East Dunbartonshire Council Proposed Local Development Plan Main Issues Report - Additional Sites Consultation Report of Consultation Findings: November 2014 Contents Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Summary of Additional Sites Responses Appendix 1 – Schedule 4s 2 Section 1: Introduction and land owners. The Council, in conjunction with key agencies, conducted site assessments of these sites using Following Committee approval on 27 August 2013 of the Main the same methodology as had been used in MIR Background 2 Issues Report, the Council embarked upon an 8 week Report 3 . consultation, commencing 9 September - 4 November 2013. Though the consultation closed on 4 November 2013 the Of these submitted sites, 25 were solely proposing housing, 2 Council continued to accept responses till 18 of November. A were proposing business uses and 1 was proposing a Report of Findings from this consultation was published in combination of both housing and business. Sites were May 2014 and can be found on the Council’s website1. proposed all across the Council area: 1 in Balmore, 1 in Bardowie, 2 in Bearden, 6 in Bishopbriggs, 4 in Kirkintilloch, 2 During this consultation 28 additional development sites were in Lennoxtown, 2 in Lenzie, 3 in Milngavie, 2 in Milton of submitted. At its meeting on 6 May 2014 the Local Campsie and 5 in Torrance. Development Plan Working Party agreed that these sites would be made available for public comment. This was to Section 2: Summary of Additional Sites ensure that the public and other interested parties could make Responses their views known on these suggestions by developers and land owners, prior to the Council publishing its Proposed Local Development Plan. A consultation was then carried out A total of 1112 responses were received in relation to this between 12 May 2014 and 20 June 2014. consultation. Of the contributions received 32 were in support of a site or sites; 1019 were objecting to a site or sites; and 29 Details of the consultation were placed on the Council were offering a comment which could not be deemed to be in website, advertised in the local press, promoted through the either support of or objecting to a site or sites. A number of LDP Newsletter and despatched to Community Councils. In respondents commented on more than one site. In addition addition hard copies were placed in the Hubs, local libraries, 32 offered comments on other matters including on the the Council headquarters and at the Planning office in consultation itself, requests for neighbour notification for site Broomhill. suggestions, that there should have been more publicity about the consultation. Finally, in addition to these figures, a late These sites were not being promoted by the Council as future development options but had been suggested by developers 2 1 http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/content/council_and_government/consultations, http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/content/planning__building_standards/planning/ _complaints_and/consultation_and_engagement/consultation_archive/2012___20 planning_policies/local_development_plan.aspx 13/main_issues_report.aspx 3 petition containing 25 signatures was received in relation to objections to the Glen Road site. 4 LDP COMMENTING OBJECTING SUPPORTING ISSUE LDP180 Douglaston Golf Course- Milngavie 4 151 2 LDP181 Blacklands Place- Lenzie 1 15 1 LDP183 Thomas Muir Ave/ Calliburn Rd- Bishopbriggs 0 2 0 LDP184 Balviebank/ Stockiemuir Rd- Milngavie 2 2 0 LDP185 Duntiblae Rd- Kirkintilloch (extension to LDP12 Fauldhead) 0 4 2 LDP186 Glassford House- Milngavie 2 82 1 LDP187 Glen Road- Lennoxtown/ Campsie Glen 0 366 0 LDP188 Hayhill/ Robinsfield- Bardowie 0 7 1 LDP189 Castlehill Farm- Bearsden 0 2 0 LDP190 Chryston Road/ Fauldhead South- Kirkintilloch 0 3 1 LDP191 Wardend Road, Torrance 1 2 1 LDP192 Mount of Glorat, Milton of Campsie 1 5 2 LDP193 Former Acre Valley Nursery- Torrance 0 0 3 LDP194 Old Balmore Rd/ Balmore Farm- Balmore 0 0 1 LDP195 Meadowbank Farm/ Kelvin View- Torrance 0 1 1 LDP196 Auchinairn Rd/ Crowhill Rd- Bishopbriggs 0 2 0 LDP197 Balcorrach Steading- Campsie Glen 0 11 1 LDP198 St Marys Road- Bishopbriggs 2 2 2 LDP200 Wester Gartshore Farm- Kirkintilloch 0 5 0 LDP201 Crosshill Road- Lenzie 2 253 1 LDP202 Campsie Road- Torrance 0 0 1 LDP203 Former Westerhill Rail Sidings – 1 1 1 5 Bishopbriggs LDP204 East of Ferrymill Motors - Torrance 1 0 2 LDP205 East of Alder Road- Milton of Campsie 1 93 2 LDP206 Westerhill- Bishopbriggs 4 2 1 LDP207 Boclair Farm- Bearsden 1 2 2 LDP208 Bankhead Rd- Kirkintilloch/ Waterside 1 10 2 LDP209 North East Westerhill - Bishopbriggs 0 1 1 MIR Preferred Option site 0 6 1 MIR Alternative Sites 0 4 2 MIR Less Sustainable Sites 2 8 1 Other new site suggestion 0 0 3 Comment consultation arrangements 2 0 0 Comment on other matters 2 0 0 Five sites attracted a particularly large numbers of objections That building houses on this site would adversely affect