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TRANSFORMING
(Y)OUR
BLYTHSWOOD
(Y)OUR BLYTHSWOOD (Y)OUR BLYTHSWOOD
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(Y)our Sustainable Blythswood (Y)our M8 Area Masterplan
Blythswood regeneration should pilot new ways to As outlined in the (Y)our Urbanised M8 chapter
integrate sustainable urban solutions (Low carbon, • Glasgow has developed progressive strategies the motorway warrants significant attention to • Scope to capitalise on potential developer
climate change adaptive etc.) in central Glasgow for future-proofing the city (eg. Surface Water address the severance it causes and to reconnect interest on development potential along M8
that can be applied across all DRFs. Management, Resilient Cities, Climate Ready neighbourhoods to the east and west. corridor, and opportunities arising from this and
Clyde etc.). These need to be properly other DRFs.
Blythswood is one of the highest priority integrated into detailed masterplans for priority It is vital that this work is coordinated along
regeneration sites in central Glasgow and should areas across the city centre. the length of the city centre M8, from at least • Guiding development along M8 vital to achieve
pilot the technical implications of this approach. Townhead to Tradeston. quality, mix of uses and density benefitting
• Address challenges of surface water surrounding neighbourhoods and enhancing
Upgrade of streetscape / public realm (eg EIIPR management integration and greening the city In the Blythswood DRF that requires direct image of city centre.
‘Avenues’ and more) should be infused with (anticipating City Deal EIIPR Avenues) coordination with the recommendations of the
sustainable urban drainage and passive and active neighbouring Sauchiehall / Garnethill DRF and the • Large scale infrastructure projects require
technologies to ensure the city centre is capable Broomielaw DRF. long-term strategic approach, coordination and
of supporting non-polluting active travel, dramatic vision to make the (business) case, secure
changes in climate (eg. flash flooding / increased Moreover there are some setpiece opportunities funding and deliver on great potential.
rainfall, urban heat island effects etc.) in the Blythswood DRF to bring together specific
Masterplans for locations along the M8 including; • St Vincent Terrace urban spaces project
New and refurbished buildings should pioneer
appropriate building technologies to support low • Charing Cross Station improvements, • Redefining the setting of St Patrick’s Church
carbon city approach, and investigate district and School
• India Street / Embank Crescent redevelopment
heating / power systems were applicable.
• The Mitchell Library and M8 Garden Cap • Reconfiguring the ‘big hotels’ district around
the Marriott and Hilton hotels
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Enhanced setting for
The Mitchell
St. Vincent Terrace Charing Cross Station
urban square connections
St Patrick’s Church and
School The Marriott and Hilton
Hotels
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(Y)our smart Blythswood
(Y)our Smart Community AccessMap supports those with limited mobility. As part of the Smart Cities Scotland programme installed an underground vacuum system for their
The tool provides trip planning support on Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling waste handling for the historical part of the city
Under the (Y)our vibrant Blythswood objective pedestrian ways by gathering and maintaining will work collaboratively in order to deliver where icy winters and narrow streets made waste
turning Blythswood into a more vibrant mixed open data about curb ramps, sidewalks, improved waste management services, including collection challenging. It has since been integrated
neighbourhood is a key initiative including such construction information and other data that maps deployment of smart bin technology and innovative into new districts within the city. The 3.2 km long
activities as repopulating the district, repurposing the specific challenges and nuances of navigating smart technology in the waste management pipe network ends in a terminal station located on
vacant properties and deploying smart solutions to city walkways. Beyond giving information on how process to enhance waste and recycling the outskirts of the city in a new neighborhood
create more liveable and inclusive spaces thereby to find a location, AccessMap highlights where collections through improved monitoring and called La Lastra, which has been designed
empowering citizens and creating a new smart there are sidewalks, the elevation of these sharing of data and information. Sensors in bins specifically to integrate with the surrounding
community. pathways, and whether conditions are favorable will alert waste management services to empty the buildings. A similar system was installed in
Key to improving the quality of life for all for wheelchair access. (http://smartcities4all.org/ bin only when full, improving efficiency. (https:// Wembley City servicing 7,400 apartments with 252
communities is the ability to access cultural, att-pdf.php) www.scottishcities.org.uk/media/press-releases/ inlets, 4 waste streams and 2,500 metres of pipe.
economic and social resources. These can take alliance-launches-smart-cities-projects) The system is estimated to handle 160 tons of
Tel Aviv, Israel, is working on making online waste each week. ( http://www.envacgroup.com/
multiple forms such as visiting parks, attending services more accessible. Digitel is a resident’s In 2016, Edinburgh installed smart sensors into
concerts and cultural events, receiving alerts on MediaBinaryLoader.axd?MediaArchive_
card which will give people access to a number of 300 bins. The sensors in the bins currently provide FileID=5ac3cd8f-292d-453f-ab33-
special discounts from local businesses and online services, from managing their bills to getting alerts of when a bin needs emptying urgently, and
seasonal events. Enabling the opportunity to better a8eb138bfcc8&FileName=Company-and-
notifications about what’s taking place in the city. thus help in planning the collection routes. It can Products-13.
engage with the life of a city by receiving (https://www.forbes.com/sites/ also help the council spot fly tipping when there is
hyper-local information on mobile devices or pdf&MediaArchive_ForceDownload=true.)
federicoguerrini/2016/09/19/engaging-citizens-or- sudden spike in the results. The technology also
accessible smart screens placed throughout the just-managing-them-smart-city-lessons-from- includes a heat sensor that provides an alert if a
district. Navigational information, and native china/#7ebc8e84dab0) fire starts inside a bin. (http://www.ukauthority.com/
content could be made interactive and location- UKA-Local-Digital/entry/6516/smart-sensors-
specific. New mobile data tools would allow (Y)our Smart Streets and Spaces - smart waste bump-up-edinburghs-bin-collections)
brands and businesses to deliver and measure the management
impact of targeted messages to the audiences Glasgow currently has 10,000 on-street bins and
they want to reach driving engagement and direct Creating a variety of lively and human-scaled some, such as those in Sauchiehall Street, are
footfall in shops and restaurants. public spaces has been identified as the number emptied up to three times a day. (http://www.
