twenty-five years - it sets out the big picture
- and by doing so, when approved by the Scottish
Ministers, creates the principle for development in the
key strategic locations set out in the Plan. The related
detailed land use designations and policy context is
the remit of the Local Development Plan (LDP) process
and other related governmental legislative provisions.
So engagement at the SDP level is essential for all
interested parties if they wish to influence the overall
shape of the city-region to 2035. More downstream
detail is added to the SDP and LDP processes by the
Development Management process through individual
Planning Applications.
1
Introduction
Content of the Main Issues Report SDP governmental planning context
1.7 This MIR comprises three components: 1.8 The MIR is not prepared in a policy vacuum. The 1.9 These key documents will be referenced throughout the
Scottish Government has published the National MIR where their provisions have a key role to play in
Component One Planning Framework 2 (NPF2), 2009, which sets shaping the Vision and Spatial Strategy of the MIR.
The MIR itself is designed to highlight the main out a number of key strategic development priorities
issues of change surrounding the future preferred for the next twenty-five years at the all-Scotland level
geography of development across the city-region to and must be taken into account in preparing the MIR
2035 and to highlight any reasonable alternatives to - several of these national developments relate to the
that development strategy and its locational priorities city-region. Additionally, the Scottish Government has
It includes significant legacy elements carried forward published the Strategic Transport Projects Review
from the current approved GCV Joint Structure Plan, (STPR) which sets out its transport investment priorities
2000 and 2006. for the period 2012/22, of which a number relate to
the city-region and which equally provide a framework
Component Two for the transport priorities within the MIR. Further to
The evidential base and all relevant process activities these key documents and their declared priorities,
are set out in a range of accompanying Background the Scottish Government has published Scottish
Reports. Planning Policy (SPP), February 2010, which sets a
clear planning policy direction within which the MIR
Component Three must be prepared.
The MIR is accompanied by a Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the form of an
Environmental Report and fulfils a set of requirements
established under relevant SEA legislation.
Figure 2 Scottish governmental context for the GCV Strategic Development Plan
Strategic
Governmental National
Strategic Transport
Planning
and legislative Planning Projects
Framework
context to reviewed every
Policy Review
2035 SPP STPR
5 years
10 years
Submission of
Proposed Plan The development strategy for Glasgow and the Clyde Valley to 2035
in 2011
1
Introduction
The Current Strategic Plans Taking Strategic Planning

for Glasgow and the Clyde Valley for Glasgow and the Clyde Valley forward
1.10 The GCVSDPA’s predecessor organisation, the 1.11 The GCVSDPA has therefore inherited a legacy of up- Secondly, the Metropolitan Development Strategy will
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint to-date approved strategic plans. Planning Circular 1, be under constant monitoring, and reviews will take
Committee (GCVSPJC) published a number of strategic paragraphs 11 and 12, stipulates that the SDPA is to place every five years to ensure its continuing relevance
(Structure) plans, each of which has been approved monitor any existing strategic plan and to publish a to key drivers of change. This review programme
by the Scottish Ministers. In 2000, the GCVSPJC Monitoring Statement alongside the publication of any will allow the GCVSDPA the ability to anticipate and
submitted its first Joint Structure Plan which was MIR. Background Report 01 to this MIR comprises respond to any changes in that wider environment
subsequently approved by the Scottish Ministers in the necessary Monitoring Statement. Consequently, the and10/or respond to actual observed changes.
2002 and in 2006, the same organisation, based upon GCVSDPA does not start from scratch in this process
a five-year monitor and review programme, submitted - clear long-term thinking and sustainable planning is 1.13 Itis also important to be aware of the Scottish
the 2006 Joint Structure Plan which was subsequently already in place with significant commitment from the Government’s desire to see SDPs as more strategic
approved in 2008. In between, where necessary, the local planning process. The task now is to shape that action-oriented plans and their consequent stipulation
same organisation prepared and submitted a number thinking to meet changing global pressures and new that the SDP, when submitted, be accompanied by
of Alterations to the approved Structure Plans, with and emerging drivers of change. This MIR is designed an Action Plan setting out how the proposals of the
the intention of keeping its strategic plans up-to-date. to present how the city-region should respond to Strategy are to be implemented and by whom. This
This suite of Structure Plans and Alterations, the most such change drivers and how the future SDP should provision has implications for stakeholder buy-in to the
recent of which was approved in 2009, provides a accommodate new thinking and development to 2035. Strategy and for the process of deciding priorities and
strong legacy for the SDP. sequencing thereof. It is important therefore that the
1.12 Two aspects of the SDP approach need stressing - MIR be clear in this respect and provide the basis for
firstly, the SDP, when published in 2011, will take a collective delivery of the development strategy.
long-view of the city-region, looking to 2035, although
many of the quantitative projections and forecasts
look only to 2025, because of the inherent uncertainty The logic and flow of the Main Issues Report
associated with such long-term calculations. The
period 2025 to 2035 is therefore all about a clear 1.14 Figure 4 sets out the structure and flow of the
direction of travel for strategy rather than detailed Main Issues Report.
planning.
Figure 3 Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan publication and approval timeline
document submitted approved

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000 2000 2002
First Alteration Ravenscraig 2003 2006
Legacy Second Alteration Glasgow International Airport 2004 2005
prior to 2010
Third Alteration Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2006 2006 2008
Fourth Alteration Commercial Centres Retail Locations 2008 2009
The current Metropolitan Development Strategy
1
Introduction
Figure 4 Main Issues Report structure and flow
Legacy
prior to 2010 The current Metropolitan Development Strategy
The current Metropolitan Development Strategy

and key drivers of change to 2035
Framing the
Development Scottish
Sustainable
Economy Climate Environmental Government’s Public
Vision economic
and change legislation planning expenditure
growth and
population mitigation and action and policy situation
development
direction
Looking to
the future The development vision to 2035
Main issues and challenges for

the Strategic Development Plan
Economic and
demographic Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 5
context to Breaking down Supporting a Promoting Promoting Tackling risk -
2035 distance sustainable environmental sustainable strategic
to economic economy action development development
markets locations priorities
Submission of
Proposed Plan The development strategy for Glasgow and the Clyde Valley to 2035
in 2011
2
Legacy of the existing Metropolitan Development Strategy
Introduction
2.1 The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure C Ravenscraig F Glasgow City Centre
Plan 2000 and 2006, the predecessor strategic Utilising the former site of Ravenscraig The core and heart of the city-region economy
plan, was built upon a rolling twenty-five year steelworks, sitting at the south-eastern edge of with both national and international recognition.
Metropolitan Development Strategy (MDS) the Clyde Corridor (NPF2) a mixed-use long- The health and future development of the
geared to the sustainable regeneration of the term regeneration engine to drive forward the City Centre is central to the business and
city-region and reviewed on a five-yearly basis. restructuring of central Lanarkshire by providing tourism sectors, the academic and research
The MDS has enjoyed significant buy-in and a new central focus and strategic town centre and development sectors, the retail sector, the
ownership from a broad range of stakeholders. for the communities of Motherwell and Wishaw. transport sector and employment. This central
Most significantly, its core components have This project has been through legal processes to role and related investment in the City Centre
been recognised by the Scottish Government in establish its strategic role and is in its early stages is a fundamental component of the MDS. In the
terms of their significance and thus feature in the of delivery. context of a service-sector economy, and given
National Planning Framework (NPF2) as national the pivotal role of public transport in terms of
developments. D Green Network accessibility at the core of a sustainable strategy,
A multi-objective integrated environmental the City Centre will take on an even higher profile
2.2 The MDS was designed to be generational enhancement project linking urban, peri-urban within the long-term vision for the city-region.
in nature and transformational in aim. In and rural areas designed to place-set economic
consequence, it is still early in the life of the MDS competitiveness, develop woodlands and carbon G Key Infrastructure Priorities
and many components remain in their infancy sinks, promote biodiversity and healthy lifestyles There are a number of key infrastructure priorities
in terms of delivery and impact. Given its focus and generally improve the living environment including the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic
and design around a sustainable development of the city-region. This project has its own Drainage Plan (MGSDP) which deals with water
strategy, much of the MDS is a legacy for the Partnership Board and Executive Team working and drainage across the city-region. On the
inaugural SDP. The following pen pictures closely with a wide range of environmental transport front priorities include strategic rail
highlight its key structural components which are partners and key agencies. Developing and investment in the city centre and to the west of
also illustrated in Figure 5. incorporating this strategic project is the Central the conurbation, including Glasgow International
Scotland Green Network, a national development Airport links and major road investment to
A Clyde Waterfront (including Riverside within NPF2. In common with the other strategic address capacity constraints. The MGSDP and
Inverclyde and Clydebank Re-built) projects, it is still in its relative infancy although the strategic rail and road investment schemes
Major mixed-use long-term regeneration it has been instrumental in developing green have been supported as national developments
designed to reintegrate the river with its various network and infrastructure thinking throughout in the NPF2, whilst the various transport priorities
communities and provide a new central focus central Scotland. have been included in the Scottish Government’s
for the city-region. Development is on-going and Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR).
continues. It is designed as a twenty-five year E Community Growth Areas Substantive progress has been made by the
project, and whilst progress has been significant, A series of thirteen communities, identified Scottish Government and Transport Scotland in
it remains in its infancy. It is one part of the in the 2006 Structure Plan, with the capacity delivering strategic road schemes. However, rail
Scottish Government’s Clyde Corridor national to develop sustainably to 2018 through their schemes, fundamental to long-term sustainable
development set out in NPF2. public transport linkages, and which have been development, remain largely at the planning
the focus of intensive mixed-use development stage.
B Clyde Gateway master-planning and framework planning
Mixed-use long-term regeneration centred on by the constituent local authorities. These
restructuring the East End of Glasgow and communities are central to facilitating long-term
western Lanarkshire, a key aim of successive sustainable growth in the city-region. Few of
strategic planning efforts over the last thirty years. these communities have yet seen substantive
The Gateway is a further component of the Clyde development related to their long-term growth
Corridor in NPF2. The 2014 Commonwealth and their capacity therefore remains significant in
Games will be central to this project. The terms of the SDP beyond their initial programmed
infrastructure requirements of the Games also period to 2018.
feature as a national development in NPF2.
In addition, an Urban Regeneration Company
(URC) has been created to drive forward the
development of the geographical core of
Gateway. Whilst the organisational infrastructure
is in place, and key developments underway, the
project remains in its infancy.
Figure 5 The legacy of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan
11
Riverside
Inverclyde
Inverclyde Riverside
Clydebank Riverside
Bishopton
10
7 6
West of Scotland Robroyston
Clyde Science Park
Glasgow Airport (Inchinnan)
14 Waterfront 15 12
City
Glasgow Airport (Westway)
14 Pacific
Quay Science Gartcosh
2 8 Clyde
Hillington /
3 18
Gateway
Glasgow Airport (Linwood) 14 Renfrew North IFSD
9
Clyde
Gateway 17
Eurocentral
Ravenscraig
1 Motherwell
13
4 Wishaw
Hamilton International Ravenscraig
Peel Park North Technology Park
5
Scottish Enterprise
Technology Park
16
Poniel
Community Growth Areas
Green Network
Metropolitan Flagship Initiatives
Figure 6 Vacant and derelict land and index of multiple deprivation (top 15%)
Riverside
Inverclyde
6.4 The nature of the most appropriate sustainable

link remains to be solved. At the same time,
Clyde improvements to its current road-based
Waterfront accessibility from the M8 motorway, as identified
in the 2006 Structure Plan, remain a significant
Clyde requirement as GIA is dependent upon road-
Gateway based access until such time as more sustainable
access options are delivered.
Ravenscraig
Motherwell
Wishaw
Vacant and derelict land 2009
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2009 (top 15%)
2
Legacy of the existing Metropolitan Development Strategy
2.3 Despite the progress being made to deliver the B Deprived and excluded communities
MDS since 2000 and the various national level An enduring legacy from economic change with
projects in the pipeline, a number of structural the city-region contains 59% of Scotland’s fifteen
spatial characteristics remain high profile in the percent most deprived datazones (Figure 6).
city-region. These are communities subject to poor quality Legacy
living environments, poor health, poor skilling,
A Vacant and Derelict Land limited accessibility and opportunities to address
An enduring urban, peri-urban and rural theme these issues. These issues continue to impact
The aforementioned legacy elements
with some 4,753 hectares still identified (Figure 6 on the city-region’s image and its economic are already key components of strategic
and Background Report 02). This land competitiveness. Whilst many of these issues thinking at both Scottish and city-region
resource is subject to the continuous churn of require integrated governance, particularly at a
development and fall-out resulting in a persistent national level, spatial planning has the opportunity
levels and also have been approved by
and significant issue with over 20% of sites being to focus on the environmental and accessibility the Scottish Ministers as key to our long-
vacant or derelict since before 1985. This trend aspects of their quality of life. term thinking. As such, they provide a
is amplified by the scale of under-used peri-
solid foundation upon which to build and
urban land, often arising from development hope The following key messages can be drawn
value or from the incursion of urban communities from this Section regarding the major structural the continue the direction of travel of the
into formerly actively farmed land. Whilst not components of the existing strategic plan legacy: sustainable transformation of the city-
defined as vacant and derelict land, it is land that
region.
is neglected in productive terms and might be ■ their continuing relevance to the sustainable
considered a peri-urban equivalent of the urban development of the city-region;
vacant and derelict land. In total terms, however, Question 1
the combined resource of urban and peri-urban ■ their identification in the Scottish
Do you agree with the continuing
offers a substantive land bank for sustainable Government’s NPF2 as long-term national
development and structured environmental development priorities; role of these legacy elements in
action; for example, the potential to return to moving from the previous generation
active economic use through development for ■ their relative infancy in terms of their on-
of Structure Plans to the new
new renewable energies, thus offering land- going delivery; and
owners an alternative income to that lost from generation of Strategic Development
active production or anticipated from expanding ■ their inclusion within the SDP as continuing Plans?
often non-sustainable urban development. relevant components of a sustainable
development strategy.
Question 2
If not, in your view, which legacy
elements need incorporation from
the previous generation of Structure
Plans into the new generation of
Strategic Development Plans?
3
Strategic drivers of change for the SDP
Figure 7 City-region strategic drivers of change to 2035
Sustainable economic growth

