Seven Lochs Green Network and Green Infrastructure Planning Study

Green network and green infrastructure planningThe Seven Lochs Wetland Park Final report - 22nd November 2013

Employer: Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership (GCVGNP)

Agent: Collective Architecture 26 Gallowgate Glasgow G1 5AB

Prepared by: Jude Barber, Director, Collective Architecture Lizzie Smith, Collective Architecture Tom Warren, Collective Architecture

In association with: Hazel Smith, Strategic Drainage Engineer, AECOM Andrew Mitchell, Ecologist, AECOM

Completed by: ...............................................

Collective Architecture

Approved by: ...............................................

Scott Ferguson

Status: Final issue

Date: 22nd November 2013

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01 Introduction p 5

02 Green Infrastructure p 9

03 Wetland Park Masterplan p 15

04 Landscape and character p 17

05 Constraints and opportunities p 25

06 Access p 33

07 Integrated Green Infrastructure p 41

08 Interventions p 49

09 Next steps and recommendations p 55

10 Appendices - Spatial plans for new development p 57 1. Site 1 & 2 - Garthamlock ‘Todds Well Wood’ p 61 2. Site 3 & 3B - Easterhouse East ‘Monkland Park’ p 69 3. Site 4 - Easterhouse North ‘Lochend View’ p 77 4. Site G1, G2, G3, G9 - Gartcosh ‘Johnston Loch’ p 85 5. Site G5, G6, G7, G8 - Glenboig ‘Glenboig’ p 93

Chapter

Contents

‘Well designed green infrastructure and creatively designed greenspaces

communities and places that are sustainable, attracting residents and business, support healthy lifestyles and encourage the kinds of behaviour that contribute towards the success of places in social, economic and environmental terms.’

Ministerial Foreword, Scottish Government

Green Infrastructure Policy 2011

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This report sets out detailed green network and green infrastructure plans for the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. The study was commissioned by the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership in association with the Gartloch Gartcosh Green Network Strategic Delivery Partnership.1

The overall aim of the study is to produce clear and defendable spatial plans, which will deliver enhanced green networks and integrated green infrastructure within the Seven Lochs Wetland Park and proposed housing development areas.

The study examines the extent, condition and quality of the existing green networks within and around the park boundary. It sets out key strategies to protect and enhance existing links between the Wetland Park, surrounding communities and planned development via a coherent green network and vision.

The key components of the green network and green infrastructure plans are:

Surface water management featuresAccess networksHabitats and habitat networksAccessible green open spaceIntegrated opportunities for land use and water resources to deliver multiple functions; andManagement and maintenance arrangements

Chapters 02-06 set out the project background, context and strategic green network and vision. Chapters 07 and 08 provide a series of plans and recommendations for a multi-functional green network. Appendices 1 to 5 set out the IGI plans for proposed housing developments.

1 Project partners include North Lanarkshire Council, Glasgow City Council, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission, Jobs and Business Glasgow, TCV Scotland and RSPB Scotland.

Introduction

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‘The Seven Lochs Wetland Park offers an innovative model for a new park, combining habitat protection and enhancement, opportunities for recreation, links to socioeconomic regeneration and the integration of high quality new development. Its size and proximity to urban centres ensures it is ideally placed to offer a destination where visitors from urban areas can escape the pressures of urban living, and enjoy activities such as walking and cycling.’

The Seven Lochs Wetland Park Study, 2013.

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Water Environment

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Gartloch and Gartcosh Hydrological Study

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Surface Water Management Strategy

Gartcosh : Glenboig Community Growth Area Concept Statement - April 2010 - North Lanarkshire Council

Glasgow City Plan 2 - 2009 - Glasgow City Council

Gartloch and Gartcosh Hydrological StudyDecember 2011 - AECOM

Gartloch and Gartcosh Surface Water Management StrategyDecember 2011 - AECOM

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This study takes forward a number of previous reports and strategies. Most importantly it makes detailed proposals for a multi-functional green network and green infrastructure to support delivery of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park vision and masterplan (2013). Green infrastructure plans have been developed with reference to the Gartloch Gartcosh Site Selection and Development Guidance study (2010).

Sustainable water management is a key element the Seven Lochs vision. This report draws on a detailed Hydrological Study and Surface Water Management Strategy produced for the Gartloch Gartcosh area. While the report presents a park-wide green network, it focuses on surface water management linked to planned development. A related study – Seven Lochs Wetland Park Scoping Report (2013) – makes recommendations on wider opportunities to improve and enhance water bodies, watercourses and wetland habitats across the park area.

A huge range of datasets and other spatial information has been used to develop green network green infrastructure proposals. Data on current and past land use, topography, existing habitat networks, designations, hydrology, built infrastructure, access and development plan proposals has been combined with site visits, visualisation and stakeholder engagement to identify green network opportunities, key strategic interventions and detailed green infrastructure proposals.