one key objective for (Y)our Blythswood and is a ukauthority.com/smart-places/entry/6939/glasgow-
This could allow public sector to explore new prime project to implement smart city solutions. trials-smart-bins-in-city-centre)
revenue models and unlock further value from We believe that smart waste management
public assets. (https://www.intersection.com/) The solutions further the development of clean, Glasgow also recently launched a 12-month trial of
LinkNYC project has re-envisioned New York City’s sustainable and more appealing urban the use of ‘smart bins’, equipped with sensors to
existing telecommunications network and environments. monitor the level of rubbish they contain. Up to 400
public-private franchise structure. In December sensors will be placed in street bins around the
2014, CityBridge signed an agreement to install up Smart waste management solutions are dominated city centre. They will detect when the bins are
to 7,500 Links. Among their key features, individual by Machine to Machine or M2M applications. In an three quarters full and send alerts to the
Links offer public Wi-Fi; a tablet for free domestic M2M application a simple sensor will be Environmental Task Force control centre, which will
calling; digital access to city services and maps; a monitoring some feature of an asset, like the fill instruct staff to ensure they are emptied.
911 emergency button; a USB charging port; and level of a waste recycling bin, time of last
HD digital displays for public service collection, whether the receptacle has overturned, There is another project underway to construct a
announcements, community messaging and etc. Data analysis is then applied to improve new state-of-the-art Glasgow Recycling and
advertising. The City shares the advertising business processes and spot trends, for example Renewable Energy Centre. This new recycling and
revenue generated with the Links operators, to optimise a waste collection route. This would sustainable waste management facility is designed
receiving $20 million in the first year of the project. generate savings on various different levels: to produce enough energy to power the equivalent
The public also benefitted from use of the free WiFi of 22,000 households and heat the equivalent of
• in vehicle travel and personnel 8,000 homes, delivering a saving to Glasgow of
and CityBridge reported that the programme
generated 350 direct full time jobs and $128.9m in • reduce polluting emissions 90,000 tonnes of CO² every year, and saving the
economic output for the city since opening. city approximately £254m during the 25 year
(https://www.intersection.com/assets/pdfs/ • improved outcomes in street cleanliness as contract. (https://viridor.co.uk/our-developments/
Unlocking_Value_for_the_Public_Sector.pdf) locations that needed collection or were at risk glasgow-rrec/)
of creating further street litter could be
Chicago, is looking for similar solutions and are prioritised. Smart waste management solutions often go
planning to install five interactive Civiq Waypoint beyond IoT sensors on bins. In Songdo, Korea,
touchscreen kiosks throughout the city’s busy there are no garbage trucks or wheelie bins.
commercial avenues. These kiosks provide free Instead, a vast network of underground tunnels
It is estimated that the sensors can help cut suck rubbish directly from kitchens to waste
Wi-Fi and announce information about city collection costs by 40 to 50%. (http://
attractions, activities and points of interest. http:// processing centres where it’s automatically sorted,
smartcitiescouncil.com/article/how-smart-waste- deodorised and treated. The City of León also
smartcities4all.org/att-pdf.php. Also, in Seattle, management-solution-eliminates-wasted-effort)
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(Y)our Blythswood brand (Y)our Blythswood performance monitor
Blythswood DRF area (and its constituent parts) Each District and the city centre as a whole, needs
should be vigorously promoted via a wider • An effective and important tool to promote to have a Performance Monitor to provide a • Having the complete picture about the
re-branding of Glasgow City Centre as a place to Blythswood in all media. snapshot of the city centre’s performance as a performance/improvement of Central is crucial
invest, live and do business. Blythswood’s brand place; its physical attributes, socio-economic for making informed decisions, assessing
• A great way to tie together seemingly unrelated effectiveness of actions and making the case for
should dovetail with the Sauchiehall BID and projects into one big overarching upgrade. characteristics and how it compares to equivalent,
neighbouring IFSD branding to project a competitor cities. future action.
multi-faceted, historic city centre quarter – • District and City Centre Monitors should
comprising diverse neighbourhoods including Learning from the smart city agenda and the
Future City Glasgow demonstrator projects and capitalise on the expertise and lessons learned
Charing Cross, Anderston Cross, west of M8 as from Future City Demonstrator project.
well as Blythswood Hill itself. recommendations within the Operational Services
SWOT analysis it is vital to develop a series of key
Many consultees noted that despite its obvious performance indicators to monitor the
assets is seems to lack identity and is between implementation and impact of delivering
other better known destinations (West End, regeneration in Glasgow city centre.
Broomielaw, Merchant City) and that Blythswood
Hill could be the focus of the brand identity. This Monitor should be (at least in part) publicly
accessible and capture an array of big data
available from a range of credible sources. This
Monitor would also act as a key project
management tool for the City Council to assess
progress against the DRF Action Plan programme.
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(Y)our Blythswood conservation area (Y)our Heritage Property Fund
Blythswood has a distinctive heritage; the planned Develop and manage a dedicated heritage
urban grid ‘new town’ expansion of Glasgow’s city • Review and redefine the existing Blythswood property funding package for grant support toward • Glaswegians and visitors appreciate the city’s
centre. A focussed redefinition of Blythswood Conservation area guidance to ensure the best bringing heritage buildings back into use. This built heritage is part of what makes the city
conservation area within Central Conservation Area approach is taken fowards should include proactive planning/conservation/ distinctive and special.
is proposed, to reinforce and secure this identity. building regs advice and match funding . • Many buildings require significant investment to
This Conservation Area appraisal should identify Develop and manage a historic property funding bring in to use, or remedy after long term
new approaches to heritage buildings in the package for grant support, including providing neglect
2020s. funding advice. Explore scope for pilot in
Blythswood to demonstrate best practice.