The economy and population and development Climate change mitigation
are inextricably linked - a healthy economy pulls in people are cornerstones of the Scottish Government’s long-term Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) resulting from carbon
to match jobs and stimulates natural growth; a weak ambition for Scotland. consumption are posing a major threat to the world’s
economy can lead to population loss as people seek jobs climate systems.
elsewhere. The region’s economy to 2035 will complete its long-term
transition from a heavy industrial focus to the services 66% of the region’s emissions stem from its urban fabric
The regional population until the early 2000s had been sector. and from its transport.
dominated by outward migration and by aging.
Planning for that economy will need development capacity Making an impact regionally on statutory mitigation targets
The region’s economic performance in the 2003/08 period in sustainable locations. - the interim by 2020 of a 42% reduction in GHG whilst
turned that around, creating a trend of positive net in- creating momentum towards achieving the 2050 target of
migration up to 2011. At the same time, energy sources to service that economy 80% reduction - means the SDP’s spatial planning strategy
will need to shift from carbon-based to alternative energies must focus on these key sectors.
The recession has dampened the rate of in-migration, yet (by breaking the link between economic growth and carbon
it remains the key objective if population decline is to be usage) and the SDP strategy must look to assist that Long-term mitigation strategy is therefore a key driver of
avoided. The key driver of change to 2035 is the regional process and to plan for alternative energies. change for the SDP.
economy.
The combination of sustainable locations and alternative
energy development are further key drivers of change for
the SDP.
Environmental legislation Scottish Government’s

and action planning and policy direction Public expenditure picture
in the face of global environmental pressures, a suite There are already in place, through the Scottish The recession since 2008 has had major impact globally
of relevant EU and Scottish Parliament legislation with Government, a number of strategic planning and capital particularly in the UK whose financial institutions had
statutory targets provide a legislative background of drivers investment documents which frame Scottish regional significant exposure to the root causes of the recession.
for the SDP: strategies into the long-term - the National Planning
Framework 2 - a twenty-five year horizon, the Scottish In common with equivalents throughout the world, the UK
■ The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 Planning Policy (SPP), the Strategic Transport Projects and Scottish governments have been putting in place major
Review (STPR) - a twenty year horizon. fiscal changes to address the causes and the impacts of
■ The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 the recession and reduce exposure to future economic
The SPP provides the policy umbrella under which the SDP fluctuations.
■ River Basin Management Planning must be framed.
The consequences for the future will be severe public
■ Zero Waste Plan Scotland The key provisions of the SPP revolve around sustainable expenditure restraint and a lack of private capital resources
economic growth, sustainable development, and climate to deliver development strategies.
At the same time, positive environmental action and change mitigation, providing clear policy direction to the
investment to meet economic, social and environmental shaping of the SDP. The lack of investment capital will drive a prioritisation
imperatives are key drivers of change. process which in combination will be a key driver in the
SDP.
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Strategic drivers of change for the SDP
Introduction
3.1 Understanding drivers-for-change is fundamental 3.3 The Scottish Government has committed to
to understanding the strategic direction and focus that process. However, the global impact of the
of this Main Issues Report and the subsequent recession from 2009 has resulted in significantly Strategic drivers of change
Strategic Development Plan. These drivers reduced capital expenditure programmes for
are the forces shaping the long-term future. investment in sustainable development which
The city-region must therefore compete in a appears unlikely to be resolved for much of the
Drivers of change are the shaping forces
globalised economy for investment, jobs and forthcoming decade. Together, these various for long-term strategic thinking and are
skilled people. At the same time, the world is global, environmental and governance pressures instrumental in framing the overall long-term
facing untold pressures ranging from terrorism to shape the long-term future for Glasgow and the
security to energy to natural resource depletion. Clyde Valley and its long-term planning needs
vision for Glasgow and the Clyde Valley to
In the context of long-term petroleum price rises, to be shaped within these drivers for change. 2035 and beyond. It is important to think
debate over peak oil, the shift in global climatic Figure 7 illustrates how these drivers create a beyond just the immediate future and the
patterns, sustainable growth and development future changing context for the city-region and
continuing impact of the recession which
of a low-carbon economy have become key provide a framework for the new SDP.
considerations for all city-regions. has the potential to focus on the immediate
term at the expense of the long-term.
3.2 Climate change, and all its consequences, is
widely quoted as the biggest global issue and
the drive to reduce petroleum consumption and Question 3
related carbon emissions and to find new sources Do you agree that the six drivers set
of energy and new strategies to sustain future
out in this section are the key change
economic growth. Such growth remains a primary
target for all governments - the world’s most forces around which revolves the
pressing human and environmental issues will city-region’s future to 2035?
not be cured without such growth. The key lies
in governments passing legislation and adopting
strategies that aim to separate economic growth Question 4
from carbon consumption, whilst minimising Can you identify other such key
carbon emission impacts.
drivers of change that should be
taken into account in shaping the
future SDP?
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Vision and principles
of the development strategy to 2035
Introduction Figure 8 Key components of the spatial vision to 2035
4.1 In 2003 and 2008, the eight constituent local

authorities of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley
Community Planning Partnership (GCVCPP)
Economy Urban fabric
published their corporate vision:
■ Key locations in the city-region, with ■ Recycled brownfield land - the vacant and
“…the Glasgow city-region to be one of the most
Glasgow city centre as the central core, and derelict land resource - will be developed as
dynamic, economically competitive and socially
all accessed by a network of sustainable the development priority and environmental
cohesive city-regions in Europe. A city-region
transport, will drive a regional low carbon priority and will be central to developing a
which prospers and through effective public and
economy. quality of life needed to attract economic
private sector partnership working at all levels,
activity, talented people and key investors.
includes all of its people in its success. A place of
quality where people choose to live.”
■ Glasgow city centre will be home to a High
Speed Rail terminus linking the city-region to ■ The urban fabric will be renewed, based
4.2 This corporate vision remains in place. The SDP’s
wider developments in high-speed rail in the upon passive carbon-neutral and energy-
role is to be the land-use strategy document
UK and across Europe. Glasgow Airport will efficient building standards. The built-up
that delivers the physical foundation of that
be linked to more international destinations area of the city-region will be restricted
vision. The SDP’s development vision is subject
through further route developments and by developing a selection of sustainable
to its own set of change drivers which require
will be linked to the HSR terminus by locations within it, focusing investment
a future geography to support sustainable
a sustainable transport connection to on maintaining a sustainable compact
competitiveness and deliver the quality of place
integrate the city-region’s external economic city-region.
envisaged in the GCVCPP corporate vision.
connectivity.
4.3 Working with a wide range of stakeholders, the
■ Run-down and excluded communities will
GCVSDPA, through its Strategic Futures Group
■ Enhanced strategic rail connectivity - HSR, be regenerated as a central theme of the
(Background Report 03), addressed future
more frequent trains, more integrated spatial vision with a focus on healthy urban
drivers of change (Section 3) and how they
time-tabling will accelerate economic planning. The Clyde Gateway will provide
would shape the SDP development vision. A
collaboration with Edinburgh city-region the model for the regeneration programme
range of future development scenarios were
and provide critical economic mass so that and other candidate areas of the city-region
generated. What emerged from this process and
the two largest Scottish city-regions are will become targets for monitoring and
the testing of the MDS legacy was a consensus
competitive with equivalent city-region areas review as part of that approach.
around the foundation of current strategic
in Europe and beyond.
thinking, whilst recognising a need to refine this
thinking further to meet future challenges to 2035.
■ Economic agglomeration and higher urban
densities will be developed within the city-
4.4 The Development Vision comprises
region core and its satellite urban areas
using existing urban land resources and
■ the Spatial Vision to 2035 which emerges
in sustainable locations. Critical mass to
from the consideration of the drivers of
support core services will result from this
change and from the Futures process shown
focus. The city-region Flagship Initiatives
in Figures 8 and 9; and
of the Clyde Corridor and Ravenscraig will
be the key development engines of this
■ the key Development Principles which will
process.
shape the future geography of the city-region
as shown in Figure 10.
■ The City Centre and the city-region’s
surrounding urban cities and towns will form
a network of strategic centres identified
by their key roles and functions. They
will be the foci for economic activity and
community life, maximising their sustainable
accessibility.
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Infrastructure Environment Energy
■ A network of sustainable transport networks ■ Green infrastructure - open space, formal ■ Decentralised distributed power plants,
will integrate the rest of the city-region with and informal, green corridors and pathways, based on alternative technologies, will be
the city centre’s HSR terminus and shrink playing spaces, parks, trees and natural located across the city-region exploiting
the distance between the city centre and green spaces will be key parts of the urban opportunities to develop biomass, combined
its region. Sustainable transport investment environment of the city-region. It will be heat-and-power (CHP) and other forms of
will be a key priority for government linked the focus for action to improve the living renewable energy across the urban, peri-
to private capital funding. The STPR will environment, aid competitiveness, develop urban and rural areas.
provide the foundation for that programme new economic and energy developments,
of investment. enhance biodiversity, provide opportunities
for healthy living and integrate the urban -
rural areas of the city-region. The Glasgow
■ New and upgraded water and drainage and the Clyde Valley Green Network, linked
networks will underlie the regenerated urban to and integrated with the Central Scotland
areas driven by the Metropolitan Glasgow Green Network will provide the framework
Strategic Development Plan (MGSDP), for a wide range of action addressing such
providing a model for co-ordinated action by myriad objectives.
different sectors and different organisations
co-operating to solve strategic investment in
such infrastructure. ■ Woodland will be planted and where
existing, will be managed around and within
the urban areas, becoming integral to the
■ Public transport - integrated mass transit urban areas green infrastructure planning.
systems - eg trains, trams, buses, will It will address a range of key objectives,
be the key sustainable transport mode, including economic competitiveness,
along with promotion of active travel, health programmes, energy development
providing the alternative to the private car and climate change mitigation in particular.
with development prioritised to locations Commercial forests addressing the UK’s
accessible by such sustainable transport. timber demand will characterise the rural
The growth of existing communities will be landscape where relevant. These two roles
based on this locational policy, as evidenced will complement each other as well as
by the continued focus on the legacy of providing increasingly significant carbon
Community Growth Areas (CGAs) from sink capacity to mitigate carbon emissions
current approved strategic plans. and reduce the potential for continued
climate change.
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Figure 9 Spatial vision and strategic drivers of change
Drivers of change
Economy and population
and development
Sustainable economic growth
Climate change mitigation
and action
Environmental legislation
planning and policy direction
Scottish Government’s
Public expenditure situation

Economic growth and the low carbon economy
Industrial to service transition
Peripherality of economy
Collaboration
Urban quality and brownfield resource

The spatial vision
Renewal of urban fabric and low carbon
Regeneration
Agglomeration, density and critical mass
City centre and urban centres
Sustainable transport and infrastructure funding priorities
Modal shift and sustainable transport
Green infrastructure
Alternative energies
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Figure 10 Development principles of the spatial vision to 2035
Agglomeration Densification, regeneration Environmental recovery

and renewal and land recycling
City-region service-based economies, Strategies to reduce the developed City-region areas which have seen
as exhibited by competitor areas footprint of the city-region area, and substantive economic restructuring and
across Europe and the globe, thrive which support healthy urban planning, transition can have a significant legacy of
on the economies of agglomeration - will serve to reduce the consumption previously developed land (the brownfield
of clustering together and exploiting of undeveloped land. These strategies resource), often vacant and derelict, and
economies of scale and labour market will also reduce the city-region’s carbon a legacy of urban fringe or peri-urban
accessibility through mass transit public profile whilst maximising current land where development pressures have
transport. investment in the urban fabric and rendered uncertainty and subsequent
infrastructure. under-use.
Returning such land to productive use

reduces the consumption of undeveloped
land and the spatial footprint of the
city-region.
A multi-objective Land-use and transport Proximity principle

environment integration and local supply
Integration of the urban and rural A closer integration between development Where sustainable transport is not a
components of a city-region is an locations and sustainable transport credible option for moving goods and
increasingly common strategic goal networks provides the potential for material, in order to reduce the need
in city-region development strategies greater modal shift from private car to travel and / or to limit the distances
world-wide. to public transport. In addition, the travelled, the proximity principle will be
promotion of active travel will help to a legitimate principle in terms of defining
At the heart of this principle is the multi- reduce transport emissions, mitigate development locations.
objective role of the urban, peri-urban and climate change effects and improve
rural environments, focusing on place- health. In effect, a local solution to a strategic
setting and economic competitiveness, need may be the most appropriate in
on resource development, quality of life, At the same, such integration addresses terms of a sustainable strategy.
health benefits, biodiversity development some of the basic diseconomies of
and protection, and a wide range of other agglomeration and densification - those
roles. effects associated with congestion.
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Figure 11 Glasgow and the Clyde Valley city-region greenhouse gas emissions
Glasgow and the

Scotland
greenhouse gas emissions Clyde Valley city-region
55.70
greenhouse gas emissions 2004
15.52
million tonnes
CO2 equivalent million tonnes
2004 CO2 equivalent
2004
Residential 34%
Transport 25%
Glasgow and the
Clyde Valley city-region Industry 19%
emissions by sector Services 10%
2005
Fugitive emissions 9%
Energy industry 3%
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4.5 Alongside the work of the Strategic Futures 4.6 Effectively, two-thirds of the GCV emissions
Group (SFG), a separate body of work, with a emanate from the working of the urban areas.
wide variety of private and public sector bodies, Since these areas are the primary locations
but including the SFG, was undertaken with the of economic activity, their concentration of
University of Manchester to model scenarios emissions levels is understandable. However, Vision and principles
of one of the key drivers - climate change it demonstrates the challenge to strategic
(Background Report 04). The key issue to development planning laid down by the Scottish This development vision is built around
emerge from this work was the challenge of the Government’s emissions reduction targets, and
existing urban fabric - 44% of all GCV emissions - those of the EU and the UK. If economic growth is various drivers of change and related
and of transport - 25% of emissions (Figure 11). to be delivered with urban centres as the primary scenarios of the future. It specifically seeks
source of emissions, the SDP’s spatial vision must a shape built upon sustainable principles
be built upon sustainable development principles
to ensure that the urban fabric is renewed and and upon a future quality of offer which
regenerated on sustainable standards and would attract investment and people to
sustainable public transport replaces the private the city-region through a quality of life
car as the preferred option for the majority of
urban-based trips. approach. It is important to look beyond
the current recession and its short-term
impacts.
Question 5
Do you agree with the vision, as set
out here, for the future long-term
development of the city-region?
If not, what coherent spatial vision

would you advocate?
Question 6
Do you agree that the development
principles set out here provide the
foundation for framing a sustainable
SDP strategy?
If not, which principles should the

