June 28 2021

Glasgow City Council has opened a consultation governing an overarching placemaking strategy for the inner east end over the coming decade.

Running until 3 September the initiative seeks to identify the key priorities, design principles and connections across a large part of the city from Cathedral Quadrant out to Shettleston.

Designed to unify the inner city districts as one cohesive unit the work will focus on the creation of walkable neighbourhoods linked by active travel routes and improved public transport by 2030. These will link between designated town centres such as Dennistoun, Bridgeton and Parkhead by promoting the use of vacant upper floors as apartments and rescuing at-risk heritage buildings.

Councillor Kenny McLean, commented: “We would like as many people as possible with an interest in Glasgow’s Inner East to take part in this consultation as this framework will help guide the area’s future development. By participating, people will help develop the area into the place they’d like it to be.”

Other opportunities identified include opening the Barras market seven days a week and environmental improvements to reactivate stalled spaces.

14 Comments

#1 Posted by Fava on 28 Jun 2021 at 13:49 PM

Funny that inner east districts WERE "one cohesive unit of walkable neighbourhoods linked by active travel routes". Then the bulldozers arrived. And the council thought that an out-of-town shopping mall was a good idea, 1.5 miles from George Sq.
Good luck undoing that fuckery.

#2 Posted by Steppish on 28 Jun 2021 at 14:12 PM

An "overarching placemaking strategy" of not allowing anti-urban dross like the recently approved Calton Urban Village would be a start

#3 Posted by EM0 on 28 Jun 2021 at 15:35 PM

So many consultations... no conclusive plans ever presented!!!

#4 Posted by Charlie_ on 28 Jun 2021 at 15:51 PM

So they want to restore street grids, promote active travel and promote local town centres. Good! So whats the point in the consultation?

#5 Posted by Gordon on 28 Jun 2021 at 18:31 PM

The "placemaking" bandwagon rolls on. How on earth did we make our beautiful cities before this tosh? And just look at what we are making now.

#6 Posted by Andy on 29 Jun 2021 at 10:43 AM

The intent is well placed, it would be good to see a strategic plan for the disconnected communities in the East. The photo of Duke Street above illustrates the problem in Dennistoun, any plan needs to look to reduce vehicles and make this a street a proper local centre designed around pedestrians.

#7 Posted by modernish on 29 Jun 2021 at 11:55 AM

It's not really that complicated. Remove the Forge and replace with housing and you're more than half way there!

#8 Posted by George the Allotment Owner on 29 Jun 2021 at 13:47 PM

Can we please make sure that a big percentage of this scheme is filled with allotments...

#9 Posted by Georwell 84 on 29 Jun 2021 at 15:52 PM

I dont see much wrong with Denniston. Residential and commercial property is widely occupied. Cant squeeze much more in. Its other areas with vacant land and low density housing in the central area that needs the money spent on.

#10 Posted by Charlie_ on 30 Jun 2021 at 14:37 PM

Redensifying duke street between parkhead and dennistoun should be a priority. Right now its a eerie deadzone of nothingness that effectively severes the two areas.

#11 Posted by Peter on 2 Jul 2021 at 15:33 PM

There's a lot of trailer parks to plugh through between Dennistoun and Shettleston. Relocate the Hovis factory away from Duke St, same for industrial south of Duke St to train line. Replace all with proper density housing. Then, as mentioned above, get rid of Forge and Parkhead Centres with massive car parks, and the list goes on and on.

#12 Posted by gordon on 2 Jul 2021 at 17:36 PM

#11 er....... take away all the work places and build lots of houses? Are you perchance an architect rather than a planner? That would explain a lot!

#13 Posted by Peter on 3 Jul 2021 at 12:58 PM

@12 Read twice - relocate, not take away. There's a lot of space at the outskirts of town for factory of this size or industrial units (say Cambuslang, anywhere off M74). Taking away lorry/employees traffic and vacating the land for proper city fabric.

#14 Posted by gordon on 4 Jul 2021 at 12:03 PM

#13 "Replace all with proper density housing" you say.....so much for creating sustainable cities. You are not really thinking it through! 20minute neighbourhoods include places to work.

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