Demonstration projects for long term vacant
buildings should be identified with owners.
Promotion of increased awareness and
interpretation of social and built heritage should
underpin this initiative.
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(Y)our night-time Blythswood (Y)our clean and well maintained Blythswood
• In parallel with comunity safety / NightZones To fulfil the expectations of Glaswegians and
initiatives pilot (Y)our City Blythswood • Blythswood needs to be redefined as a visitors alike a clean, well maintained city is vital. • Clean and well-functioning public spaces are
Night-time Economy initiative. destination for positive evening economy. This Initiatives to help recycle waste, encourage crucial. Street cleanliness and maintenance is a
would assist in retaining / attracting business as neighbourhood / community stewardship, high priority issue.
• Enable trials / initiatives to promote a positive well as future residents / investment to the area. campaigns to tackle littering / encourage culture
nightlife in Blythswood. • Getting the basics right is vital to refresh
• There is support / interest in delivering events / change and using smart technology to ensure high Glaswegian’s and visitor’s perceptions of
• Establish single point of contact at GCC activities to trial what could work to enhance the standards of street cleanliness should be Glasgow city centre and demonstrate that the
enabling temporary use of vacant space (sites night-time economy and visitor experience in encouraged and developed. city cares about itself.
/ buildings) - street food / festivals / pop-up Blythswood.
bars etc. Develop programme of events.
• Learn from examples from other cities re
events programming and ‘night mayor’
management.
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(Y)our Dedicated Blythswood Team (Y)our new Blythswood community council
Dedicated staff resource to drive Blythswood DRF Reform a Community Council for Blythswood.
regeneration - working with City Centre team and • An effective way to translate ambition of DRF Scope to focus on tenants / residents of • Capitalise on community engagement and
with specific focus on Blythswood DRF area. A Action Plan in to delivery Blythswood Court. interest arising from the Blythswood DRF
Special Purpose Vehicle required / appropriate to consultation process
• Provide focus and demonstrate commitment / Guidance should be sought about the correct
drive Blythswood Regeneration. leadership to community / businesses / • Provide a community-led vehicle to focus /
governance / format for any new community-led
Additional staff / expertise is required to support investors bodies to help support initiatives in Blythswood champion key DRF projects
City Centre Strategy team and project partners to district. • Reinforce and empower a local community
coordinate delivery of the ambitions of DRFs. currently without a ‘voice’ / focus.
Regeneration in Blythswood will require a higher Opinion on this idea was canvassed during
level of public sector intervention to deliver community engagement process and gained
sustained change. support. Offer of advice from GCC and other city
centre Community Councils was also forthcoming.
A Blythswood Taskforce Team could comprise
Convene a new Community Council. Network with
• Dedicated Team Manager FTE other established city centre Community Councils.
Review DRF and agree areas of focus / projects to
• Design/Urban Advisor (0.4) champion. Monitor impacts and sustainability of
• Traffic Advisor (0.2) new Community Council. Support and provide
capacity building as necessary.
• Maintenance Advisor (0.1)
• Planning Advisor (0.2)
• Finance/ Business Case Advisor (0.4)
• Property / Legal Advisor (0.4)
• Dedicated Marketing/ Development Manager
• Stakeholder / Community liaison
• Trial 18 month period
Everybody with a potential stake in the city centre
should feel they can obtain current and credible
information easily, and that they can also
contribute to helping deliver the Blythswood
Regeneration Frameworks as an active citizen,
collaborator or project partner. A Blythswood
Taskforce should be the first point of contact for all
these enquiries.
The cornerstone of the (Y)our City Centre
communication plan has to be maintaining
opportunities for stakeholders to continue to share
their ideas, concerns and opinions. This has to be
varied and should involve a cycle of public facing
presentations / workshops focussed on delivery,
regularly updated online platforms (dedicated
websites, social media) and named principal
points of contact to enable interested parties to
enquire about how to progress their projects.
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(Y)our Planning Policy
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK BLYTHSWOOD DISTRICT REGENERATION The following is directly relevant for Blythswood
This DRF should be read in conjunction with the FRAMEWORK OBJECTIVES District:
The principal purpose of this District Regeneration City Development Plan (2017) and the City Centre • It lies within an Air Quality Management
Framework (DRF) is to guide forthcoming physical, Strategy 2014-19 and their respective successor The aims of this DRF are to; Area;(CDP1).
social and economic regeneration and documents. It should also be read in conjunction • Outline the vision and ambition for the • Development will help promote the application
development in the area of the city centre with the City Centre Strategic Development Blythswood DRF area so that it can make a of the Glasgow Healthy Sustainable
designated by the City Centre Strategy 2014-19 as Framework (SDF) which is to be prepared in line significant contribution to the environmental, Neighbourhood Model; (CDP1).
the Blythswood district. The City Centre Strategy with guidance set out in the City Development Plan social and economic regeneration of the City • It is partially within the City Centre Strategic
states that each DRF will contribute to (2017). Where a site is situated within two DRF Centre which, alongside the River Clyde Economic Investment Location (SEIL) and the
Supplementary Planning Guidance. areas then the policy of both DRFs applies. corridor, should be considered national International Financial Services District SEIL
planning priority projects. (CDP2).
The City Development Plan (2017) confirms that This DRF should also be read in conjunction with • Create a vibrant mixed-use urban district with • There is a preference to utilise brownfield sites
Local Development Frameworks (LDF) will be any subsequent, adopted Masterplans, site good links to an attractive and active rather than greenfield sites; (CDP2).
produced for each of the 9 districts identified in the specific planning development briefs and design waterfront on the River Clyde, within a • To prioritise the remediation and reuse of
City Centre Strategy, and that a Strategic guides that this DRF recommends be convivial, compact and walkable city centre vacant and derelict land; (CDP2).
