Glasgow's City Development Plan Approved

City Development Plan 2, Glasgow’s blueprint to guide the city’s regeneration and development ambitions over the next decade, has been approved by Glasgow City Council. 

The new City Development Plan includes opening up land for over 30,000 new homes, the creation of Economic Development Areas to deliver jobs and growth, supporting the regeneration of the city centre. The Plan will inform decisions on where development should and should not happen, and ensure the delivery of quality, accessible and welcoming places across the city.

Other aims of the Plan include the protection of Glasgow's rich architectural heritage, open space and natural environment as well as identifying opportunities for buildings at risk, tree planting and food growing, supporting public transport and active travel improvements, and a River Park along the Clyde.

A 12-week period of representation on the City Development Plan 2 (CDP2) will begin in late August - where community groups and other organisations will be able to make inputs.

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 includes '36 Areas of Change' across the city with the aim making land available for over 30,000 homes along the River Clyde corridor, north and north-east Glasgow, featuring the reuse of brownfield land for new homes. The Plan will also see the creation of Economic Development Areas as a focus for business growth and innovation, local town centre regeneration proposals for Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Shawlands and Castlemilk, as well as the City Centre, and delivering on the huge regeneration potential of the River Clyde corridor. 

Key numbers in the CDP2 include:

• 36 Areas of Change
• 40 Centres (City, Major and Local)
• 59 Economic Development Areas
• Land for over 30,000 homes
• Land for over 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
• 1 Nature Network
• 1 River Park

The plan includes the creation of Economic Development Areas as a focus for business growth and innovation, local town centre regeneration proposals for Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Shawlands and Castlemilk, as well as the City Centre, and delivering on the huge regeneration potential of the River Clyde corridor. 

CPD2 also identifies priority areas for expansion in the city centre, alongside public transport and active travel improvements. 

Sectors for economic growth in Glasgow include digital and tech, finance and business services, advanced manufacturing and innovation, space and satellite, life sciences, the creative economy (including live music venues) and tourism - all of which complement the strengths of Glasgow’s higher and further education sector. 

Glasgow’s rich architectural heritage is protected and promoted by CDP2’s strong planning policy and guidance relating to listed buildings and Conservation Areas.  In addition, CDP2 includes policies encouraging reuse of underused buildings particularly in the city centre and tackling the climate and biodiversity crises, with policies and guidance to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and demonstrates how land use planning can help to address child and family poverty through the promotion of ‘local living’ and active travel, giving communities local access to jobs, shops, greenspace and social facilities. 

Read the City Development Plan 2