GCVSDPA adopt?
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Main issues and key challenges
Introduction Population futures
5.1 In order to estimate demand for development to 5.5 Given that there is inherent uncertainty in any 5.6 In the period since work began on developing
2035 in the city-region and therefore to identify long-term forecasts and projections of the these scenarios, the GROS has published their
the main issues and challenges faced in delivering economy, two demographic scenarios have latest projections, including both their principal
the long-term vision to 2035, it is important to been prepared, reflecting differing net migration projection and a higher migration variant to
look at the future city-region economy and its futures (Background Report 06). Common to reflect uncertainty in migration flows. These are
impact on the population futures which may both scenarios, however, is an increased level of included for comparison with the two scenarios
emerge. The health and rate of growth of the natural change and an increasing level of aging shown. Figures 12 and 13 illustrate the differing
economy has a correlation with both net migration population and household projections associated
(60 plus) in the city-region’s population.
and natural change within the population and is with these alternative futures.
the key driver of change for the long-term future ■ Scenario 1
of the city-region. Lower migration
based upon the General Register’s Office
5.2 The city-region’s population since the 1970s has for Scotland (GROS) 2006-base principal
been marked by sustained net out-migration projection, but with updated migration
in response to restructuring of the regional assumptions.
economy. The net result has been a falling and
at the same time, aging population. In the early ■ Scenario 2
years of the 2000s associated with strong regional Higher migration
economic growth rates, that trend started to show based on the Agenda for Sustained Growth
a dramatic slowing associated with increasing from the Joint Structure Plan 2000, Third
levels of net in-migration coupled with increases Alteration 2006, but with updated migration
assumptions.
through natural change. This demographic shift
was reflected in the Joint Structure Plan 2000, Figure 12 change
Population 2008 /change
Population 25 2008 / 25
Third Alteration 2006, in the form of its Agenda for
Sustained Growth. Population Population Change Annual Annual Annual
2008 2025 2008 / 25 2008 / 16 2016 / 20 2020 / 25
Scenario 1
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley economy to 2035 Lower migration
1,755,310 1,778,181 ▲ +22,871 ▲ +1,798 ▲ +1,397 ▲ +581
5.3 The global recession of 2008 has had major Scenario 2

1,755,310 1,822,048 ▲ +66,738 ▲ +3,347 ▲ +4,108 ▲ +4,706
implications for the city-region economy. The Higher migration
GCVSDPA in 2009 and 2010 commissioned GROS
Oxford Economics (OE) to analyse the city-region Low migration
1,755,310 1,719,932 ▼ +35,378 ▼ +1,119 ▼ +2,224 ▼ +3,505
economy and its long-term future (Background
Report 05). This analysis forms the basis for GROS
1,755,310 1,772,696 ▲ +17,386 ▲ +1,838 ▲ +890 ▼ -176
reassessing demographic change to 2035. Whilst Principal
the economy is considered in greater detail in GROS
Section 6: Issue 2, it is important to highlight 1,755,310 1,807,804 ▲ +52,494 ▲ +3,558 ▲ +3,187 ▲ +2,257
High migration
the key changes in the economy and their links to
potential long-term demographic futures.
Figure 13 change
Household 2008 /change
Household 25 2008 / 25
5.4 Essentially, the city-region economy is expected
Population Population Change Annual Annual Annual
to continue its process of restructuring from its 2008 2025 2008 / 25 2008 / 16 2016 / 20 2020 / 25
former industrial manufacturing base to its current
service-based economy in line with other city- Scenario 1
804,708 901,052 ▲ +96,344 ▲ +6,276 ▲ +5,495 ▲ +4,830
regions worldwide. Growth rates in the economy, Lower migration
however, are anticipated to be considerably below
Scenario 2
those experienced between 2002 and 2008 prior Higher migration
804,708 918,408 ▲ +113,700 ▲ +6,805 ▲ +6,576 ▲ +6,591
to the recession. Pre-recession growth rates are
not expected to be attained until the early 2020s GROS
795,410 860,130 ▲ +64,720 ▲ +4,614 ▲ +3,735 ▲ +2,574
- in effect, a ten-year time-lag in growth, coupled Low migration
with suppressed demand, has been introduced by GROS
the recession. The key effect of these factors on 795,410 882,980 ▲ +87,570 ▲ +5,810 ▲ +5,160 ▲ +4,090
Principal
the city-region will be upon net migration figures -
both inward and outward. GROS
795,405 899,728 ▲ +104,323 ▲ +6,584 ▲ +6,287 ▲ +5,300
High migration
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A Planning Scenario for the city-region to 2035 5.9 In order to perform its role in supporting the ■ it is based upon the same economic
GCVCPP corporate vision (Section 4) and to be trajectory as the Joint Structure Plan 2000,
5.7 As can be seen from Figures 12 and 13, consistent with previous decisions on economic Third Alteration 2006, but, because of the
Scenario 2 presents a more optimistic picture growth as set out in existing strategic plans for time-lag caused by the world recession from
of the long-term demographic position in the the city-region, it would therefore be appropriate 2008, is now forecast over a considerably
city-region in comparison to other scenarios. to select Scenario 2 as the Planning longer time-period from that anticipated in
The economic forecasts prepared by OE suggest Scenario for the MIR of the SDP as shown in that earlier plan;
that Scenario 1, the lower migration trend, most Figure 14. This decision would provide clear
realistically reflects OE’s economic position. direction because: ■ it very clearly places the city-region economy
However, OE also modelled a higher migration and its future development as the pivotal
variant scenario of the city-region economy which ■ the scenario would provide clear direction driver for the SDP spatial strategy and
is similar to Scenario 2, the higher migration and aspiration for sustainable economic achievement of associated corporate and
trend, but was significantly economy-dependent. growth in line with overall vision; spatial vision;
5.8 In effect, net migration levels which support the ■ it is developed from and is therefore ■ it takes forward the logic of increased net in-
Scenario 2 demographics are dependent upon consistent with the economic growth migration and the need to address the aging
a more optimistic recovery of the city-region trajectory of the Joint Structure Plan 2000, trend of the resident population; and
economy and a quicker return to past growth Third Alteration 2006, but with reduced net
rates than those of current advocated forecasts. migration and reduced annual household ■ it introduces a significant element of
In terms of selecting a Planning Scenario, the growth. (It should be noted that the projected flexibility in terms of the demand context for
GCVSDPA must address the implications of both migration is significantly lower than recent development.
scenarios recorded migration);
Figure 14 Adopting a demographic Planning Scenario
Demographic scenario 1 Demographic scenario 2

Lower migration Higher migration
Rational Points to consider Rational Points to consider

for selecting if selecting for selecting if selecting
a lower migration scenario a lower migration scenario a higher migration scenario a higher migration scenario
■ Aligned to current ■ Lack of aspiration - ■ Visionary - ■ Demand without

economic forecasts not in line with the in line with the economic growth
Glasgow and the Glasgow and the
■ Realistic and pragmatic Clyde Valley vision Clyde Valley vision ■ Raises development
demand estimates
■ Aims lower ■ Pessimistic view of ■ Aspirational unrealistically
economic growth and directional
■ Unnecessary
■ Dampened demand ■ Ambitious development
and allocations
■ Treading water ■ Inherent flexibility in
estimating demand ■ Constrained public
for development expenditure
for delivery
■ Aims higher
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1 2
Introducing the main issues and key challenges
Breaking down distance Supporting a sustainable
5.10 Ifthe city-region economy is to grow more rapidly to economic markets economy
than forecast by key commentators; if it is to secure
population growth as set out in the Planning The economy and its external context The economy and its internal context
Scenario, and if it is to deliver the Spatial Vision
as outlined in Figure 9, a number of issues and Like other city-regions the GCV area exists in a The city-region economy has seen fundamental
challenges need to be addressed. It should be global economic context. Its location is peripheral transformation from its industrial past to its
recognised that spatial planning alone cannot deliver to its main UK and European markets, whilst current service-sector base. It has proven resilient
all of the vision - for instance, the breaking the link of in terms of competitive mass, its economy is through its transformation yet continues to face a
economic growth from carbon consumption will require relatively small in comparison to competitor city- constantly changing and developing competitive
integrated action across all sectors of the economy regions. Therefore two key challenges dominate context as global and governance pressures drive
- but through planning policy, spatial planning can the planning future of the city-region economy: competitiveness through further step-change -
make an effective contribution. The following section this time, the pressure to separate the economy
introduces these main issues and key challenges. (i) how to improve its wider sustainable from carbon consumption. Two key challenges
connectivity to markets; and exist:
(ii) how to enhance the scale of its economy and (i) identifying key economic development
its ability to compete. locations which have the necessary quality,
sectoral focus and accessibility to foster
sustainable economic growth; and
(ii) securing their relevant role and function in

line with long-term economic growth sectors.
3 Promoting environmental action

- an economic necessity 4 Promoting sustainable locations
for development
The economy and the environment The economy and supporting development
In the modern city-region economy, the To support economic and demographic growth in
environment has many roles to play, including, the city-region new capacity will be required - for
economic resource development and example, new homes, retail centres and facilities
competitiveness, environmental diversity, as well as transport, water and drainage
health, living environment and quality of life. In infrastructure. In developing future geography for
addressing this complexity the city-region faces this new capacity three key challenges exist:
three key challenges:
(i) identifying development locations which meet
(i) securing economic development and these drivers and meet the forecast demand
investment whilst achieving environmental for new development capacity;
sustainability objectives;
(ii) maximising existing and planned transport
(ii) developing programmes of positive action to and drainage infrastructure capacity; and
integrate multiple economic, social, health
and environmental objectives; and (iii) securing, where appropriate, priority for
infrastructure investment to support and
(iii) safeguarding and protecting strategic enhance sustainable locations.
environmental resources.
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5.11 The next Section look at these main issues and
Tackling risk - challenges in a more focused and structured way. Each
strategic development priorities section will set out the proposed geography of future
development to meet best the development demands
The development strategy, risk and priorities raised by these issues and the key proposals which Main issues and key challenges
the GCVSDPA regard as priority responses in support
In the context of severe public expenditure of the long-term strategy. Within each section, the
restraint, already committed public investment question of alternative development approaches and
In order to plan long-term for the city-
programmes and difficult trading conditions for locations will be addressed. region, it is necessary to adopt a
private sector investors, there is a distinct risk
to the delivery of the Strategy in the short to
demographic Planning Scenario - number
medium term with consequent implications for the of people and households - which supports
longer-term. Therefore prioritisation of the SDP’s the overall vision, which sets a clear
strategic proposals is fundamental to ensuring
delivery and the best strategic return on limited
direction and frames the nature and scale of
resources. It will also lay the foundation for the demand for development.
Action Plan component of the SDP. In addressing
risk through prioritisation, two key challenges
arise:
The future performance of the economy
is the key to the Planning Scenario and
(i) keeping the focus on priorities in the context is pivotal to delivery of the corporate and
of competing demands; and
spatial visions of the city-region. Supporting
(ii) managing the phasing and sequence of the development of the regional economy
priorities in line with available resources. is central to the vision. A number of main
issues and challenges face the SDP in
terms of its future economy.
Question 7
Do you agree that the GCVSDPA, in
terms of a growth agenda for the SDP,
should use the Planning Scenario
with its assumptions about higher
net in-migration and a faster-growing
economy?
Question 8
Do you agree that the five over-arching
main issues, as set out above, should be
the basis of the SDP in terms of long-
term sustainable growth and the delivery
of the plan?
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The Main Issues
Issue 1 Breaking down distance to economic markets
Introduction Connectivity
Air
6.1 The GCV city-region, in common with the rest 6.2 Glasgow International Airport (GIA) is the city- 6.3 British Airports Authority (BAA), the current
of Scotland, can be defined as a peripheral region’s primary linkage with the external world owners of GIA, is in the process, with partner
economy, on the fringe of both UK and European and thus its key gateway, essential to both stakeholders, of reviewing the long-term master-
economic markets. Distance from such primary business and tourist economies (although it plan for GIA’s development. One of the key issues
markets has the potential to constrain future should be noted that both Prestwick Airport and for GIA’s future, at master-plan, SDP and NPF2
growth of both the Scottish economy and its Edinburgh Airport also serve the city-region) level is the continuing question of its accessibility
regional economies, which, when combined Figure 15. The city-region and GIA are from the rest of the city-region. This has
with the issue of the scale of its economy in fundamentally dependent upon each other. previously been highlighted in the Joint Structure
comparison to UK, European and internal However, with questions increasingly being raised Plans and National Planning Frameworks. In line
competitor city-region areas, raise issues regarding the long-term sustainability of short and with the SDP’s long-term sustainability drivers,
regarding future economic competitiveness. If the medium-haul air travel, that market is transferring and its aim to develop the city-region’s economic
vision of GCV as a competitive economy is to be from air to high-speed rail across Europe. In the role to match competitor city-regions where
achieved, in part at least, these two aspects of absence of that investment in rail infrastructure airport rail and bus links are further advanced,
external connectivity and economic mass need to in the UK, GIA must continue as the city-region’s significant investment is required in sustainable
be addressed. strategic economic gateway; it would seem at transport connections between GIA and the wider
least until the mid-2020s. city-region. Previous proposals to establish a
rail-link have been dropped from the Scottish
Government’s investment programme. Figure 16
highlights the strategic planning
role of GIA.
Figure 15 Glasgow International Airport air routes
Map courtesy of BAA
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The Main Issues
Breaking down distance to economic markets Issue 1
6.4 The nature of the most appropriate