Development Framework (SDF) will be prepared implemented. providing, and benefitting from, excellent • It is within the City Centre Strategic
covering the entire city centre and all 9 districts. access to city and community amenities and Development Frameworks area (SDF);
the wider city region. (CDP2).
This chapter provides the planning policy context • Provide a planning and delivery framework to • Includes part of the City Centre Principal Retail
for the Blythswood DRF area. The guidance below support and enable the delivery of and Commercial Area (around Sauchiehall
will operate as a material consideration in the regeneration of the Blythswood district, and Street) and the majority of the City Centre
assessment of development applications in that sites and buildings within the DRF area, to very Principal Office Area (CDP 4, SG3 / SG4)
area. It will subsequently form part of the adopted high quality of architecture, planning and • Specific locations are identified as Economic
supplementary planning guidance as set out in the design to meet these ambitions. Development Areas, with some urban blocks
Glasgow City Development Plan (adopted 29 • Support and encapsulate the Placemaking specified as Opportunity Sites. (CDP3).
March 2017), other supplementary planning Principles outlined in the City Development • It has the ‘greatest potential’ for district heating
guidance and the City Centre Strategy 2014-2019. Plan. zones and is within an ‘active’ Surface Water
Management Plan (CDP5).
• Most of the of the District lies within the Central
GLASGOW CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Conservation Area or Park Conservation Area
(SG9).
Glasgow City Development Plan (CDP) establishes • It includes a site designated for housing
the spatial strategy for the city with the key aims of (CDP10).
creating 1) a healthy, high quality place and 2) a • The full DRF area is designated as ‘High
compact city form that supports sustainable Accessibility’ in the Public Transport
development. Accessibility Zones map (CDP11).
This is underlined by four strategic outcomes: Glasgow CDP policies, in relation to Blythswood,
• A Vibrant Place with a Growing Economy are considered below in more detail. For the
• A Thriving and Sustainable Place to Live and Blythswood DRF area, development proposals will
Work be assessed against the following criteria;
• A Connected Place to move around and do
business in
• A Green Place which is Resilient, Accessible
and Attractive
This strategic approach is supported by 12
policies and linked to supplementary guidance
(SG) which provides further detailed guidance and
assessment criteria on the policy topics. Refer to
SG1 Parts 1 and 2 for further information regarding
the City Centre and River Corridor character areas
(identified as 2 of 10) and their respective
placemaking priorities. At the time of publication of
the Blythswood DRF Glasgow City Council has
adopted seven SG documents, with the remaining
four operating as interim SG guidance. More
details can be found on the Supplementary
Guidance webpage.
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CDP 1: PLACEMAKING PRINCIPLE • Servicing or vehicle access to new CDP 2: SUSTAINABLE SPATIAL STRATEGY CDP 3: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
developments will not be permitted from (or
CDP 1 is one of two over-arching policies within within 20m of the frontage of) City Centre CDP 2 is designed to “influence the location and This policy promotes “the creation of economic
Glasgow CDP against which all development Primary Streets (levels 1, 2 and 3 – ref SG4), form of development to create a ‘compact city opportunity for the City’s residents and businesses
proposals will be assessed. The aim of this policy streets designated as EIIPR Avenues or Sites form’ which supports sustainable development.” and encourages sustained economic growth”. The
is to “improve the quality of development taking of Special Landscape Importance (ref SG7). Within this policy, the City Centre and River Clyde location is partially covered by the City Centre
place in Glasgow by promoting a design-led • Bin storage to be internalised with access in are identified as two of six priority areas that SEILs as identified in Clydeplan. This City Centre
approach.” line with service access requirements noted require to be covered by a Strategic Development designation highlights a broad range of core
above. Framework (SDF). These SDFs will become sectors. In addition Clydeplan highlights the
For the Blythswood DRF area, development • To demonstrate compliance with SG1 designs Supplementary Guidance when they are adopted. aspirations of the City Centre Strategy to
proposals will be assessed against the following should be illustrated with perspective views at encourage mixed use including residential, leisure
criteria; street level to indicate best practice street For the Blythswood DRF area, development and supporting uses throughout the city centre.
• Design excellence in architecture, landscape design and provision of active frontages, proposals will be assessed against the following
and planning must be demonstrated in all creating a human scale and considering street criteria; For the Blythswood DRF area, development
development in terms of relationship to urban design as 3 dimensional public space. • The regeneration of the City Centre is proposals will be assessed against the following
context, overall project design and in detailed • In addition to complying with internal considered to be a project of national criteria;
delivery, in line with Placemaking principles set daylighting requirements per SG1 designs significance and should be recognised with • Mixed use developments are required
out in SG1 and this DRF. should demonstrate street design that national project status in the National Planning throughout the Blythswood DRF area. Vertical
• New development should express architectural provides positive external microclimates; Framework. mixed uses are encouraged and preferred,
diversity with no single architectural form or avoiding excessive overshadowing, wind • Masterplans should be prepared in line with where compatible and effective long term
design language dominating a single urban tunnelling, downdraughts and daylighting the design principles of this DRF for the M8 management arrangements are demonstrated.
block. conditions at street level and at external corridor, Charing Cross Station area (including • This applies particularly to residential and
• Development in the Blythswood DRF area terraces / roof garden spaces. Elmbank Crescent, India Street and the former Hotel/Leisure use (Class 7).
should achieve high urban density, whilst • Demonstrate design that promotes the High School). These should provide a further • To promote vibrancy and activity, urban blocks
complying with open space policy guidelines. benefits of green (landscape) and blue (water) level of building and landscape design within the existing street pattern having a
• Within the Blythswood DRF area new infrastructure as key features of its riverfront guidance in addition to that in the City single land use are likely to be discouraged.
