City Development Plan – / Community Growth Area (Ward 21) – Heatheryknowe masterplan framework noted.

4 There was submitted a report by the Director of Property and Land Services regarding a masterplan for the Easterhouse/Gartloch Community Growth Area (CGA) site at Heatheryknowe (Ward 21), advising that

(1) the adopted City Plan 2 had proposed the creation of CGAs to meet long-term housing land requirements identified in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan and comprehensive planning studies had identified /, Easterhouse/Gartloch and Broomhouse// as the 3 locations to meet this need;

(2) based on the findings of a comprehensive analysis of constraints and opportunities carried out on behalf of this Council and North Council, 3 sites within the Easterhouse/Gartloch CGA had been identified as being suitable for development and as a result had been confirmed as part of the city’s housing land supply;

(3) Manor Architects, on behalf of their client who had a significant land holding within the Easterhouse/Gartloch CGA site at Heatheryknowe, had developed a masterplan for the site in line with the key placemaking principles as set out in the City Development Plan and more locally it had also been informed by the emerging Strategic Development Framework for Easterhouse, which was currently being prepared;

(4) the Heatheryknowe site comprised of approximately 75 hectares of agricultural land and the masterplan incorporated zoned housing land for approximately 1,500 dwelling-houses and, based on a detailed site analysis, 4 distinct pockets of land on the site had been identified to create 4 villages, each with its own distinct identity and sense of place and they would take their names from the farms which currently occupy the site, namely Commonhead, Netherhouse, Heatheryknowe and Rogerfield;

(5) as part of the masterplan, Manor Architects had undertaken consultation with local community groups and elected members in order to inform the approach to the development of the masterplan and to identify potential benefits that might arise from the proposed development and given its scale, further consultation would be undertaken as part of the statutory planning process; and

(6) following the submission of the Heatheryknowe masterplan, a Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP) application would be submitted for the entire site, however due to the development being classified as a major application, a submission of Proposal of Application Notice would be required, which included a 12-week statutory community consultation period and as a result, the PPiP application cannot be submitted prior to the consultation process however, once submitted it would be assessed against the masterplan as supplementary planning guidance, in conjunction with the relevant policies in the City Development Plan.

After consideration, the committee noted the Heatheryknowe masterplan plan which would inform the consideration of future planning permissions for this site and the delivery of associated community benefits arising from its future development.