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Spring 2009

G L A S G O W A N D T H E C LY D E VA L L E Y S T R AT E G I C D E V E L O P M E N T P L A N N I N G A U T H O R I T Y

The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Authority (GCVSDPA) has published the first Development Plan Scheme (DPS) and Participation Statement for the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan (SDP).

The purpose of the DPS, which will be reviewed annually, is to set out the Authority’s programme for preparing, reviewing and consulting on its SDP.

Copies of the DPS have been submitted to Scottish Ministers and can be viewed in local libraries throughout the GCVSDPA area.

Copies can be downloaded from www.gcvsdpa.gov.uk/downloads/DPS2009/DevelopmentPlanSchemeParticipationStatement_March2009.pdf or for more information call 0141 229 7730.

First Development Plan Scheme published

On 22 March 2009, Scottish Ministers approved the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000, Fourth Alteration 2008, with a minor non-material modification.

The Fourth Alteration was prepared to bring the approved Structure Plan 2000 into line with Scottish Planning Policy 8 Town Centres and Retailing and is produced as a result of the term Shopping and Leisure Centres in the draft version of SPP 8 changing to Commercial Centres in the finalised version.

This terminology is applied to locations distinct from Town Centres.

Copies of the Scottish Ministers’ Approval Letter and its Annexes are from www.gcvcore.gov.uk/downloads/a4/ApprovalLetterPlusAnnexes.pdf

Fourth Alteration approved by Scottish Ministers

A new member of staff has been appointed to the Strategic Development Authority to assist delivery of a key part of the inaugural Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan, namely the first ever Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA) for the city region.

David Horner, who has extensive experience in housing matters in Scotland and England, has been appointed to project manage the HNDA process.

The HNDA will provide the evidence base for defining housing supply targets in local housing strategies and allocating housing in development plans. The assessment is required to be undertaken at a functional housing market area level and has to consider the operation of the housing system as a whole, covering all tenures. The HNDA is required to inform the SDP Main Issues Report in the Autumn of 2010.

Development of an agreed methodology for the HNDA is currently underway involving both planning and housing professionals from each of the eight constituent Glasgow and Clyde Valley local authorities.

For further information on matters relating to the HNDA please contact David on 0141 229 7742 or by email at david.horner@gcvsdpa.gov.uk

Housing Need and Demand Assessment Project Manager appointed

GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY JOINT STRUCTURE PLAN 2000

FOURTH ALTERATION 2008

Commercial Centre Retail Locations Strategic Planning Role

Review of matters affecting the development and planning of the Structure Plan area

under Part II, Section 4 and Section 9 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY JOINT STRUCTURE PLAN 2000

FOURTH ALTERATION 2008

Commercial Centre Retail Locations Strategic Planning Role

STATEMENT OF PUBLICITY AND CONSULTATION

GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY JOINT STRUCTURE PLAN 2000

FOURTH ALTERATION 2008

Commercial Centre Retail Locations Strategic Planning Role

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Determination Statement

GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE VALLEY JOINT STRUCTURE PLAN 2000FOURTH ALTERATION 2008

Commercial Centre Retail Locations Strategic Planning Role

FINALISED DRAFT

As part of supporting the introduction of the new planning system in Scotland, the GCVSDPA has introduced a major innovation into its work programme - systematic Futures analysis.

The GCVSDPA has decided to develop further its earlier Futures work from the late-1990s as its awareness of emerging issues and associated potential for change, demand an increased robustness in its own planning against the risks associated with such change.

The GCVSDPA’s work is by its very nature, long-term and strategic, looking twenty or more years into the future, the timespan needed to effect major structural change in metropolitan areas.

No one can know the future and this work is not about prediction, but investigates a range of potential futures with their associated risks and this Futures work aims to provide these perspectives.

Much work has been done on horizon scanning to spot emerging trends, using extensive information gathering techniques from a wide range of sources, whilst other techniques such as structured questions and Story analysis are being developed with key partners.

The development of alternative spatial Stories about the future metropolitan area will form a critical component in delivering the Main Issues Report for the Strategic Development Plan.