development shall demonstrate that it will location. Development Plan, the City Centre Strategic • In order to encourage and develop an evening
contribute to achieving densities at least of • Demonstrate designs that comply with CDP in Development Framework (when published) economy within the district, and to provide an
that achieved within completed urban blocks improving air quality and reducing the impact and this DRF. increased amenity for higher resident and
within the DRF area. of noise. • A Glasgow Healthy Sustainable employment densities, developments
• It is anticipated that development of greater Neighbourhood Model assessment of providing Class 1 (Retail), Class 3 (Food +
density and height can be accommodated Masterplans should be undertaken to Drink), Class 7 (Hotels), Class 10 (non-
along the M8 motorway corridor, along Argyle demonstrate healthy outcomes have been residential institutions) and Class 11
Street and within 200m of subway / mainline considered. (Assembly and leisure) are encouraged,
rail stations. • Use of the ‘Place Standard’ toolkit is especially those which form active street
• Tall buildings are actively encouraged encouraged to support Design and Access frontages (see ‘CDP 4 : Network of Centres’
specifically along the M8 corridor. Refer to the statements in demonstrating positive impacts below).
‘Tall Buildings Policy’ under SG1 Part 2, in placemaking.
section 5
• The density of all development throughout the
DRF area shall be informed by scenario
testing during pre-application discussions to
ensure appropriate building proportions and
scale.
• New development must demonstrate a design
which promotes the benefits of walking and
cycling. New development must demonstrate
permeability in urban blocks to encourage and
facilitate walking and cycling.
• Developments that incorporate Lanes shall
present active frontages on the Lanes. Lanes
will not be permitted to be occupied by
commercial waste or parking.
• Buildings shall be designed to be flexible and
capable of being adapted for different uses in
the future. Ground floors heights (floor to
ceiling) are to be high (minimum 5m); allowing
them to accommodate different functions (and
mezzanine floors).
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CDP 4: NETWORK OF CENTRES CDP 5: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CDP 6: GREEN BELT AND GREEN NETWORK CDP 7: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
The aim of this policy is to “ensure that all of This policy outlines the approach to energy The policy supports the development and This policy aims to protect the natural environment
Glasgow’s residents and visitors have good planning with the aims that Glasgow; enhancement of Glasgow’s Green Network in order to;
access to a network of centres which are vibrant, through; • Ensure that Glasgow’s natural environments,
multi-functional and sustainable destinations • Supports energy generation from renewable • Protecting and extending the Green Network including its ecosystems and protected
providing a range of goods and services”. The and low carbon sources; and linking habitat networks; species, are safeguarded and, wherever
introduction of local centres at key locations can • Promotes energy efficient design and use of • Providing for the delivery of multifunctional possible, enhanced through new
play a major role in promoting regeneration and low and zero carbon generating technologies open space to support new development; development;
improving vitality and viability. Building upon SG4, in new development; • Protecting the Green Belt; and • Help enhance biodiversity and protect the
the actions listed below will be promoted through • Helps safeguard communities from the • Supporting development proposals that health and function of ecosytems;
the development plan process; potentially adverse impacts of energy safeguard and enhance the Green Network • Help the natural environment adapt to climate
• In the long term, the principles of Local Town generation or oil/gas extraction; and Green Belt. change
Centres at Anderston Train Station, traditionally • Makes efficient use of energy generation and/ • Protect important landscape and geological
known as Anderston Cross will be established, or industrial processes by supporting For the Blythswood DRF area, development features in the City.
to align with this DRF. combined heat and power systems and proposals will be assessed against the following
• In order to support revitalising this location district heating networks; criteria; In addition to these aims the Council is engaged in
proposals to restore Anderston Cross in line • Manages its waste to minimise landfill and • New development should demonstrate the Horizon 2020 Nature Based Solutions project.
with the principles of a Local Town Centre are help meet national targets and benefits from provision of creative open space / green This on-going project will inform future policy.
sought and encouraged. Proposals secure supplies of low carbon energy and space that provides many different Proposed new development demonstrating
introducing Class 1 (Retail), Class 3 (Food + heat. opportunities for meeting and socialising, alignment with the Horizon 2020 agenda is actively
Drink) and Class 4 (Business) uses will integrating elements of play and public art and encouraged.
generally be supported around Anderston For the Blythswood DRF area development designed to enhance biodiversity. This
Train Station (on Argyle Street / North Street). proposals will be assessed against the following provision should contribute to ‘open space / For the Blythswood DRF area, development
• Enhance connections to the network of Local criteria; green space’ requirements outlined within proposals will be assessed against the following
Town Centres with provision of new pedestrian • Demonstrate design adaptability CDP 12: Delivering Development”. criteria;
/ cycle infrastructure (on and off street). • New developments must demonstrate their • All new development should integrate green • Biodiversity must be maximised in new
ability to integrate / enable District Heating. roofs (to be not less than 50% of total roof developments by integrating many different
• A ‘fabric first’ approach to achieving a zero area of each development) biotypes in all open spaces and new buildings
carbon district is encouraged. Where • Provision of open space should be in which will increase the environment’s
applicable the incorporation and careful accordance with Open Space Strategy biodiversity. Table 3 of SG07 provides
integration of affordable low and zero carbon (updated version to be published). examples.
technologies to meet portion of the energy
demands of development is encouraged.
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(Y)our Planning Policy
CDP 8: WATER ENVIRONMENT CDP 10: MEETING HOUSING NEED CDP 11: SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
This policy aims to: This policy aims to ‘ensure that the City’s growing Supporting the development and delivery of
• Aid adaptation to climate change; and diverse population has access to a choice of sustainable transport across Glasgow to ensure
• Protect and improve the water environment; housing of appropriate quality and affordability “that Glasgow is a connected City, characterised
• Support the development of integrated green across all tenures.’ by sustainable active travel”. It is anticipated that
infrastructure throughout the City; the findings of the Glasgow Connectivity
• Meet the requirements of the Flood Risk For the Blythswood DRF area, development Commission will promote proposals and policies
Management (Scotland) Act 2009 and Scottish proposals will be assessed against the following that may require future revision of this guidance.