sustainable link remains to be solved. At the
same time, improvements to its current road-
based accessibility from the M8 motorway,
as identified in the 2006 Structure Plan,
remain a significant requirement as GIA is
dependent upon road-based access until such
time as more sustainable access options are
delivered.
Figure 16
Glasgow International Airport
strategic planning role
Land designated for airport purposes in the Finalised Renfrewshire Local Plan
Areas safeguarded for possible future airport expansion
Special Protection Area
River
Road
Motorway
Rail
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The Main Issues
Issue 1 Breaking down distance to economic markets
Rail Strategic roads
6.5 High Speed Rail (HSR) provides a sustainable 6.7 It is recognised in NPF2 that such major 6.9 Previous city-region spatial plans identified key
alternative to short and medium haul air travel. infrastructure programmes have substantial gaps in the connectivity between the city-region
HSR is developing rapidly across Europe - lead-in times. Early decisions / action to facilitate and national road networks - M74 completion
France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, such long-term investment are fundamental to and A8/M8 upgrades. Work is nearing completion
Belgium, Switzerland - linking up partner and ensuring efficient delivery of an HSR network and in respect of the former, whilst the latter remains
competitor economies in a more sustainable all its necessary components. a commitment in the STPR. In addition, work is
way and enabling a shift from short and medium ongoing on the M80 completion. When finally
haul air routes with consequent reductions in 6.8 The key requirement therefore is early action to implemented, the city-region’s road connectivity
greenhouse gas emissions. In comparison, the identify a central accessible and linked location to the national strategic road network will be
UK, to date, has minimal investment in HSR and for an HSR terminal so as to ensure maximum complete although specific issues such as
the time taken by rail from Glasgow to London economic return from wider integration of HSR capacity on existing motorways may cause
and Eurotunnel remains uncompetitive with air with existing and city-region planned transport accessibility problems, for example, to GIA.
travel. networks, so shrinking the distance between the
HSR terminal and the city-region as a whole.
6.6 The UK Government, through its own company
HS2; Network Rail, through its New Lines project
and Greengauge 21, a campaign group, have
all highlighted the need to invest in a UK HSR
network. A London - Birmingham HSR link is now
programmed to be in place from 2017. Sequential
onward extensions to northern England and
to Scotland, unless action is taken to enable
a southward build from Scotland, are unlikely
to be in place before 2025/30. Therefore whilst
European and southern UK city-region economies
advance with HSR connectivity, the lack of
HSR will further impact upon Scottish regional
economies and intensify their peripherality.
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The Main Issues
Breaking down distance to economic markets Issue 1
Competitiveness and scale of Breaking down distance to economic markets
the city-region economy Strategic Planning Proposals
6.10 Individually,Scottish city-region economies are 6.14 Sustainable transport solutions in respect of air
of limited economic mass in comparison to many and rail infrastructure in the city-region remain
Issue 1
competitor economies, of which many are already fundamental to long-term competitiveness. An Breaking down distance
collaborating with neighbouring economies to integrated transport solution is necessary with the to economic markets
build critical mass and market share. Recognition following components:
of this trend led to the formation of the Glasgow - In order to improve our wider economic
Edinburgh Collaboration Initiative (GECI) between ■ a central location for an HSR terminal; competitiveness the scale of the city-region
the two City Councils and Scottish Enterprise in economy compared to some of its equivalent
2008. ■ early action to minimise lead-in times to deliver competitors and bearing in mind our peripheral
an HSR connection with the rest of the UK and location on the north-west edge of Europe, the
6.11 Both Glasgow and Edinburgh have similar scale secure attendant economic progress; GCVSDPA is proposing to support:
city-region economies in Gross Value Added
(GVA) terms, so the GECI has the potential to ■ a comprehensive sustainable transport network a) continuing and developing air connectivity
create a competitive economic presence in which links the HSR terminal to the rest of the through GIA for long-haul traffic;
European markets comparable to twice the city-region to secure wider economic linkages
city-region’s current mass. Currently the detailed and benefits; b) the development of HSR to provide more
nature of economic complementarity within GECI sustainable connectivity as a substitute for
has yet to be understood, for example, in terms ■ within that network, sustainable network links and short-haul air travel; and
of economic flows, supply-chain and labour motorway capacity solutions at GIA; and
markets. Work has been commissioned by the c) stronger collaboration with Edinburgh city-
GECI team to clarify this relationship which will ■ enhanced rail services between Glasgow and region to build a joint economic critical mass
then provide a base for more effective integration Edinburgh to facilitate more effective collaboration so improving Scotland’s ability to compete.
and an understanding of how spatial planning linked to a future HSR UK network.
within the respective SDPs for the two city-
regions can contribute to that integration. 6.15 The role of the SDP in supporting the GECI
Question 9
collaboration, through the development planning Do you agree that early planning for
6.12 Current GECI thinking is focused upon four key system, is as yet not fully analysed and the HSR, with a terminus in central Glasgow,
areas - connectivity, key economic sectors, GCVSDPA awaits the outcome of the economic connected to an integrated sustainable
internationalisation and cities development - analysis commissioned by the GECI before public transport network, with effective
www.glasgow-edinburgh.co.uk. Whilst a focal making any appropriate proposals in the SDP.
aspect is the issue of HSR connectivity with the
links to GIA and to the rest of the city-
UK, there is the issue of improved rail connectivity region, is an essential component for the
between the two city regions, an aspect being SDP in the period to 2035?
addressed currently through the Scottish
Government’s Edinburgh - Glasgow Improvement Question 10
Programme highlighted in the STPR.
Do you agree that action needs to be
6.13 The potential, as yet, for spatial planning at the taken to address accessibility to GIA
SDP level to underpin and develop further the through improved public transport
collaboration on key economic sectors, will and through improvements to the M8
depend upon the outcome of the research to motorway in its vicinity? If so, what type
be commissioned as outlined above. It is hoped
that this work will report in time for inclusion, as
of action would you suggest?
relevant, in the SDP at its Proposed Plan stages
in 2011. Question 11
Do you agree that in seeking to develop
the city-region’s economy, improving
its wider competitiveness, stronger
collaboration with the Edinburgh city-
region is essential?
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The Main Issues
Issue 2 Supporting a sustainable economy
The city-region economy
6.16 In 2009 and 2010 the GCVSDPA commissioned 6.18 Thebase forecast from OE relates to a 6.19 OE acknowledges that there is a high level
an analysis of the city-region economy from continuation of the ongoing restructuring process of uncertainty associated with any economic
Oxford Economics (OE) building upon work in the city-region economy, from manufacturing forecasts and particularly so during recovery
undertaken for the Joint Structure Plan 2000, towards the service sector. In comparison to the from a major recession, as the rate of economic
Third Alteration 2006. OE were commissioned 2000/10 growth in financial services, the impact recovery and future growth is dependent upon
to forecast the future of the economy; to take a of the recession has been to stabilise that sector a wide range of factors. In order to address this
scenario view of possible changing futures and onto a more sustainable diminished growth trend uncertainty, OE looked at various scenarios which
to identify key strategic issues in the long-term in terms of employment. The key driver of the might result in different growth rates compared
economy. These reports form Background service economy in employment and GVA growth to their base forecast and GVA growth being
Report 05 and include detailed sector by sector terms is now forecast to be the business service associated with the rebalancing scenario of
employment projections to 2020, coupled with sector, also supported by a focus on GVA and economic diversification and growing key sectors
headline trends to 2035. productivity growth in financial services. The other such as green technologies, creative industries,
key sector of note is the distribution and logistics tourism and high-tech manufacturing. However,
6.17 The following paragraphs summarise both the sector with employment, GVA and productivity such a scenario does not achieve, in the short-
key outcomes of the OE work for the SDP and growth. A number of sectors are anticipated to term, significant additional net in-migration, as
the conclusions of work on the strategic key show improved GVA and productivity growth, the economy absorbs existing labour which raises
sectors carried out by Scottish Enterprise. This but with little impact on employment. These key employment rates. Increasing in-migration levels,
links to the spatial identification of Strategic outcomes are illustrated on Figures 17 and 18. under this scenario, would be a medium to long-
Economic Investment Locations (SEILs) The other key trend is the expected impact on the term consequence as existing labour is absorbed
which the GCVSDPA proposes as the spatial public sector of cuts in public expenditure leading and new labour is required which therefore would
framework for sustainable economic growth, to contraction of that sector. OE concludes support the Planning Scenario in that timescale.
based upon the SEILs role and function at the that the base forecast anticipates dampened
strategic level. More detail on the SEILs is set out growth rates with a significant time lag, of up 6.20 This scenario correlates strongly with the thrust
in Background Report 07. to a decade, before pre-2008 growth rates are of the Scottish Government’s and Scottish
regained. Enterprise’s emphasis upon growing the economy
through provision for and investment in key
sectors and new technologies, for example,
green technologies, creative industries, digital
industries, life sciences and high-tech, high-value
niche industries.
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Supporting a sustainable economy Issue 2

Figure 17 GVA and employment change to 2020
Sector GVA change / annum Employment change / annum

2010 / 20 2010 / 20
Agriculture ▲+0.7% -700

Extraction ▼-2.9% -300
Manufacturing ▲+1.6% -14,300
Utilities ▲+1.5% -1,200
Construction ▲+2.4% +4,600
Distribution ▲+2.8% +10,300
Hotels ▲+1.8% +2,700
Transport & Comms ▲+2.5% +800
Financial services ▲+4.1% +2,400
Business services ▲+4.4% +38,800
Public ▼-0.5% -5,400
Education 0% -4,200
Health ▲+1.2% -4,100
Other personal services ▲+0.7% +3,100
Source: Oxford Economics for GCVSDPA
Figure 18 GVA, productivity and employment change to 2035
Sector GVA change / annum Productivity / annum Employment / annum Employment change / annum
2014 / 35 2014 / 35 2014 / 35 2014 / 35
Agriculture ▼-0.1% ▲+1.5% ▼-1.5% -100

Extraction ▼-3.3% ▲+0.1% ▼-3.4% 0
Manufacturing ▲+0.9% ▲+3.5% ▼-2.3% -1,200
Utilities ▲+0.3% ▲+2.6% ▼-2.3% -100
Construction ▲+2.0% ▲+1.6% ▲+0.4% +300
Distribution ▲+2.1% ▲+1.6% ▲+0.4% +700
Hotels ▲+1.5% ▲+1.4% ▲+0.1% +100
Transport & Comms ▲+1.9% ▲+1.9% 0% 0
Financial services ▲+3.1% ▲+2.6% ▲+0.5% +200
Business services ▲+3.2% ▲+2.0% ▲+1.2% +2,500
Public 0% ▲+0.3% ▼-0.3% -100
Education 0% ▲+0.2% ▼-0.2% -100
Health ▲+1.0% ▲+0.6% ▲+0.5% +600
Other personal services ▲+0.1% ▲+0.1% ▲+0.1% 0
Source: Oxford Economics for GCVSDPA
Figure 19 Strategic Economic Investment Locations
11
Inverclyde Riverside
Clydebank Riverside
Bishopton
10
7 6
West of Scotland Robroyston
Science Park
Glasgow Airport (Inchinnan)
14 15 12
City
Glasgow Airport (Westway)
14 Pacific
Quay Science Gartcosh
2 8
Hillington /
3 18
Glasgow Airport (Linwood) 14 Renfrew North IFSD
9
Clyde
Gateway 17
Eurocentral
1 13
4 Hamilton International Ravenscraig
Peel Park North Technology Park
5
Scottish Enterprise
Technology Park
Strategic Economic Investment Locations

Safeguarded locations
Opportunity locations
Sector Spatial requirements
Business and ■ 1 ■ 2 ■ 7 ■ 9 ■ 10 ■ 12 ■ 13 ■ 14 ■ 15 ■ 18
financial require quality office space in locations with high quality sustainable accessibility to move
services labour, eg City Centre, town centres and strategically located business parks with access to
public transport
Distribution ■ 2 ■ 9 ■ 14 ■ 16 ■ 17 16

and logistics require large area of land but which generates few person trips. Emphasis upon high road Poniel
HGV volumes with locations near to strategic road network and freight routes and terminals
Sustainable is a city-region-wide sector. Specific sustainable construction projects within SEILs

construction include the BRE Innovation Park at Ravenscraig.
Green ■ 5 ■ 6 ■ 8 ■ 11 ■ 14

technologies Research and Development function requires a central location with access to universities
and higher education facilities eg City Centre and campus-related locations with
sustainable accessibility
Creative and ■ 1 ■ 3 ■ 4 ■ 5

digital industries requires a central sustainable location drawing from a highly qualified labour pool with
close proximity to related industries
Life sciences ■ 1 ■ 4 ■ 5 ■ 6 ■ 10 ■ 14

require a central sustainable location drawing from a highly qualified and degree level
labour pool with close connections to universities and higher education facilities drawing
upon incubator and research and development functions eg City Centre and campus-related
locations with sustainable accessibility
Tourism is a city-region-wide sector. Specific tourist attractions within SEILs include