Partners and stakeholders in the Futures Group include the eight constituent Glasgow and the Clyde Valley local authorities, Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, Visit Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Water, University of Glasgow, Scottish Enterprise, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Forestry Commission Scotland and the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

Underpinning this work has been a move to create a more robust monitoring and risk assessment framework for the Strategic Development Plan which aims to integrate risk assessment, risk management and spatial planning.

You can follow the work of the GCVSDPA Futures Group at www.gcvsdpa.gov.uk/futures

For further information on our Futures work please email Joe Scott, Information Analyst, at joe.scott@gcvsdpa.gov.uk or call 0141 229 7735.

Futures work underway

The next scheduled meetings of the GCVSDPA Joint Committee will be held on

8 JuneGlasgow City Council

21 SeptemberNorth Lanarkshire Council

7 DecemberEast Renfrewshire Council

GCVSDPA Joint Committee meetings 2009

Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) documents are the expressions of national planning policy for Scotland and as part of their commitment to delivering proportionate and practical planning polices, the Scottish Government are currently consulting on the consolidation of seventeen of the existing SPP documents, including economic development, housing, retailing, renewable energy, flooding, waste management, transport, open space and green belts, into a single Scottish Planning Policy document.

The SPP Consultative Draft document can be viewed on the Scottish Government website at www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/01132105/0 The closing date is Wednesday 24 June 2009.

Scottish Planning Policy consultation

In addition to the work of the Futures Group, a number of key meetings have been held during the first quarter of 2009 with agencies and stakeholders as part of the process of developing the Strategic Development Plan.

These meetings have included the SDP managers of the four Scottish city regions; the GCVSDPA Strategic Environmental Assessment Working Group, including Scottish Government, SEPA and SNH; SPT; and Forestry Commission Scotland.

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Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning AuthorityLower Ground Floor, 125 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2SAtel 0141 229 7730 fax 0141 221 4518 email info@gcvsdpa.gov.uk web www.gcvsdpa.gov.uk

The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee (the

SDPDA predecessor metropolitan planning body) was involved during

2006 / 08 in the InterMETREXPlus project -

a partnership of European metropolitan regions working with the Tyndall

Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK and the Network of

European Metropolitan Regions and Areas (METREX).

On the 12 March this InterMETREXPlus project received an Award in

the Development Plans category of the Scottish Awards for Quality in

Planning 2008.

The Judges commented that, “The project identifies the key role the

spatial planning system has in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

We recognised the importance of this innovative piece of work in

providing a solid foundation for starting to develop and share spatial

planning responses with partner organisations in Scotland and in a

wider European context to address climate change in advance of any

statutory requirements emanating from the Climate Change (Scotland)

Bill. The Judges wish GCVSPJC and Partners every success in the future

development of the project”.

The full Report of the Judges can be found at

www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/263464/0078797.pdf

Climate Change and its mitigation will be an important issue as part of

the Main Issues Report for the SDP.

Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2008

SEPA consultation on River Basin Management Planning

SEPA are currently consulting on the draft river basin management plans for the Scotland river basin district and the Solway Tweed river basin district. The consultation closes on 22 June 2009.

The development of river basin management planning represents a huge step forward in the way in which we safeguard and improve the quality of our water environment across Scotland and the Borders.

River basin planning is a new process put in place to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (WEWS).

It requires the involvement of a wide range of organisations in helping ensure the sustainable management of the water environment. Action will be taken to ensure the ecological quality of our rivers, lochs, estuaries, coastal waters and groundwater is improved where it is needed, whilst also avoiding deterioration in existing ecological quality.

Ecological quality takes account of the whole water environment, including its chemical quality, the plants and animals present and its physical nature. The key objective is to achieve good ecological status by 2015 and, if more time is necessary, then by the longer timescales of 2021 or 2027.

The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley area is covered by the Clyde Draft Area Management Plan 2009 - 2015 which is prepared in consultation with the Clyde Area Advisory Group of which the GCVSDPA is a member. The Clyde Area Management Plan has to be taken into account as part of the development of the SDP.

Further information on river basin management and the consultation can be found at www.sepa.org.uk/water/river_basin_planning.aspx