Planning Policy 2014; criteria;
• Help deliver the Metropolitan Glasgow • The provision of city centre residential For the Blythswood DRF area, development
Strategic Drainage Partnership (MGSDP) development shall be informed by the City proposals will be assessed against the following
Scheme, a National Development in NPF3; Centre Residential Strategy, the City Centre criteria;
and SDF and any subsequent guidance. • Car-free housing encouraged / supported
• Contribute to the reduction of overall flood risk • Housing should be integrated throughout the throughout DRF area. Enhancements to
and make satisfactory provision for SUDS. DRF area, to create a mixed use district. integrated SUDs, open space standards etc.
• City centre residential development is actively to be demonstrated in design proposals.
For the Blythswood DRF area, development encouraged, as compatible and • Any traffic efficiencies achieved by road
proposals will be assessed against the following complementary to existing and proposed land network adjustments or new technology eg.
criteria; uses within the DRF area. Autonomous vehicle technology (‘driverless
• New developments shall incorporate creative • To support a vibrant urban district residential cars’) should be passed on to the pedestrian
storm-water management systems to reinforce development shall form a significant part of the (wider footways), cyclist (extended network)
regeneration aspirations of an ecological land use mix to create a continuity of city and urban design (reduced parking
sustainable district. centre population throughout Blythswood DRF requirements).
• New development should reinforce and area.
enhance blue and green networks by • A housing target is to be verified by the City
incorporating water and landscape features, Centre Living Strategy, the City Centre SDF
particularly in public spaces. and any subsequent guidance. Development CDP 12: DELIVERING DEVELOPMENT
proposals shall demonstrate how they
CDP 9: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT contribute to meeting city centre residential This policy ‘aims to ensure that development
requirements. contributes to a sustainable, economically
This policy has been designed to “ensure the • Car-free residential developments that support successful City, through the provision of
appropriate protection, enhancement and and contribute to successful placemaking are reasonable infrastructure and facilities that are
management of Glasgow’s heritage assets by supported. necessary to mitigate the impact of change on
providing clear guidance to applicants”. • Tenure mix including the provision of PRS Glasgow’s resources, and that are appropriate to
(BTR) housing shall be informed by the City both the nature of the development and its
For the Blythswood DRF area, development Centre Residential Strategy and any location’.
proposals will be assessed against the following subsequent guidance.
criteria; • Guidance on student accommodation will be For more detailed guidance refer to IPG12 and
• Demonstrate designs which respect Central informed by the appropriate policy framework. then SPG12.
Conservation Area Appraisal and respond to • All new residential development should
the distinctive heritage of Blythswood Hill, incorporate designs that enable futureproofing
Anderston and Charing Cross. and adaptability in order to meets people’s
• Proposals to appropriately reuse buildings needs throughout their lives and to ‘age in
designated as ‘buildings at risk’ will be place’
supported.
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ACTION PLAN ACTION PLAN
(Y)our Updated Mobility
Action Plan
(Y)our Blythswood Impact / Reach /
Action Plan Immediate Short Term : Y1 Medium Term : Y2-Y4 Long Term : Y5+ Key Stakeholders Term Justification / Observations
(Y)our Updated Mobility
Bigger context: Shift to
more sustainable mobility
Glasgow city centre Review findings from Conclude refresh of Continue to implement Continue to implement Glasgow City Council - DRS High Impact / City Many consultees have highlighted
requires an innovative Glasgow Connectivity City Centre Transport actions from refreshed actions from refreshed and Neighbourhoods and Project / Short to the detrimental impact too much
and progressive Transport Commission. Review Strategy - involving Transport Strategy. Transport Strategy. Sustainability (NS); inputs from Long Term traffic (principally private cars)
Strategy to deliver a need for undertaking a consultation, modelling Monitor impacts and Monitor impacts and local landowners / building has on the city centre (pollution,
significant modal shift from refresh of the City Centre scenarios for revised traffic adjust implementation adjust implementation occupiers / developers / congestion, cluttered streets,
car reliance to active travel Transport Strategy. management, bus routing, accordingly. accordingly. communities. Key Stakeholders oversized roads).
and public transport Secure buy-in / funding to active travel and public incl public transport
commence refresh. transport enhancements. organisations (Network Rail, Observation and analysis of
Commence Transport Scotland, SPT, Abellio the land take of road space v
implementation of priority Scotrail, First Group) and (Y) pedestrian space, coupled with
actions. our Pedestrian and Accessibility comparison with best practice
Champion (see below) and in high performing cities of an
cycling groups. equivalent size confirms the need
for a significant change in policy
Glasgow Connectivity and travel patterns / behaviour
Commission
(Ultra) Low Emissions Zone
Tackle poor air quality Investigate scope for LEZ / Commence study Conclude report, make Assess LEZ impacts. Glasgow City Council, High Impact / City Many consultees have noted poor
in central Glasgow with Clean Air zone in Glasgow. / research. Assess recommendations and Review scope to Transport Scotland and Scottish Project / Medium air quality in central Glasgow.
implementation of an Research precedent. the policy and legal adopt LEZ. Monitor progress to an Ultra Government. to Long Term During the preparation of this
(Ultra) LEZ. Make the case for a trial / implication. Assess impacts / enforcement. LEZ. Implement DRF LEZ issues have become a
research study. technical implications recommendations stated political policy objective
- e.g. impact and cost/ and assess impact aligning with an increasing national
benefit analysis of electric on air quality. Adjust awareness of this importance of
buses within City Centre. strategy to achieve the issue for public health and long
target outcomes. term resilience.