Glasgow Science Centre.
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The Main Issues
Supporting a sustainable economy Issue 2
Strategic Economic Investment Locations Alternative approach
The spatial framework 6.24 The GCVSDPA inherited from the Joint
for sustainable economic growth Structure Plan 2000, Third Alteration 2006,
an extensive list of designations for economic Issue 2
6.21 The distribution of the Strategic Economic development and locations. The proposed Supporting a sustainable economy
Investment Locations (SEILs) required to approach is intended to focus on a reduced
support the economy is illustrated in Figure 19. number of both designations and locations.
Each location is identified in terms of its role In order to set a clear strategic direction
and function in the future city-region economy. 6.25 The rationale behind this approach is to for future economic development, the
The selection is based upon each location’s identify the key strategic priorities; focus the
contribution to the Scottish Government’s key promotion on sustainable locations which,
GCVSDPA proposes to reduce the number
economic sectors, Scottish Enterprise’s locational long-term, will meet the key drivers of the of inherited economic designations and
priorities and OE’s growth sectors. Figure 19 SDP, with a particular focus on sustainability. to focus clearly upon its most sustainable
also sets out the locational requirements of each In doing so, it will reduce the number of
strategic locations. Consequently, the
of the key sectors. designations and avoid dilution of the
promotional effort, thereby shifting the focus GCVSDPA has identified a list of locations,
6.22 This distribution of SEILs constitutes the to matching locations to intended use through SEILs, to support the key growth sectors
GCVSDPA’s strategic priority list for promotion to an analysis of their role and function and
of the city-region economy to 2035. These
the investment sector. This is based on locational support of the key sectors. Background
need and the respective roles and functions of Report 07 sets out this process of strategic locations are based upon sustainability
each location. The approach is framed by the selection. principles.
key drivers of change - maximising sustainable
economic growth, maximising the clustering 6.26 The alternatives to the locational priorities as
effect of industries and associated functions, illustrated in Figure 19 would be either: Question 12
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, meeting Do you agree that the GCVSDPA should
mitigation targets, linking land-use and transport ■ the full inherited list of designations and
plan for the long-term city-region
based on accessibility, favouring sustainable locations, comprising the Competitive
transport where the focus is people and strategic Economic Framework, from the Joint economy on the basis of a continuing
roads and rail where the focus is goods and Structure Plan 2000, Third Alteration 2006; or shift to a service sector based economy
material.
as forecast by OE and both the Scottish
■ a reduced list of the inherited locations from
6.23 Itis important to stress that this list comprises the Third Alteration 2006. Government’s and Scottish Enterprise’s
the GCVSDPA’s priority locations to support its strategy of rebalancing the economy
planning for the long-term economy to 2035 - it 6.27 Both stages entail the risk of dilution of
through supporting new economic
does not preclude constituent local authorities focus and of seeking investment in less than
identifying additional locations through the Local sustainable locations, thus undermining the sectors? If not, what economic
Development Planning process where they deem key sustainable locations that would anchor approach would you advocate and why?
them to be appropriate in sustainability terms. the economy to 2035. Consequently, the
GCVSDPA favours its process of arriving at
the list of SEILs set out in Figure 19. Question 13
Do you agree with the approach of
the GCVSDPA in promoting a list of
key strategic, sustainable locations to
support the city-region economy for
the long-term? If not, what alternative
approach would you suggest as more
appropriate?
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The Main Issues
Issue 3 Promoting environmental action - an economic necessity
Introduction
6.28 The environment of the city-region is a complex mix of environment and particularly the quality and and forests from felling and the identification and
interlocking themes of strategic significance to the city- accessibility of the environment is therefore a key safeguarding of land for new planting is central to
region’s overall economic competitiveness and social factor in the economic future of the city-region. the preferred strategy.
wellbeing. In the context of a low-carbon economy
and long-term sustainable future, the environment is a 6.31 Tourism and day-trip destination Energy
major economic asset and central to economic growth. The city-region has a wide range of destinations
In the modern service economy, it is as relevant to which serve both the tourist and the day-tripper 6.35 Source for alternative energies
future economic success as investment in SEILs or in and as such contribute significantly to the With the advent of the Renewable Heat Incentive
sustainable transport access. It comprises the following regional economy. Examples include Glasgow programme at the national level, the potential
themes: City Centre, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs for biomass production and particularly planting
National Park, New Lanark, the Campsie and for woodfuel has measurably improved. Whilst
■ context for competitiveness - Clyde-Muirshiel Hills, the Forth and Clyde Canal, this has had unforeseen implications for timber
the place-setting agenda and Green Belt; the Antonine Wall, the Upper Clyde Valley and growing through the diversion to woodfuel and
various Country Parks. therefore difficulties in the supply of timber
■ tourism and day-trip destination; products, there is an opportunity within the city-
Recreation and health region to expand the supply of woodfuel and
■ city-region green lung for recreation reduce the pressure for timber diversion. The
and health; 6.32 A city-region green lung urban and peri-urban areas have significant areas
Many city-regions have recognised the role of of vacant and derelict land - created by land-use
■ natural infrastructure and release valve for the environment in terms of the health of its change - and of under-used land - created by
environmental stress, for example, flooding; inhabitants - in providing a green gym function urban and development pressures and such land
or simply providing a place to exercise or just presents the opportunity to expand woodfuel
■ carbon reservoir mitigating greenhouse gas to breathe unpolluted air. In many cases, city- production and by so doing provide land-owners
emissions levels; regions have put in place standards to ensure that with the potential for a diversified source of
the urban population is within a walkable distance income.
■ source for alternative low carbon energies; from quality green spaces. In the city-region,
given its overall health record, it can be argued Nature
■ reservoir of biodiversity and sensitive that the green lung and green gym functions are
habitats; and even more important to its population than in 6.36 A reservoir for biodiversity
many other places. The city-region environment is a key reservoir for
■ supply of natural resources, for example, biodiversity and natural habitats. Strategically
minerals, forestry, agriculture. Infrastructure important locations are already subject to
statutory protection through Scottish Natural
6.29 Many of these themes are potentially conflicting 6.33 Natural Infrastructure Heritage (SNH) and do not need further rehearsal
in terms of, for example, development / The city-region environment, whilst in many ways in the MIR and SDP. However, the integration,
conservation; use / non-use; access / non- engineered and shaped by development, remains interconnectivity and strengthening of habitats is
access. It is essential that these conflicting a natural environment whose roles include a central part of the environmental picture of the
demands are reconciled within the framework of flood prevention and water retention, and the city-region and the creation of a Green Network.
the key drivers of the SDP. ability to provide a natural defence against flood
waters. Knowledge on this aspect is assisted by Resource development
Economic competitiveness the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s
(SEPA) flood-risk mapping and is actively being 6.37 Supply of natural resources
6.30 Place-setting and economic incorporated as part of the design of major city- The environment is a key source of natural
competitiveness region drainage projects, for example, MGSDP. resources for supporting the economy and
It is now widely acknowledged that the long-term development. It supplies timber crops
competitive edge of city-regions lies in a complex 6.34 Carbon reservoir for timber products; minerals for development;
mix of quality of life factors, of how attractive The environment and particularly its forestry and energy from energy crops and from exploitation of
a community is; its identity; its accessibility; woodland components comprise a natural carbon wind power.
its liveability; its environmental surroundings sink for carbon capture and storage. In terms
and other factors. It is this complex mix, which of the climate change mitigation driver and the
combined with economic offer, helps dictate mandatory targets for emissions reductions, this
the ability of the city-region to attract investors, role will be central to the sustainability basis of
resources and a talented labour market. The the SDP. Therefore the protection of woodland
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The Main Issues
Promoting environmental action - an economic necessity Issue 3
Figure 20 City-region environmental context - role and function
GCV environment
role and function
Placesetting
Tourism day trip economy
Green lung
Natural infrastructure
Carbon reservoir
Alternative energies
Biodiversity
Natural resources
Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network
Strategic proposal
Green Belt
Indicative Forestry Strategy
Wind farm search
Aggregate minerals search
Biomass potential
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The Main Issues
Issue 3 Promoting environmental action - an economic necessity
Strategic planning proposals
6.38 In order to integrate the thematic complexities 6.39 Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network 6.40 The GCV Green Belt
of the city-region’s environment into a coherent (GCVGN) The constituent local planning authorities will
strategic area the SDP will include the following A legacy element which remains one of the define the detailed inner and outer boundaries of
set of proposals. Figure 20 illustrates how each foundations of the MDS. It has given rise to the the GCV Green Belt. As a strategic tool, the Green
proposal meets the multiple themes comprising Central Scotland Green Network, identified as a Belt provides a useful foil to the more positive
the environment of the city-region. national development in NPF2, and exemplifies action-oriented GCVGN. The Green Belt also has
a multi-agency programme of positive action a pivotal role to play in place-setting and ensuring
which seeks to integrate the strategic roles and the continuing separation of communities and
functions of the environment. The scale of the their identities. It also acts to protect open spaces
GCVGN is substantial, covering large areas of and the natural role of the environment, whether it
the city-region. It is transformational in intent and be for flood-plain, carbon sink or thermal cooling
designed as a twenty-five year programme. In purposes.
order to provide focus and drive to the project,
the key spatial priorities of the project have been
identified in Figure 21 as the focus for concerted
action. These opportunities emerge from spatial
analysis where the environmental, social,
access and regeneration aspects are integrated
giving maximum return for available resources.
(Background Report 08) These locations
represent the greatest opportunities for delivering:
■ the Green Network in association

with key development projects;
■ access to greenspace;
■ active travel opportunities (walking and cycling);

and
■ expansion of the integrated habitat network.
Figure 21 GCV Green Network strategic opportunities
Riverside
1
Inverclyde
2
Clyde5
Waterfront
11
3
8
6 Clyde 12
7 Gateway
9
10
13
14
Ravenscraig
Motherwell
Wishaw
Green Network strategic opportunities
Figure 22 Biomass woodfuel production opportunities
Biomass woodfuel production opportunities
Vacant and derelict land 2009
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The Main Issues
6.41 Indicative Forestry Strategy and 6.43 River Basin Management Planning 6.47 Within
the city region the delivery of the MGSDP,
Woodland Framework (IFS) In response to the EU Water Framework the promotion of Sustainable Urban Drainage
Forestry has many strategic roles to fulfil - timber Directive and through the Water Environment and safeguarding the storage capacity of the
production to meet Scottish Government targets; and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, the functional floodplain will be amongst the key
carbon sink creation and maintenance; woodfuel Scottish Government has established river basin strategic land use measures which the GCVSDPA
and biomass production; urban woodlands management planning as the process to maintain supports as part of the implementation of the
for economic place-setting, opportunities for and improve the quality of rivers, lochs, estuaries, Clyde Area Management Plan.
recreation and green lung functions, thermal coastal waters and groundwaters within the
cooling and climate change functions. At Scotland and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts.
the same time, several of these roles have The Clyde Area Management Plan supplements
inherent conflict with other demands upon the this process and the SDP.
environment, for example, forestry targets /
windpower development or carbon sink loss by 6.44 The Clyde Area Management Plan aims to
de-afforestation / emissions targets. It is clear improve 91% of water bodies by 2027. To achieve
that forestry has now attained fundamental this, water bodies currently at good or high status
significance to the city-region economy. will be protected from deterioration. Action will be
taken to enhance and restore others. Within the
6.42 Inorder to address forestry’s roles and potential city-region there are currently 108 water bodies
conflicts with competing uses, the SDP is in (67%) at less than “good status”. Of these, 42
the process of preparing an Indicative Forestry water bodies (26%) are designated as “heavily
Strategy and Woodland Framework with Forestry modified”. The objectives for the area are to
Commission Scotland (FCS) and other key improve 42% of water bodies to good or better
stakeholders. Figure 22 sets out one of the key by 2015, 56% by 2021 and 98% by 2027.
sub-frameworks within the IFS which relates to
biomass woodfuel production at a potential scale 6.45 Thekey impacts on the city-region’s water
of 3,800 ha. This is based upon an analysis of the environment are urban drainage, diffuse pollution
vacant and derelict land resource and the amount from rural sources and managing the impacts
of under-used land surrounding the city-region from the areas industrial past.
core. Woodfuel development may take the form
of short-rotation coppicing, up to five years, or 6.46 Although SEPA coordinates the development
short-rotation forestry, up to fifteen years. The of the river basin management plans, they are
latter’s longer time horizon provides the potential produced by a wider partnership of organisations.
to integrate it with the GCVGN and for it to These include responsible authorities like Scottish
perform a much wider range of functions than Water, SNH, FCS and local authorities who will
simply woodfuel. As carbon-based fuels continue be required to deliver the desired improvements
to rise in cost and emissions reductions become through a combination of regulation, investment,
ever more necessary, this area could attain awareness raising and guidance.
increasing significance in land-use terms.
Figure 23 Wind farm search areas
Broad areas of search
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6.48 Natural resource search areas ■ a limited supply within the city-region area;
The city-region environment is a key source of
raw materials for long-term development and ■ the concentration of supply in the
renewable energy production. It is therefore southern parts of Lanarkshire; and
important that the SDP provide a strategic
Issue 3
context for their long-term role and guide the ■ a question of quality constraints in the
Promoting environmental action -
constituent planning authorities to address the current supply.
an economic necessity
detail of such development within a coherent
The GCVSDPA regards the natural environment, both
strategic context. These factors result in a potential brake on long- urban and rural, as a key economic resource which
term economic development in the GCV area is central to supporting sustainable growth. It is
(i) Surface coal reserves if not addressed, and / or, substantial import of capable of performing a range of strategic roles and
There is a long-term strategic programme of material from outwith the city-region to meet functions and needs therefore to be considered as a
surface coal developments already established demand, with consequent negative impact on coherent whole.
within the city-region. These coals are of high communities along lorry routes and in terms of
quality, characterised by low sulphur and as a greenhouse gas emissions. Question 14
result are in high demand. Considerable joint Should the SDP identify and promote a positive
working between the coal industry, GCVSDPA and The GCVSDPA favours a search area approach to action-based Green Network Strategy, in
its constituent local authorities has established identifying additional long-term sand and gravel partnership with a wide range of stakeholders?
If not, what alternative focus should the SDP
that there is no further need to provide a strategic reserves for development. Such an approach
adopt?
planning context at this time. would provide the industry and communities with
long-term clarity on future developments, once Question 15
(ii) Aggregate minerals the constituent local authorities have provided Should the GCVSDPA pursue a strategy of
Aggregate minerals, such as crushed rock, the necessary detailed refinement of the areas prioritisation to drive forward delivery of the
and sand and gravel, are fundamental to the selected under such an approach. However, Green Network Strategy? If not, what alternative
development of the long-term city-region there is limited data on reserves with regard to approaches would you advocate?
economy in that they provide the raw materials for quality to meet the range of potential demands
construction, infrastructure and a wide range of for varying grades of sands and gravels. In the Question 16
other uses. It is therefore essential that there are long-term these factors constrain the ability Should the SDP continue with a Green Belt
accessible long-term supplies of such materials to of the GCVSDPA and its constituent local designation? If not, what alternative approach
should the GCVSDPA adopt?
support the economy. Additionally, in the context authorities to follow their preferred approach.
of the drivers of the SDP, and particularly the This leaves a question over how to approach Question 17
sustainability and emissions mitigation drivers, the issue positively rather than on a planning Should the GCVSDPA pursue the search area
there is a need to minimise long-distance import application-led basis. model:
from elsewhere. The focus therefore shifts to an
approach to distribution based upon the proximity (iii) Wind energy a) to guide the development industry and
principle and, if feasible, upon the concept of The city-region is characterised by significant communities as to potential long-term future
local supply. on-shore wind power potential and has seen development opportunities; and
considerable wind turbine developments to b) to provide local authorities with a strategic
The GCVSDPA, with the aid of the aggregates exploit that resource, for example, the Whitelee framework within which to address detailed
industry, following the example of the Scottish Wind Farm on Eaglesham Moor. Given the need local planning issues? What alternative
Government in 2005, has updated to 2010 its to develop alternative low-carbon energies to model could GCVSDPA consider in terms
view of the city-region supply. It continues to carbon fuels and meet emission reduction targets, of planning for major environmental
demonstrate a substantive supply and relatively while at the same time protecting sensitive developments?
even distribution of crushed rock across the environments and balance competing uses,
city-region for the long-term when viewed against the GCVSDPA, in line with previous Strategic Question 18
the future recovery of the long-term economy as Plans, has adopted the approach of defining In terms of minerals development, do you agree
with the GCVSDPA that the existing programme
set out in Section 5 of this document. In terms search areas for wind turbine developments
of surface coal extraction needs no further
of sand and gravel reserves, however, there (Background Report 09). Figure 23 illustrates strategic planning context?
continues to be: these search areas so as to provide constituent
local authorities with a spatial framework, within Question 19
which more detailed local analysis, for example, Should the GCVSDPA seek to define search areas
landscape, character, visual and cumulative for sand and gravel extraction, in spite of the
impact. Refinement of this potential can be quality of data available for this approach being
enabled so as to reflect best local requirements. questioned? If not, what approach would you
advocate?
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The Main Issues
Issue 4 Promoting sustainable locations for development
Introduction Housing sector and land issues 6.52 Housing provision, in the context of strategic
planning in the city-region, conventionally has
6.49 Inorder to support long-term sustainable Housing two tenures, the private sector (comprising
economic growth, there has to be sufficient land owner occupied and private rented housing) and
capacity to meet need and demand in those 6.51 Thelong term strategic planning of housing for the social rented sector. The former operates
development sectors which are part of the city- the city-region is the concern of the GCVSDPA over housing market areas (HMAs) whilst the
region’s quality of life, namely: housing, retail, and is being undertaken through a Housing latter generally relates to social rented housing
urban centres, transport and infrastructure. Market Partnership (HMP), in accordance with provision within local authorities. Under the
the Scottish Government’s Housing Need and new planning and housing systems, there is a
6.50 Issue 5 sets out the long-term strategic Demand Assessment Guidance (HNDA). The revised approach to assessing housing need and
approach to these sectors. More detail is HMP comprises the constituent local authorities’ demand and through the development of this
available in a range of Background Reports. planning and housing functions with links to the area of work the traditional view of tenure has
Scottish Government, plus a wider network of been reassessed. Recent issues of affordability
stakeholders. The HNDA is a detailed technical of housing have focussed more attention on
assessment providing an overall assessment affordable products in the intermediate sector,
of housing requirements across all tenures and such as, shared equity and shared ownership
serves both a strategic and local function. It which offer an alternative, partly subsidised route
is part of the evidence base for the MIR and onto the housing ladder for those who would
Proposed Plan as well as for Local Housing otherwise be unable to do so. Together, the social
Strategies (LHS) and LDPs. The MIR sets out rented and intermediate sectors, form what can
the broad strategic results of the HNDA that will be described as the affordable sector.
be examined in greater detail in local authorities
LHS and LDPs in turn. The MIR presents a tenure 6.53 The HNDA has been undertaken on the basis of
view that is relevant and appropriate for strategic the above two main sectors and two demographic
planning purposes. scenarios: a lower and a higher migration
variant, as set out in Section 5. The latter is the
Planning Scenario, reflecting the more optimistic
assumptions of higher levels of net in-migration
and economic performance. This is the preferred
basis for assessing need and demand for housing
in the MIR. The outcomes of the HNDA by sector
are outlined below.
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The Main Issues
Promoting sustainable locations for development Issue 4
Figure 24 Private sector housing requirements 2008 / 25 Alternative approach for the housing sector
Net private sector new housing requirements 102,500
Total private sector completions 113,100

