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Glasgow City Council has approved City Development Plan 2 (CDP2), a 10-year framework to guide the city’s development and regeneration.
The plan aims to release land for more than 30,000 new homes, create Economic Development Areas to drive jobs and growth, and support the regeneration of the city centre. It will direct where development should and should not take place, and seeks to deliver high-quality, accessible and welcoming places across Glasgow.
Other priorities include protecting the city’s architectural heritage, open spaces and natural environment; identifying opportunities to address buildings at risk; expanding tree planting and food growing; improving public transport and active travel; and establishing a River Park along the Clyde.
A 12-week period of representation will begin in late August, giving community groups and other organisations the opportunity to contribute their views.
Councillor Ruairi Kelly, Convener for Development, Heritage, Housing and Land Use at Glasgow City Council, said: "The new City Development Plan is the blueprint for Glasgow's future, not only enabling the building of tens of thousands of new homes and new jobs, but creating better and more sustainable places throughout the city. This work will make Glasgow a better place to live and attract the type of investment which will drive the city's future economic growth."
CDP2 identifies 36 Areas of Change across the city, aiming to make land available for over 30,000 homes along the River Clyde corridor and in north and north-east Glasgow, with an emphasis on reusing brownfield land. It proposes Economic Development Areas as hubs for business growth and innovation; town centre regeneration for Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Shawlands and Castlemilk, as well as the City Centre; and measures to unlock the substantial regeneration potential of the Clyde corridor.
Key figures in the plan include 36 Areas of Change; 40 city, major and local centres; 59 Economic Development Areas; land for over 30,000 homes, including more than 11,000 affordable homes; 569 development sites; 25 conservation areas; 120 multifunctional community open spaces; 141 woodland creation sites; 77 food-growing sites; 24 water infrastructure sites; and one Nature Network and one River Park.