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ACTION PLAN ACTION PLAN
(Y)our Updated Mobility
Action Plan
(Y)our Blythswood Impact / Reach /
Action Plan Immediate Short Term : Y1 Medium Term : Y2-Y4 Long Term : Y5+ Key Stakeholders Term Justification / Observations
Traffic-Calmed Blythswood
Optimise the benefit of The refresh of the Conduct full review of one Approve revised Transport Implement Glasgow City Council (lead) - High Impact / City Many consultees have requested
Glasgow’s urban grid Transport Strategy for way / two way / car-free Strategy (with new City recommendations of NS and DRS. Centre Project that the city centre become more
network with a full review the city centre should / shared space options Centre / Blythswood the revised Transport / Short to Long walkable / pedestrian / bicycle
of how best to enable consider a full review / within Glasgow street grid Circulation / Traffic Strategy. Design, Term friendly and reduce the potential for
vehicular access in and modelling of implications - towards a Smart Tartan Management). implement and and extent of congestion. Several
through the city centre. of new arrangement for Grid of streets. Scope for monitor impacts. cautioned against limiting car
Part of wider refreshed City traffic management to repurposing of streets accessibility.
Centre Transport Strategy. be considered - see City for car only or car free
Centre Transport Strategy traffic management. Trial As demonstrated by other high
See Smart ‘Tartan’ Grid (below) options and verify through performing cities this is liable
above. modelling (and vice versa). to require bold, ambitious and
First area to focus upon integrated concepts to optimise the
is recommended to be benefit of Glasgow’s urban grid.
around Blythswood Square
instigating a ‘smart grid’
with local car access only
between St. Vincent Street
and Bath Street.
Specialisation in Streets
(Tartan)
Ensure comprehensive As part of any refresh of Conduct and conclude Implement ‘quick wins’ Conclude Glasgow City Council - NS and High Impact / City Many consultees confirmed
and continuous network the City Centre Transport accessibility audit. Report - focus on high impact enhancements DRS in partnership with Access Centre Project Glasgow’s compact city centre
of high quality, safe and Strategy compile an back to GCC and Access missing links / conflict (including EIIPR ‘ Panel, cycle groups and (Y)our / Short to Long street grid is a significant asset.
attractive pedestrian and initial mapping of routes Panel / cycling groups. points. Progress to follow Avenues’) to provide Pedestrian and Accessibility Term The analysis and proposal to create
cycle routes alongside network based on desk Agree prioritised, costed up actions / priorities. a comprehensive Champion (see below) clearer hierarchy / differentiation
reliable bus corridors and based analysis. Develop Action Plan. Seek and Monitor impacts and upgrade of the between pedestrian, cycle or bus
adequate car / service brief and case for full city secure funding and adjust investment priorities pedestrian and cycle priority routes was welcomed by
access to and through centre accessibility audit implement ‘quick wins’. in consultation with networks. consultees.
Glasgow city centre. (focussed on pedestrian pedestrians / cyclists.
and cyclist routes). Coordinate delivery in
Refer to Variation in street tandem with revised
character (Smart Tartan Refer to West George Transport Strategy and
Grid) -above. Street project re Smarter Bus Network
pedestrian priority review.
between George Square
and Charing Cross.
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(Y)our Updated Mobility
Action Plan
(Y)our Blythswood Impact / Reach /
Action Plan Immediate Short Term : Y1 Medium Term : Y2-Y4 Long Term : Y5+ Key Stakeholders Term Justification / Observations
Smarter Parking in
Blythswood
Investigate scope for Within scope of any Verify scope to optimise Approve revised Transport Implement Glasgow City Council (lead) - High Impact / Analysis suggests that land take
further consolidation refresh to the Transport multi-storey parking Strategy (with new City recommendations of NS and DRS. City Parking and Centre Project / for parking remains too high in
/ concentration of car Strategy for the city centre in edge of city centre Centre / Blythswood the revised Transport private car park operators. Short to Longer central Glasgow. Whilst some in
parking on the edge of a full review / modelling of locations. Identify parking strategy). Strategy. Design, Term central Glasgow retail / business
the city centre to limit car parking arrangements candidate sites. Assess implement and / resident community are anxious
penetration of cars into the to be conducted - see City long term viability of monitor impacts. about any reduction in parking (in
city centre and to induce Centre Transport Strategy existing parking provision, the absence of reliable, high quality
footfall. (below) especially the elimination public transport alternatives) many
of all off road surface consultees perceive there to be
parking within central too much space / access for cars
Glasgow, and reduction of in the city centre. Many consultees
on-street provision. Review supported consolidating parking
/ trial parking price regimes in off street multi-storey car parks
/ incentives. (MSCP)
Smarter Cleaner Bus
Network
Refine the bus route As part of a refreshed Conduct a full review of Trial, monitor and Continue to implement Glasgow City Council - NS High Impact / Many consultees (general public
network, service provision Transport Strategy for the bus routing and stances permanently implement and monitor impact and DRS; in partnership with Regional Project / and key stakeholders) highlighted
and bus stop locations city centre and in line with - in partnership with SPT recommendations of city of enhancements to SPT, First Group and bus Medium Term bus routing and service provision
to integrate with other the Connectivity Commission and bus companies. centre bus review. bus services in central companies. as a significant issue. Many
consider an initial review of
modes of public transport Highlight areas of under Glasgow. suggest the system requires a
bus routing and bus stop
and active travel and locations for service gaps or over provision and comprehensive and radical review
service key destinations / / duplication. Assess data duplication. Progress legal to improve service reliability,
communities. of trip origin / destination / business implications of be easier to comprehend and
points. Undertake an initial re-regulation / franchising optimised to align with demand and
feasibility into re-regulation of bus services. to reduce congestion / pollution.
/ franchising of bus services
within Glasgow city centre. It
is assumed that Sauchiehall
/ Bath Streets and St Vincent
Streets continue to provide
principal east-west routes
through Blythswood DRF,
but warrants review as part
of comprehensive route
optimisation.