6.57 Since housing development is substantially
Comparison of new housing requirements and completions 10,500 (surplus) the origin of the majority of person trips, it is
important to ensure that sustainable transport
Average annual private sector completions to 2025 6,000
options remain the primary driver of location
if emissions reduction is to be achieved.
Agglomeration and densification remain the
6.54 Private sector 6.55 Affordable sector primary strategic means of ensuring critical
In respect of private sector housing demand to Work for the HNDA has identified the overall level mass to support sustainable transport whilst
2025 the combined sources of private housing of affordable housing requirements, including reuse of brownfield land remains essential to
supply, comprising the existing land supply - the proportion that could afford intermediate renewal and minimising land-take.
Housing Land Audit - and potential future supply products. It is assumed that the remaining
identified in the GCV Urban Capacity Study 2009, affordable housing requirements will be met in 6.58 Theapproach adopted to strategic housing
which include the legacy of CGAs, are more than the social rented sector. The affordable sector land allocations and supply, as a guide for
sufficient to meet demand in the private sector up is characterised by the requirement to address the emerging LDPs, is to manage growth and
to 2025. Consequently, there is no requirement backlog need, a forecast of future needs and develop sustainable locations. An alternative
to expand the supply of land for this sector the provision of housing for those with specific approach would be the identification of
even under the aspirational Planning Scenario. housing needs, such as the elderly and disabled. additional land which would run counter to
Average completions of approximately 6,000 per At this stage the HMP and the local authorities these drivers - development of greenfield
annum are required to meet the private sector are examining the outcomes of the HNDA for sites, in the Green Belt, and predominantly
demand identified in Figure 24. For the purposes this sector. The Proposed Plan will set out the car-dependent rather than public transport-
of providing guidance and direction for the scale of need in the affordable sector for each related locations - thus expanding the
preparation of local authorities’ LHS and LDPs. local authority but it will be for the respective physical and carbon footprint of the urban
Background Report 10 sets out the supply/ local authorities’ LDPs to identify any land that is area. Whilst such sites and locations may
demand position, by HMA, for years 2020 and required to meet these needs. For the purposes meet a continuing demand for low-density
2025. of providing evidence for the preparation of local suburban living, and accord better with the
authorities’ LHS and LDPs, the HNDA will set out market sectors and economic criteria for
the affordable supply/need position, by LA, for the development of the house-building industry
years 2020 and 2025. at this time of economic downturn, their
selection would be contrary to the long term
6.56 Insummary the HNDA has identified that strategic vision of the SDP.
there is no strategic requirement for additional
land release for the private sector within the
city-region. Land currently identified meets
assessed private sector housing requirements
to 2025 and supports the proposed long-term
strategic vision of the SDP. If requirements are
identified for the affordable sector at the local
authority level, it will be for each local authority to
address, having regard to Government policy and
advice on the provision of affordable housing.
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The Main Issues
Figure 25 Network of strategic centres
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14
16
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5
1 12
13
9
8
10
18 11
19 7
20
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1 Glasgow City
2 Braehead
Strategic centres: Retail
3 Clydebank
4 East Kilbride
5 Easterhouse
6 Greenock
7 Hamilton 17
8 Paisley
9 Parkhead
10 Pollok
11 Ravenscraig
12 Airdrie
Strategic centres: Other
13 Coatbridge
14 Cumbernauld
15 Dunbarton
16 Kirkintilloch
17 Lanark
18 Motherwell
19 Newton Mearns
20 Wishaw
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The Main Issues
A network of strategic centres Strategic planning proposals
6.59 Cityand town centres are fundamental to a 6.60 It is this diversity of dominant roles and functions 6.61 Figures 25 and 26 set out the GCVSDPA’s
sustainable strategy in that they are the core of that is reflected in the MIR’s approach to centres view of a network of strategic centres assessed
communities and as such are generally better and that will frame the SDP’s response. Some by their role and function. This MIR seeks to
accessed by public transport than other locations. centres, through scale, diversity, catchment, address the network issue through an approach
Such centres also support a wide and diverse environment, or other factors, have taken on a based upon their respective roles and functions.
range of roles and functions such as business, more strategic role than others. Yet each remains It identifies Glasgow City Centre as primary in all
offices, homes, leisure, education, heritage and essential to their local communities. In response strategic roles, with eleven other centres whose
community facilities. The role that most often to the Scottish Government’s SPP the SDP will wide range of roles and functions is dominated by
characterises centres is retail, but each centre has identify and promote a network of centres that their strategic retail role. A further nine additional
a different balance in terms of its dominant role operate at a strategic scale over the lifetime of the centres which are characterised by a strategic
and function. Plan to support the requirements of a sustainable role dominated by employment, business, leisure
growth strategy. Those centres whose roles and civic uses are also included in this network.
and functions that remain local in nature will be
addressed through the LDP process in terms
of their long-term planning and development.
As roles and functions of centres change with
time they will require to be managed through
local planning, and other processes, so as to
ensure their long-term viability and vitality to their
communities.
Figure 26 Network of strategic centres - assessment of role and function
Assessment criteria
Core catchment population
Core catchment shoppers
Core catchment expenditure
Retained spend
Imported spend
Core catchment coverage
Geographical dominance
Cross boundary coverage
Hierarchy
Spatial function
Comparison floorspace
Convenience floorspace
Service floorspace
Leisure floorspace
Vacancies
Vacant and derelict land
Accessibility public transport
Housing
Employment and business
Leisure
Cultural and heritage
Community and civic

Criteria rating
least average most
1 Glasgow City
2 Braehead
Strategic centres: Retail
3 Clydebank
4 East Kilbride
5 Easterhouse
6 Greenock
7 Hamilton
8 Paisley
9 Parkhead
10 Pollok
11 Ravenscraig
12 Airdrie
Strategic centres: Other
13 Coatbridge
14 Cumbernauld
15 Dunbarton
16 Kirkintilloch
17 Lanark
18 Motherwell
19 Newton Mearns
20 Wishaw
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Glasgow City Centre Network of strategic centres

Role and function: Retail
6.62 Glasgow City Centre, as the focus of the
city-region sits apart from all other centres. It 6.63 The retail sector is now characterised by rapidly 6.66 Whilst the majority of these centres are defined
offers the widest range of roles and functions, changing demands in society by alternative as town centres, a number are disproportionate
namely: formats such as the internet and mail order and in terms of their retail scale so dwarfing their
by the retail industry varying their formats to other roles. There is a need, therefore, in the
■ one of the top three comparison retail match these different demands. Additionally, the strategic retail centres to promote a sustainable
destinations in the UK; two sub-sectors of retail - comparison (durables, and diverse mix of future retail, business, civic
clothing, etc) and convenience (food and basic and community uses which will avoid consequent
■ the business and commercial heart of the commodities) - are characterised by different negative impacts on other network centres. It will
city-region; market areas, the latter being effectively local in require LDPs to maintain and improve the balance
nature. of roles and functions, including improved public
■ the employment core of the city-region; transport accessibility where appropriate. In
6.64 ThisMIR therefore seeks a different approach such cases, there is a danger in their retail role
■ one of the top short-stay tourist destinations from previous plans, its perspective is confined to developing to an unsustainable level to the
in the UK; the more strategic comparison market, including detriment of their diversity of other roles and
bulky goods. with possible negative impacts on other network
■ a strong conference and business tourism focus; centres and on sustainability targets. It will
6.65 The detail of this approach is set out in require LDPs and the development management
■ the cultural and artistic heart of the city-region; Background Report 11. In order to maximise process to ensure that such centres maintain their
and accessibility by sustainable transport and to strategic retail role, but improve their balance of
enable the development industry to create a roles and functions through diversification of land-
■ the core of the city-region’s sustainable transport modern quality retail experience, ten centres, uses and improved sustainable access.
networks, both external and internal. in addition to Glasgow City Centre (Figure 25),
will be promoted in the SDP to the investment 6.67 Braehead, a key strategic catalyst for
In terms of the SDP, therefore, there is a industry, to Government and to local authorities regeneration along the Renfrew riverside, is
fundamental need to underpin and maintain these for investment and management to support their in a similar situation. It is currently identified
roles and functions of the City Centre into the range of strategic roles and functions. as a commercial centre whose scale of retail
longer-term. dominates its other roles. However, it is becoming
the focus for the development of an emerging
new riverside community and, with diversification
from its dominant retail role, could assume a
future town centre role. In fact, the role and
function analysis carried out to define the network
of centres for strategic investment may suggest
the requirement now to recognise Braehead as a
town centre within that defined network.
6.68 In order to assist the LDP and development

management processes, the GCVSDPA, in
preparing the Proposed Plan following the MIR
stage, will undertake a strategic level capacity
assessment of the retail function of the network
of retail centres with a view to guiding the need
for, and balance of, investment in strategic
comparison floorspace during the plan period.
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The Main Issues
Network of strategic centres Alternative approach for a network of centres
Role and function: Other Water and drainage
6.69 Nine other centres also are identified which 6.71 The question of long-term water and drainage
are considered to perform a strategic role at 6.70 The GCVSDPA, through the approved capacity to support long-term sustainable
the sub-city-region level. The balance of their Structure Plan, inherited an approach founded development of the city-region is already
respective roles and functions is illustrated on upon a comprehensive network of 55 town addressed in the legacy components of the
Figure 25 and reflects their lesser balance of centres, each carrying equal significance, Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Plan -
retail compared to their broader economic and and subject of safeguarding in that role even www.mgsdp.org - now one of NPF2’s national
community role. As such, the relevant local where their retailing role was minimal and / developments. It comprises a wide range of
authorities will promote and manage their long- or local in scale. In terms of a more strategic engineered and natural solutions supporting
term business, employment, civic, education and approach to the SDP and in recognition of the development across the core of the city-region. It
community roles and functions. investment industry’s spatial focus on higher- is not intended to rehearse that programme here
order centres that number of centres has as it remains a fundamental component of the
been reduced through a process of analysis SDP.
of their respective roles and functions. Several
scenarios have been tested in order to arrive
at the network described above. As with the Waste
approach taken to identifying SEILs there are
alternative options which include promoting a 6.72 The Scottish Government published its Zero
greater number of centres. Each such option Waste Plan (ZWP) in June 2010. The ZWP seeks
risks dilution and diversion of investment to deliver a more sustainable approach to waste
from key centres and a lack of clarity for the and its infrastructure across Scotland. The
development and investment industries. The planning system is identified as one of the key
GCVSDPA’s preferred approach is reflected in delivery mechanisms of the ZWP in identifying
a limited number of key centres. Account was appropriate locations for waste management
also taken of the spatial distribution of the facilities. However, robust data, particularly on
preferred network so as to ensure that gaps commercial and industrial waste, which comprise
did not exist and that the network reflected some 85% of waste-streams, are not currently
the potential to reduce trips made by car by available to inform the need for and the capacity
offering a sustainable transport option. of new waste facilities.
6.73 Scottish Planning Policy, February 2010, states

