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West Dunbartonshire (Proposed Plan) Local Development Plan 6 201 Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 - Outcomes .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 3 - Our Changing Places ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 - Alexandria Town Centre ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 3.3 - Clydebank Town Centre .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 3.4 - Dumbarton Town Centre and Waterfront........................................................................................................................ 14 3.5 - Queens Quay, Clydebank .................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.6 - Carless, Old Kilpatrick ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 3.7 - Esso Bowling and Scott’s Yard .......................................................................................................................................... 26 3.8 - Bowling Basin ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.9 - The Lomond Canal ................................................................................................................................................................. 33 3.10 - Lomondgate and Vale of Leven Industrial Estate ................................................................................................. 35 3.11 - Young’s Farm, Dumbarton (Dumbarton FC) ............................................................................................................ 38 3.12 - The Green Network ............................................................................................................................................................. 40 3.13 - Kilpatrick Hills ......................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Chapter 4 - Developing Sustainably .............................................................................................................................................. 44 Chapter 5 - Growing Our Economy ................................................................................................................................................ 51 Chapter 6 - Building Our Communities ........................................................................................................................................ 56 Chapter 7 - Supporting Our Centres ............................................................................................................................................. 70 Chapter 8 - Enhancing Our Green Network ............................................................................................................................... 74 Chapter 9 - Protecting Our Built Heritage .................................................................................................................................. 81 Chapter 10 - Supporting Development ........................................................................................................................................ 84 Appendix 1: Low and zero carbon generating technologies .............................................................................................. 89 Appendix 2: Schedule of Land Owned by Planning Authority .......................................................................................... 90 Glossary ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 92 1 Local Development Plan Chapter 1 - Introduction Map 1 - Local and Strategic Development Plan Areas 1.1 This is a Plan for and about the people and places of West Dunbartonshire. It is for the people who live, work and visit here, those who own land and property, and those who would like to invest in the area. It is about a range of places – houses and neighbourhoods, open spaces, schools and other community facilities, town centres and industrial areas, and the countryside – and how these all link to form West Dunbartonshire. 1.2 It is about how these places can best be developed, protected or enhanced in order to provide people with quality places to live, work, learn and visit. It is about encouraging investment and growth and providing certainty, whilst ensuring that growth is sustainable; lasting and in harmony with the environment. 1.3 It sets out how land in West Dunbartonshire should be used and developed up to 2019 and beyond.Together with the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan it forms the development plan for the area.It will 1.4 It identifies the development opportunities National Park has its own Local Development be used by the Council when giving advice on available in West Dunbartonshire and seeks to Plan. But this is also an important plan for the development proposals and making decisions generate interest in these. National Park area because West on planning applications, and is the document Dunbartonshire is the gateway to the National which sets out the land use requirements of the 1.5 The Local Development Plan covers most of Park and provides its residents with many of strategies and priorities of the Council and its the Council area but does not cover those parts their services. partners. of Balloch and the countryside to the east and west of Loch Lomond which lie within the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.The 2 Structure of the Local Development Accompanying Documents Plan 1.7 The Local Development Plan is supported • An Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) of the 1.6 This Plan sets out a framework for how West by the following documents: LDP has been carried out to help us ensure Dunbartonshire can be developed over the that the strategy has been created having next five years and beyond. It does this in three • Supplementary Guidance – this provides due regard to eliminating discrimination, parts: further detail or information in respect of promoting equality of opportunity and the policies of the local development plan. fostering good relations. The EIA identified • Our Changing Places – this section focuses The Plan indicates those areas where some positive impacts and no negative on those parts of West Dunbartonshire supplementary guidance will be prepared impacts. which the Council wants or expects to see in support of those matters which are set change over the next 5-10 years. It sets out out within the policies of the plan. strategies for the development of these areas and expectations of what should be • Action Programme – this document sets out delivered through development. a list of actions required to deliver the Plan’s policies and proposals. • Our Policies and Proposals – this section sets out the policies against which proposals • Strategic Environmental Assessment: for development will be assessed.The Environmental Report – this document policies and proposals identify sites for considers the environmental implications of development, protect the area’s natural and the Plan’s policies and proposals and sets built environment and set out criteria for out mitigation measures where required. assessing development proposals. • Habitats Regulations Appraisal Record – this • Proposals Map – this illustrates document looks specifically at the impact of development sites, sites protected from the Plan on internationally designated inappropriate development and where the Natura 2000 sites, including the Inner Clyde policies of the plan will apply. Special Protection Area, but also how development in West Dunbartonshire may affect Natura 2000 sites outwith the Plan area. 3 Local Development Plan Chapter 2 - Outcomes 2.1 This Plan seeks to achieve the outcomes set out in Table 1. They have been informed by a number of national, regional and local policy and strategy documents. 4 Table 1 - Local Development Plan Outcomes Outcome Supporting Policies Our Changing Places are attracting Our Changing Places frameworks investment and becoming successful places based on agreed masterplans. All development is contributing towards DS1 – Successful places and sustainable the creation of successful places. design DS2 – Settlement strategy Development is contributing towards a DS3 – Accessibility lower-carbon future and is prepared for DS4 – Air quality the efects of climate change. DS5 – Renewable energy DS6 – Flooding DS7 - Contaminated land DS8 - Soil Our business and industrial areas are GE1 – Opportunities for new and expanding attracting investment. businesses GE2 – Existing