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(Y)our Updated Mobility
Action Plan
(Y)our Blythswood Impact / Reach /
Action Plan Immediate Short Term : Y1 Medium Term : Y2-Y4 Long Term : Y5+ Key Stakeholders Term Justification / Observations
Updated Railway Stations
Enhance passenger Scope out improvements Liaise with EIIPR / Conclude feasibility studies Design, construct Glasgow City Council - DRS High Impact / City Consultees agreed with the
experience to increase at Charing Cross Station ‘Avenues’ project and commence design and monitor impacts and NS (lead). Key Partners Project / Medium findings that the rail stations
patronage of rail / public to alleviate capacity issues regarding enhancements work for enhancements in long term planning / Stakeholders incl Transport to Long Term serving Blythswood district
transport and to attract alongside any upgrades to adjacent to Charing Cross to Charing Cross and and delivery strategy. Scotland, Network Rail, Abellio require significant improvement
investment / development Anderston Station. Explore and Anderston Station. Anderston Stations. Scotrail, SPT and public (and more effective interchange
in high density clusters clustering development Within masterplan-led Design, procure, construct. transport stakeholders. / signage). Proposals to improve
around transport around (and above?) approach advocate Charing Cross Station passenger
interchange nodes - e.g. Charing Cross Station. mixed use, higher density experience were well received and
Charing Cross / Anderston development at Charing deemed a priority by many.
/ Queen Street / Central Air-rights development Cross and Anderston
Station over Charing Cross may Station. Enhance
be thwarted due to ability wayfinding / real time
to have landing points for customer information
spanning over rail tunnel. between rail / subway and
Notwithstanding there are bus interchanges within
significant development Blythswood DRF area,
sites available on India notably between Charing
Street, and potentially Cross Rail Station and key
replacing the multi-storey bus corridors in the area.
car park behind the Kings
Theatre.
Street Safety and
Accessibility
Optimise street and Develop brief and case for Conduct and conclude Implement findings of audit Conclude Glasgow City Council - NS and Moderate Impact / Key stakeholders highlighted need
public realm accessibility full city centre accessibility accessibility audit. Report - see Updated Pedestrian enhancements - see DRS in partnership with Access City Centre Project to improve pedestrian accessibility
and safety to improve audit (pedestrian and back to GCC and Access Network (above) Updated Pedestrian Panel and Pedestrian Champion / Short to Medium generally to create an inclusive city
Glasgow city centre for cyclist routes) - see Panel / disability groups. Network (above) (see below). Also include Visit Term centre for all. This initiative would
all users. Promote the Updated Pedestrian and Agree prioritised, costed Scotland. align with ongoing proposals to
city centre as a safe and Cycle Network (above). Action Plan. Seek and ensure Glasgow city centre is
accessible destination Assess public realm / road secure funding for ‘quick Autism Friendly by 2023
(See (Y)our Pedestrian and safety audits as well as wins’ - refer Updated
Accessibility Champion) ‘design speeds’ of existing Pedestrian and Cycle
street / road network. Network (above)
Brief to adopt Designing
Streets ethos - minimise
guardrails and reliance
on signage. Align with
Autism Friendly Glasgow
initiatives and similar.
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(Y)our Urbanised M8
Action Plan
(Y)our Blythswood Impact / Reach /
Action Plan Immediate Short Term : Y1 Medium Term : Y2-Y4 Long Term : Y5+ Key Stakeholders Term Justification / Observations
(Y)our Urbanised M8
Bigger Context: Future City
Boulevard
Glasgow’s urban motorway GCC to continue to liaise As part of the Transport Develop the work on the Implement physical Transport Scotland in High Impact / Alongside the River Clyde the
has defined the character with Transport Scotland Strategy for the city assessment of options to modifications to partnership with Glasgow National Project / M8 features as a highest priority
of the west and northern about the future role centre and a City Centre create a prioritised action M8 (see ‘Untangled City Council and Scottish Long Term amongst consultees. The motorway
edge of the city centre of the M8 from M80 to Motorway Strategy engage plan and consider the role Motorway Spaghetti’). Government > forming an M8 is widely acknowledged by
for nearly 50 years. M77 (junctions 13 to with Transport Scotland and status of the M8, the Transformation Board consultees to be detrimental to
Glasgow must find a more 22). Scope out a STAG to consider options/STAG role of the M74/73 as well the city centre environment (incl.
positive relationship with appraisal assessing the appraisal requirements for as land take, slip roads, poor quality physical setting,
this massive, disruptive future requirements of the the future role of the M8, smart signage and air disrupted connections, pollution).
national road infrastructure city centre M8 following particularly in light of the quality. It is also acknowledged by many
and future proof the city upgrade of M74, M73 and investment in the M74/73. that it provides excellent car
centre road network. A8 to M8 in Lanarkshire. This work should accessibility into central Glasgow.
This project is of national recognise the national Most consultees accepted that the
importance. infrastructure needs and motorway should adapt to reduce
objectives and consider impact / enhance integration with
how to assess these. urban setting.
Consideration should be
given to regarding this as
a National Project via the
NPF.
Untangled Motorway
Spaghetti
Minimise the disruptive See M8 Overview (above) See M8 Overview (above) As part of the Transport Based on traffic Transport Scotland in High Impact / Urban analysis illustrates the
physical impact of the M8 Strategy for the city centre modelling, trials and partnership with Glasgow Regional Project / disruptive impact of M8 and on/
by modifying / removing and City Centre Motorway wider economic City Council and Scottish Medium to Longer off ramps on the city centre.
slip roads and reconnect Strategy consider the value impact analysis Government. Term Consultees have broadly agreed
severed historic streets / of slip roads, particularly implement schemes with the analysis that the M8 severs
links between junctions 13 to to progressively connections to the West End and
22. In addition explore modify slip road north of the city centre. There
opportunities to restore infrastructure north of was interest in ways to realise
links under of over the M8. the Clyde to Charing development along the motorway
Cross. corridor.
The viability of modifying on/off
ramps requires significant traffic
modelling and technical reviews.
Most consultees recognise the
need to test the viability of the
proposals.
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