that this “need and capacity” is be established
in the ZWP. However, the same data issue
appears instrumental in the ZWP failing to provide
that context. Consequently, in the absence of
robust data across all waste-streams, it is not
a realistic option for the MIR, at this time, to
identify potential locations for waste management
facilities and to be able to provide a robust
justification for such locations.
6.74 In
an attempt to address this issue, SEPA,
the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
(COSLA) and the Scottish Government are
currently piloting a waste and land-use planning
project which it is hoped will address the issue
and provide greater clarity and certainty for
the development plan process. The GCVSDPA
supports and will participate in that initiative.
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The Main Issues
Figure 27 West of Scotland Conurbation Public Transport Study proposed network at 2025
© Crown copyright, All rights reserved. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport 100023445, 2009
Key
Heavy rail
Subway
Light rail
BRT
Possible BRT
extension /
Alternative routing
option
Core Bus
Map courtesy of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Figure 28 West of Scotland Conurbation Public Transport Study proposed outcomes at 2025
Heavy rail 15 minute frequency Timetable revision and improved infrastructure
Subway 4 minute frequency Modernisation programme and integration
Light rail 10 minute frequency Conversion of suburban heavy rail network
Bus rapid transit (BRT) 10 minute frequency Step change in infrastructure , vehicles and segregation
Core bus services 10 minute frequency Improved strategic bus routing
Circular bus services 15 minute frequency Routes serving orbital movements in the conurbation
Supporting measures Strategic park and ride; integrated ticketing; bus feeder services, etc
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The Main Issues
Transport 6.78 The following parts of this section relate to the ■ Light Mass Transit,
West of Scotland Conurbation Public Transport including future tram / train shared running; and
6.75 The MIR proposes a city-region development Study, WSCPTS, (Background Report 13), a
vision and strategy founded upon sustainable major analysis of public transport options and
development principles (Section 4). These futures across the city-region. This study was ■ City Centre and Cross-city travel and interchange.
principles reflect the vision, in essence, renewal, commissioned by Strathclyde Partnership for
regeneration and reinforcement, of the existing Transport (SPT). This study is also seen as a 6.80 The GCVSDPA supports and incorporates as its
urban communities of the city-region with key input to Project 24 of the current Scottish sustainable transport solution for the SDP the
locational thinking based upon sustainable public Government adopted Strategic Transport Projects strategy reflected in outcomes of the WSCPTS
transport access and the promotion of active Review. Figure 28. The solution is built around enhancing
travel. and developing City Centre core linkages by all
6.79 The key aim of the WSCPTS is to develop an public transport modes to the wider conurbation.
6.76 A key piece of the strategic thinking is land- integrated, fast, reliable, frequent and attractive By so doing, it also provides the necessary
use and transport integration, Transit Oriented public transport service across the city-region infrastructure for capitalising upon an HSR
Development (TOD), wherein locational strategy by 2025. As with the MIR, the strategy is TOD- terminal location in central Glasgow, thus linking
links to public transport networks and maximises based. The following components are central to external, Issue 1, and internal connectivity -
the potential for sustainable travel. the integration of land-use and transport in the Figure 27.
city-region (Figure 27):
6.77 Sections 2 and 6: Issue 1 of the MIR rehearsed 6.81 The outcomes of the WSCPTS and their
the road investment issues and their current ■ fixed or heavy rail network (building on the interaction with the priority development locations
programming. The shift in focus therefore for the existing network); of the MIR are the subject of on-going land-use
MIR and the SDP is how to promote better public and transport modelling with SPT as a partner
transport investment to support the preferred ■ modernised Subway, bus services and multimodal and Transport Scotland in peer review and joint
strategy. interchanges with other public transport services, working.
supported by integrated ticketing;

In order to support sustainable economic growth of Question 21 Question 23
the city-region economy within a coherent long-term The GCVSDPA prefers an option to identify a Given the clear need to address waste in a future
sustainability strategy, the GCVSDPA needs to ensure limited number of strategic centres; yet there are sustainable city-region vision, but given also the
that there is sufficient land capacity to meet need and other options - to focus solely on the City Centre real data difficulties with this subject and its
demand in key areas such as housing, retail, transport and or perhaps to adopt a wide-ranging network of inherent complexity, do you support the GCVSDPA’s
infrastructure. There are already generous land allocations in centres, both of which have different implications view that strategic planning for waste needs a
the pipeline to fulfil need and demand for new homes across for investment. Is the GCVSDPA’s approach the national drive to address the evidence base of that
all tenures, yet the recession has had an impact on their most sustainable option? planning?
short-term deliverability. In terms of retail the GCVSDPA,
whilst acknowledging the planning need to protect centres’ Question 22 The real key to a sustainable future is a fundamental shift in
roles and functions in all communities, favours a focus and Braehead is not currently identified as a town the nature of the city-region’s transport infrastructure from
investment approach that promotes only those centres centre but on the basis of the analysis there is a personal transport to sustainable integrated mass-transit
that will have strategic roles and functions. Braehead could view that it should be designated as a town centre. systems. Our competitors are considerably ahead of us in
seem an anomaly in terms of its commercial centre retail Is this a valid view? that respect with a resulting competitive gap. The GCVSDPA
designation compared with other strategic level retail centres and partners understand the need for an action programme
and perhaps warrants consideration of town centre status. Infrastructure is pivotal to a future sustainable city-region. An to address this issue and supports the coherent programme
investment programme in water and drainage, the MGSDP, of the WSCPTS as the basis of transport investment.
Question 20 is in place to reinforce and modernise the capacity of the
Should the GCVSDPA, despite generous allocations conurbation and will be supported. Question 24
of land for future housing, consider release of Should the city-region focus on a step-change in
additional land in less sustainable locations to Waste infrastructure in the city-region is a difficult issue in public transport provision of the type set out in the
accommodate the short-term impact of the current planning terms until there is a more robust basis for defining WSCPTS within the plan period?
economic recession on the housing market? an investment programme in facilities.
Figure 29 Preferred strategy
Key components of the preferred strategy

Green Network opportunities
Green Network strategic opportunities
Strategic centres
Strategic centres
Strategic Economic Investment Areas
Strategic Economic Investment Locations
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The Main Issues
Tackling risk - strategic development priorities Issue 5
Introduction Strategic planning proposal
6.82 The Scottish Government, in its redesign of the 6.84 The means to achieve this strategy and minimise 6.86 However, both the position regarding the
Scottish Planning system, placed considerable risk to delivery is prioritisation, setting out a list economy and public expenditure present a picture
emphasis upon the delivery and implementation of key proposals and actions at the strategic of real uncertainty in the short and medium term
of strategic and local development plans. scale that present a clear focus, that minimises which gives rise to two real challenges:
This emphasis is reinforced by the Scottish confusion about the selection of these priorities
Government’s adoption of Action Planning as a and reduces the potential for diversion and (i) keeping the focus on priorities (Figure 29) in the
key part of the new system. Consequently, SDPAs dilution of resources to proposals of lesser context of competing pressures; and
are to submit to Scottish Ministers, with their SDP, strategic significance. A focus on strategic
an Action Plan setting out how the SDP is to be priorities also presents the investment industry, (ii) managing the phasing and sequence of priorities
delivered. Legislation further stipulates that Action the development industry, central government, in line with available resources.
Plans be monitored, updated and published every government agencies and the third sector with
two years to indicate progress on delivering the clarity as to investment priorities which will
development strategy. support the city-region achieve its long-term
development vision. Figure 29 summarises the
6.83 Inthat context, the GCVSDPA takes forward a favoured Metropolitan Strategy to 2035 and its
legacy, the Metropolitan Development Strategy, priority proposals.
built on sustainability principles but within a
growth agenda. Integration of future drivers of 6.85 Twokey drivers of delivery highlight the need to
change into such strategic planning results in an consider prioritisation:
even clearer emphasis upon sustainable growth,
upon sustainable development locations and a (i) the impact of the current economic situation on
strategy tuned to meet statutory requirements private sector investment: and
across a range of environmental issues. The
consequence is a SDP with an even firmer (ii) current and planned public expenditure - which
foundation for a successful low-carbon economy, together explicitly suggest prioritisation will
focusing on agglomeration for growth and be essential through the application of scarce
development, on higher densities, on continued resources to generate maximum return.
regeneration and renewal, and on a need to
reduce the city-region carbon footprint.
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The Main Issues
Issue 5 Tackling risk - strategic development priorities
6.87 Delivery of the MDS is multi-agency and 6.89 The risk to the MDS is not driven by planning
multi-sector. The severity of public expenditure strategy and development land proposals, but by
restraint, its impact on committed public a lack of resources and lack of confidence across
investment programmes, combined with the multiple development sectors.
difficulty of trading conditions for private sector Issue 5
investors and developers will impact on the 6.90 Aconsequence of this risk is that alternatives Tackling risk -
delivery of, for example: to the MDS and its proposals will be promoted
which run counter to the key drivers of the
strategic development priorities
■ integrated sustainable public transport Strategy. This potentially results in pressures that
(WSCPTS); strengthen the carbon-economy link rather than Question 25
reduce it and that push the development of non-
■ integrated water and drainage solutions (MGSDP); sustainable locations. Additionally, the expansion
What should the GCVSDPA do to mitigate
of the carbon footprint of the city-region, the the risk to its sustainability - based
■ Community Growth Areas and housebuilding acceleration of the growth of emissions rather strategy in the face of market and
in general; than the mitigation of them, and, through a
financial pressures - do you agree with
short-term reaction to difficult financial and
■ intermediate market affordable housing - HNDA, expenditure conditions, promotes an alternative the process of prioritisation?
the Scottish Government’s Firm Foundations and non-sustainable future that is difficult to control.
Fresh Thinking initiatives; and
Question 26
6.91 Inorder to minimise this risk, there must be
■ The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network a common cause between government, its In responding to the current economic
and Central Scotland Green Network. agencies, the GCVSDPA, its partners and its situation and expected dampening of
councils, the development industry and other
demand and growth to 2020 or beyond,
6.88 The origins of the financial problems and risks investment and development organisations to
and their solutions lie outwith the ambit of secure the necessary resources to manage the should the GCVSDPA adopt a lesser
the planning system and the SDP, but pose delivery of the MDS and the sequencing of its level of sustainable development in its
major risks for the MDS, the Action Plan and priorities.
strategic vision and aims, despite all the
implementation process. Whilst the SDP is
long-term and generational in its vision and drivers of change pointing to a need for
will encompass a number of economic cycles, an even more sustainable future?
the nature of these cycles presents real risk to
delivery in the short to medium term. On the
assumption that recovery takes place in the
medium to long-term, greater certainty will
return to the market and the public expenditure
position can be expected to improve. In turn, the
delivery of the MDS priorities can be expected to
gather pace over time. There is therefore a major
challenge to ensure that phasing and sequencing
of the MDS priorities are undertaken in the short-
to medium-term, to 2020.
Next steps
Progressing the Strategic Development Plan
The next stages in the SDP process Contact details
7.1 Consultation on this document will run for eight 7.4 In order to have the maximum potential Responses can be made in writing to:
weeks from its publication date. for influence on the city-region’s long-term
development, stakeholders and all interested Dr Grahame Buchan
7.2 Following closure of the consultation period, the parties are urged to get involved at this Strategic Development Plan Manager
sum of the responses received will be collated, Main Issues Report stage, before the principle Glasgow and the Clyde Valley
analysed and reported to the Glasgow and the of development is established and progressed Strategic Development Planning Authority
Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning through to the Proposed Plan stages. Lower ground floor
Authority. Following its consideration, a Proposed 125 West Regent Street
Plan will then be drafted, taking forward the 7.5 Following the submission to the Scottish Glasgow
outcomes from the MIR and its responses. Ministers in October 2011, if there remain any G2 2SA
unresolved objections to the SDP, an Examination
7.3 The schedule of action is already set out in the of the SDP must be held. This is undertaken by by email to:
GCVSDPA’s Development Plan Scheme (DPS) the Directorate for Planning and Environmental mir@gcvsdpa.gov.uk
as submitted to the Scottish Ministers in March Appeals (DPEA). Due to the potential for delay
2010. The timeline is set out below: associated with the Examination process and or through the consultation section of
subsequent delay on the Local Development the GCVSDPA website at:
Draft Proposed Plan Planning process, it is the hope of the GCVSDPA www.gcvsdpa.gov.uk/mir
Spring 2011 that any issues can be resolved as early as
possible. For any enquiries please call 0141 229 7730.
Consultation on Draft Proposed Plan
Spring / Summer 2011 7.6 For these reasons, the GCVSDPA Chair and
Members would recommend your participation
Finalised Proposed Plan now at this Main Issues Stage.
GCVSDPA consideration, September 2011
Submission of Proposed Plan