and these are summarised below. both the historic and natural environment and landscape; LDP 180 Dougalston Golf Course and LDP 186 Glassford That there are a lack of services in the local area; House, Milngavie That there would be an unacceptable impact on land Objections to these two adjacent sites were raised on a range used locally for recreation; and of criteria, including: That there are known flooding issues with the site. The fact that the site is in the greenbelt and therefore not appropriate for development; LDP 187 Glen Road, Lennoxtown That the site is not sustainably located and that there Objections to this site were based on: are public transport issues with accessing it; The location of the site being within the greenbelt; That the increase in private car use would cause That there was no identified local housing need and unacceptable issues of congestion and that local roads demand; are not suited to that increase; That it was likely to have seriously adverse effects on the landscape and setting That it would adversely affect the natural environment; 6 That there were would be an unacceptable increase in That the site is part of an important wildlife corridor and traffic and parking issues; development would have an adverse impact on local That the local infrastructure and services were wildlife and community woodland; inadequate to cope with a development of this scale; That the local infrastructure, including school, shops and and doctor’s surgery would be unable to cope with That the site had already been allocated for recreation development on this scale and that services including and community woodland, as set out in the section 75 water pressure, broadband and utilities were already agreement on the Lennox Castle Hospital housing struggling. development. LDP 201 Crosshill, Lenzie The site has since been withdrawn by MacTaggart and Mickel This site attracted objections based on: who stated that they “…do not intend to progress with the The site presently being within the greenbelt, which promotion of housing land at Glen Road in Lennoxtown for the currently has a strong defensible boundary; duration of the current East Dunbartonshire Local Plan The access to the site from Crosshill Road would likely Process. We are in discussion with a forestry operator in be hazardous due to a blind summit; order to deliver the community woodland at Hole Farm as The site being elevated and thus detracting from the required by the s75 agreement for the adjacent Lennox Castle landscape and setting of the Gadloch; Hospital housing development.” The impact on the natural environment, particularly on the Lenzie Moss Local nature Reserve and wildlife LDP 205 East of Alder Road, Milton of Campsie corridor; Objections were raised in relation to The Council’s commitment to building on brownfield There being a lack of housing need and the suitability rather than greenbelt sites; of the types of housing proposed; The density of housing proposed being excessive and That there were issues with both, location and access that it included insufficient affordable houses; to the site with poor public transport links; The lack of capacity of local infrastructure and services, The site being located within the greenbelt and that including both school and sewerage. development would weaken the greenbelt boundary which is presently both clear and defensible; Other Responses That the site is part of a Special Landscape area and development would have an unacceptable impact on Sites LDP 193 Former Acre Valley Nursery (Torrance), LDP this; 194 Old Balmore Road/Balmore Farm (Balmore) and LDP 204 7 East of Ferrymill Motors (Torrance) did not attract any boundaries. For sites in the villages, concerns included objections. distance from services and facilities and lack of frequent public transport. There were three additional sites within the A range of responses were received from urban area and objections were raised to the loss of a range developers/landowners supporting development on their and choice of employment and a public park. suggested sites. These responses either questioned or sought to address issues which were raised in the site Detailed information on all comments received can be found assessments. A number of these responses also indicated a in Appendix 1. belief that the Local Development Plan needed to allocate more land for housing, to meet both need and demand. A number of comments were also raised by members of the public on Main Issues Report Preferred and Alternative sites Comments were also received from key agencies including for housing, but which were considered less sustainable. Scottish Natural Heritage, Sport Scotland, and, Scottish Water These sites were not part of this consultation and many of the and RSPB. These comments largely related to the issues raised have already been incorporated in the Report of environmental mitigation which would be required to make Findings on the MIR Consultation.