to Scottish Ministers, October 2011
Glossary

Accession countries Countries which enter the negotiation captured and supplied locally to a range of users, resulting in a much methane, nitrous oxide and ozone.
process to join the European Union (EU) leading to its continuing higher level of efficiency related to the power generation process.
expansion. Green gym Using the outdoors and green infrastructure to provide
Creative industries Refers to a range of economic activities which people with a way to enhance fitness and health while taking action
Action Plan A process and document to identify the steps needed are concerned with the generation or exploitation of knowledge and to improve the outdoor environment.
to achieve the particular goals and proposals of the Strategy. information. They may variously also be referred to as the cultural
industries, especially in Europe, or the creative economy. Green infrastructure A strategically planned and delivered
Agglomeration Urban agglomeration is a policy process of linking network of high quality green spaces and other environmental
functionally and by transport networks, cities and towns into a Critical mass The creation of sufficient scale and growth in an area features, designed and managed as a multifunctional resource
coherent interrelated whole, usually based on a central city. By so or service such that growth becomes self-sustaining and fuels and capable of delivering a wide range of environmental and quality of life
doing, critical competitive mass can be built, economic benefits can sustains increasing growth. benefits for local communities. Green infrastructure includes parks,
flow between the component parts and the unit cost of infrastructure open spaces, woodlands and paths.
provision can be reduced. Datazones Developed by the Scottish Government as a base
geography for the analysis of Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics and General Registers Office for Scotland (GROS) Part of the
Alteration Formal change or update to a Structure Plan requiring the Scottish Multiple Index of Deprivation, data zones are statistical Scottish Government responsible for a range of functions related to
the approval of Scottish Ministers. areas and do not necessarily delineate communities. The key feature the Census, to demographic statistics and other formal recording of
of data zones is that they are significantly smaller than previous the Scottish population.
Alternative energy An umbrella term for any source of usable geographies for which statistics have been available (postcode
energy intended to replace fuel sources without the undesired sector or ward) and are much more effective in identifying small areas Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Community Planning
consequences of the fuels so replaced - eg fossil fuels and their with particular social characteristics, and are also more flexible in Partnership (GCVCPP) A grouping of the political leadership of
carbon emissions. aggregating to specific areas of user interest. While at the same time the eight constituent local authorities of the Glasgow and the Clyde
data zones are large enough to protect confidentiality and to allow Valley city-region designed to integrate corporate thinking and policy
Biodiversity The range and diversity of ecosystems - plants, regular updates to be made available. approaches.
animals, species and genes, and the ecological processes that
support them. Demography The statistical study of human populations. It High Speed Rail (HSR) Rail passenger transport operating at
encompasses the study of the size, structure and distribution of significantly higher speeds than the normal speed of rail traffic.
Biomass Biological materials, eg, plant and wood residues which these populations, and spatial and/or temporal changes in them in Specific definitions by the EU include 200 km/h for upgraded track
may be used generate energy, normally via incineration. response to births, deaths, aging, and migration. and 250 km/h (160 mph) or faster for new track. In Japan, the
Shinkansen trains run at speeds in excess of 260 km/h (160 mph)
Brownfield land Land which has previously been developed. Densification A deliberate process of fostering higher population and are built using standard gauge track with no crossings. In China,
The term may encompass vacant or derelict land; infill land; land and building densities within the urban area. high speed lines operate at top speeds of 350 km/h (220 mph). In
occupied by redundant or unused buildings; and developed land France, a TGV scheduled rail journey can run with a start to stop
within the settlement boundary where further intensification of use Development engine A specific proposal or project, embedded average speed of 279.4 km/h (173.6 mph).
is considered suitable. A brownfield site should not be presumed within a larger project or programme, designed to create drive and
to be suitable for development, especially in Green Belt and other momentum to the delivery of that larger project. Key Agencies Under the Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006, a body
countryside areas. which the Scottish Ministers specify as relevant to the preparation of
Development Plan Scheme (DPS) A formal step, under new development plans.
Carbon footprint The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions - planning legislation in Scotland, in the Development Plan process
in CO2 equivalent - given out by an area, structure, event or product. whereby Authorities publish their Development Plan preparation and Life sciences These comprise all fields of science involving the
publication schedules. scientific study of living things - plants, animals and humans.
Carbon reservoir A natural feature which absorbs carbon from the
atmosphere but may also exchange that carbon with other reservoirs. Digital industries An umbrella term to describe the wide range Local Development Plan (LDP) The more detailed planning layer
of companies involved in digital technology such as digital film, of the Development Plan process in Scotland within the four city-
Carbon sink A natural feature which absorbs carbon from the photography, sound, design, graphics and marketing. regions, working within the strategic vision and direction established
atmosphere but with no outflow of carbon in exchange with other by the Strategic Development Plan process.
features. Drivers of change Factors and forces, both external and internal,
which act to shape long-term thinking and planning, whether in public Local supply A sustainable development approach based
City-region These go beyond individual local authority boundaries government or in private business. Their consideration is fundamental upon maximising a local supply source and supply chain rather
and join more than one city or town together in terms of strategic to development, business or corporate strategic planning. than seeking to draw in supply from a wider geographic area with
planning for economic development, physical planning or strategic consequences for environmental and transport costs.
housing - and in terms of governance arrangements, such as through Glasgow City Centre Defined by the north and west flanks of the Low carbon A process or activity which seeks minimises its
the GCVSDPA itself. The Glasgow city-region comprises eight local M8, the River Clyde and High Street / Saltmarket. consumption of carbon fuels and seeks to minimise its subsequent
authorities in such a governance arrangement. output of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions into
Greenhouse gas emissions Gases in the atmosphere that the atmosphere.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Substantial amounts of heat absorb and emit radiation, a process that is the fundamental cause
are one of the by-products of power generation. In conventional of the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere and widely cited as Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Plan (MGSDP) A
centralised power stations, this heat is usually lost. CHP plants are a primary factor in the heating of the earth’s atmosphere and in formal partnership project established and led by Glasgow City
essentially local decentralised power stations whose waste heat is global warming. The primary greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, Council and Scottish Water, incorporating GCVSDPA, SEPA, other

local authorities, to address long-term investment in water and Service based economy An economy mostly concentrated in which will establish the basis for the ongoing development of
drainage across the city-region core. It is included in NPF2 by the sectors such as financial services, business services, health and Scotland’s transport infrastructure to meet the demands of the 21st
Scottish Government as a national development. education rather than in the production of manufactured products. century and complements both the emerging NPF2 and the National
Transport Strategy.
National development A designation of certain projects in the Short-rotation coppicing High yield fast growing woodland
National Planning Framework as a mechanism for establishing of poplar and willow grown as an energy crop for use in power Sustainable development Development which is framed in
the need for these developments in Scotland’s national interest. generation, alone or in combination with other fuels. It is differentiated the integration of environmental sustainability by living within the
The Government has indicated that major transport, energy and from short rotation forestry by the nature of the trees grown, and the capacity of natural environmental systems; economic sustainability
environmental infrastructure projects may fall within this category of frequency of cropping, which in coppicing is over a much shorter by ensuring continued prosperity and employment opportunities;
development. term - up to four years. and social sustainability by ensuring social inclusion, equity, personal
wellbeing and a good quality of life.
National Planning Framework (NPF / NPF2) Short-rotation forestry Woodland grown as an energy crop
A spatial strategy for Scotland’s future. It guides development, for use in power stations, alone or in combination with other fuels. Sustainable economic growth Economic growth which takes
setting out strategic development priorities to support the Scottish It is the practice of cultivating fast-growing trees that reach their place without depleting non-renewable resources.
Government’s central purpose - sustainable economic growth. The economically optimum size between eight and twenty years old.
Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006 puts this and future iterations of the Species used are selected on this basis and include alder, ash. birch, Sustainable locations These are accessible by all forms of
National Planning Framework on a statutory footing. It is intended poplar, willow and others. sustainable transport and which provide the potential for modal shift
to play a key role in co-ordinating policies with a spatial dimension from car to more fuel-efficient transport and the potential to move
and aligning strategic investment priorities. It takes forward the Spatial vision A broad strategic direction and framework for proportionately larger numbers of people more fuel-efficiently.
spatial aspects of the Government economic strategy, highlighting the long-term geographical development of an area based upon
the importance of place and identifying priorities for investment to common goals within an understanding of the nature of that area and Sustainable transport Any means of transport with low impact
enable each part of the country to play to its strengths. It provides its needs and demands within the wider drivers of change forces that on the environment, and includes walking, cycling, urban public
the strategic spatial policy context for decisions and actions by the will influence that area. transport, carsharing, and other forms that are fuel-efficient, space-
Government and its agencies. Planning authorities are required to saving and promote healthy lifestyles.
take the Framework into account when preparing development plans. Strategic Development Plan (SDP) Under the Planning etc
(Scotland) Act 2006, the SDP is the replacement plan for the previous Sustainability Since the 1980s the term has been used in the
Natural infrastructure A term coined to reflect the capacity generation of Structure Plans. It is intended to address the overall sense of human activity on Earth and this has resulted in the
of the natural environment to act as a piece of non-engineered vision and strategy for the long-term development of a city-region. most widely quoted definition of sustainability and sustainable
infrastructure, particularly in an urban area, eg, a river’s natural It requires the formal approval of the Ministers of the Scottish development - that of the Brundtland Commission of the UN in 1987:
floodplain to hold and store excess water at times of flood. Government and has a number of stages set out in legislation and “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of
regulations. the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
Peri-urban The area immediately adjoining an urban area, between meet their own needs.”
built-up land and countryside. Structure Plan A strategic level physical plan under the Town and
Country Planning (Scotland) Acts between 1975 and 2009 designed Transit Oriented Development (TOD) This generally comprises
Place setting A policy of improving the physical and environmental to set out long-term development strategy for large urban areas and mixed-use development designed to have maximum access by
setting of an urban area so as to improve its attractiveness and guide the more detailed planning of constituent Local Plans. Both public transport - typically development would be around a train
liveability with a view to attracting investors, decision makers types of plan are now superseded by the Strategic Development and station, subway station, bus station or tram stop and would be
and economic migrants and so increasing the area’s economic Local Development Plans under new Scottish planning legislation characterised by relatively high-density development. TOD generally
competitiveness. introduced in 2006 and made operational in 2009. would be around 400 to 800 metres walk-time from its public
transport core services.
Proximity principle A concept initially established in waste Strategic Development Plan Authority (SDPA)
planning whereby waste disposal should be managed close to In Scotland, a local governmental body comprising more than a Urban Regeneration Company In the UK, an organisation set
its point of generation, thus aiming to achieve responsible self- single planning authority working with partners to address the long- up by central government to coordinate targeted regeneration and
sufficiency at regional or sub-regional level. The concept has term strategic development of a city-region. In the Glasgow and the development in depressed city areas. First introduced in 1981 their
developed wider application, akin to that of local supply, emphasising Clyde Valley context, its SDPA comprises eight local authorities. aims typically included the improvement of the local environment,
the sustainable benefits of reducing environmental costs by seeking making it more attractive to business; to give grants to businesses
to minimise distances over which material is moved. Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) A Scottish setting up or expanding within the area; to renovate and reuse
Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) The Scottish Government’s Government review to define the most appropriate strategic buildings; and to offer advice and practical help to businesses
planning policy on different types of development and environmental investments in Scotland’s national transport network from 2012. It considering moving to the location.
issues. comprises a portfolio of land-based strategic transport interventions
Background Reports

Publications referred to in this document
■ BR 01 Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan Monitoring Statement
■ BR 02 Vacant and Derelict Land 2009
■ BR 03 Futures: Visioning to 2035
■ BR 04 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the city-region
■ BR 05 Economic outlook and scenarios for the Glasgow and Clyde Valley city-region
■ BR 06 Projections of Population and Households to 2025
■ BR 07 Strategic Economic Investment Locations
■ BR 08 Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Prioritising Delivery
■ BR 09 Wind Farm Search Areas
■ BR 10 Housing Need and Demand Assessment
■ BR 11 Retailing and the Network of Strategic Centres
■ BR 12 Urban Capacity Study 2009
■ BR 13 West of Scotland Public Transport Conurbation Study
Copies of these Background Reports are available to download from the GCVSDPA website: www.gcvsdpa.gov.uk/mir
or can be viewed at
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority
Lower ground floor, 125 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2SA
These Background Reports are also available for inspection at the planning offices of:
East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire
and West Dunbartonshire Councils
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Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan

Main Issues Report

Using this document 3

Introducing the Issues 4

The purpose of this MIR is to map out the future

Once approved by the Scottish Ministers, the SDP will

1 Breaking down distance

3 Promoting environmental action

1.5 This publication fulfils the requirements of the above

Content of the Main Issues Report SDP governmental planning context

The Current Strategic Plans Taking Strategic Planning

document submitted approved

The current Metropolitan Development Strategy

Figure 4 Main Issues Report structure and flow

The current Metropolitan Development Strategy

Main issues and challenges for

Community Growth Areas

Metropolitan Flagship Initiatives

6.4 The nature of the most appropriate sustainable

Vacant and derelict land 2009

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2009 (top 15%)

Figure 7 City-region strategic drivers of change to 2035

Sustainable economic growth

Environmental legislation Scottish Government’s

Introduction Figure 8 Key components of the spatial vision to 2035

4.1 In 2003 and 2008, the eight constituent local

Infrastructure Environment Energy

Figure 9 Spatial vision and strategic drivers of change

Economy and population

Climate change mitigation

Public expenditure situation

Industrial to service transition

Urban quality and brownfield resource

Renewal of urban fabric and low carbon

Agglomeration, density and critical mass

City centre and urban centres

Sustainable transport and infrastructure funding priorities

Modal shift and sustainable transport

Figure 10 Development principles of the spatial vision to 2035

Agglomeration Densification, regeneration Environmental recovery

Returning such land to productive use

A multi-objective Land-use and transport Proximity principle

Glasgow and the

If not, what coherent spatial vision

If not, which principles should the

Introduction Population futures

5.3 The global recession of 2008 has had major Scenario 2

Figure 14 Adopting a demographic Planning Scenario

Demographic scenario 1 Demographic scenario 2

Rational Points to consider Rational Points to consider

■ Aligned to current ■ Lack of aspiration - ■ Visionary - ■ Demand without

(ii) securing their relevant role and function in

3 Promoting environmental action

Figure 15 Glasgow International Airport air routes

Map courtesy of BAA

6.4 The nature of the most appropriate

Areas safeguarded for possible future airport expansion

Special Protection Area

Rail Strategic roads

Supporting a sustainable economy Issue 2

Sector GVA change / annum Employment change / annum

Agriculture ▲+0.7% -700

Figure 18 GVA, productivity and employment change to 2035

Agriculture ▼-0.1% ▲+1.5% ▼-1.5% -100

Using this document 3

Introducing the Issues 4

Agriculture ▲+0.7% -700

Agriculture ▼-0.1% ▲+1.5% ▼-1.5% -100