The green network and green infrastructure proposals made in this report have been developed with input from Seven Lochs project partners and others. Stakeholder workshops were used to develop initial proposals, and a draft report and spatial plans were discussed with to the Gartloch Gartcosh Strategic Delivery Partnership and with developers and landowners. These key stakeholders were also given an opportunity to consider and comment on the draft report.

Report context and process

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Fig. 1.08Developing the proposals

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The design study has taken cognisance of key Scottish Government and Local Government policy documents. Those of particular relevance are noted overleaf.

Scottish SustainableCommunities InitiativeThis Initiative aims to bring innovation into settlements and promote exemplars of how communities could live in future. It sets out how all might contribute to the future sustainable growth of Scotland.

Greenspace Quality GuideThe Greenspace Quality Guide has been prepared to assist those involved in greenspace planning to share and better understand best practice in developing a co-ordinated approach to greenspace provision based on a Greenspace Strategy.

Glasgow’s Design Guide for New Residential Areas Builds on and interprets the guidance set out in Designing Streets, taking cognisance of the City’s physical context and policy requirements, to assist in the delivery of better designed new residential areas.

Designing PlacesRead in conjunction with Designing Streets, Designing Places marks the Scottish Executive’s determination to raise standards of urban and rural development.

Designing StreetsDesigning Streets was implemented as a policy document by the Scottish Government in 2010, and aims to place and people before the movement of motor vehicles, and represents a step change in established practices in street design.

Scottish Planning PolicyStatement of the Scottish Government’s policy on nationally important land use planning matters. This places Planning in the wider context of Scottish Government’s aims and

expectations of the system and planning services.

NLC Development PlanThis document is in progress and will replace the newly adopted North Lanarkshire Local Plan. The LDP will set more detailed North Lanarkshire-focused strategy and priorities for the economic and physical development of the area.

Equally WellThis Scottish Government

on socioeconomic inequalities that exist in Scottish communities and how they affect population health. Examples include access to education, labour markets, health, housing and environmental quality.

GCC City Plan 2 (and 3)This sets out GCC’s land use strategy and provides a basis for assessing planning applications. The City Council is preparing a new LDP for Glasgow which, on completion (scheduled to be 2014), will replace CityPlan 2.

SuDs for RoadsSUDS for Roads is intended to further advance our knowledge of the interaction between roads and drainage within an urban context where roads are now multifunctional. The purpose of the document is to guide the reader through the design of roads incorporating SuDS.

Policy and advice

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The European Commission recently adopted a Green Infrastructure Strategy which promotes green infrastructure in both urban and rural areas. The strategy document describes the underlying principle of green Infrastructure stating ‘that the same area of land can frequently

Infrastructure investments are generally characterized by a high level

of return over time, provide job opportunities, and can be a cost-

effective alternative or be complementary to ‘grey’ infrastructure and

The Scottish Government’s ‘Green Infrastructure, design and placemaking’ document builds on previous policy documents including ‘Designing Streets’ and Designing Places’. It provides valuable advice on how to incorporate green infrastructure into masterplans and developments, which are described in more detail overleaf.

The green network spatial plans and integrated green infrastructure proposals outlined within this document take cognisance of both European and Scottish Government policy, and of local development plans and related policy and guidance. They examine how these can be incorporated into masterplans for planned developments within the Gartloch Gartcosh Wetland Park.

Green infrastructure

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Green Infrastructure PolicyBuilds on and interprets the guidance set out in Designing Streets, taking cognisance of the City’s physical context and policy requirements, to assist in the delivery of better designed new residential areas.

‘Green infrastructure can deliver on functions and services such as shelter, access and travel, sustainable urban drainage, pollution mitigation and food production – as part of a wider ecosystem. Moreover this approach has

can operate at differing levels.’Green Infrastructure Policy 2011

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Multifunctional green space

Green-blue network and wetland park routesAccess following and crossing water bodies and green corridors

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Housing in parklandInterplay between housing, landscape and wider parkland

Successful green infrastructure works at all levels within new and existing developments. This includes the building, street, neighbourhood and strategic planning process.

The Scottish Government’s Green Infrastructure Policy clearly sets out ways in which transformational change from grey infrastructure to green infrastructure might be achieved along with guidance on how best to implement this through planning process (see page 12).

The built examples on the adjacent pages demonstrate how green infrastructure has been implemented in both new and existing developments by providing:

Multifunctional greenspace, which provides opportunities to

water management, food growing and play/amenity areas.

Green-blue networks and wetland park routes, which allow access routes which follow water bodies and enhanced existing green corridors.

Housing within parkland, which combines integrated homes, streets and landscape.

These projects demonstrate how the principles should be applied to the development of any new planned development, or alterations to existing neighbourhoods, within the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. They are examples of how habitat networks can integrate into housing areas and how these communities can demonstrate the shift towards sustainable communities, particularly with routes and connections that provide attractive and encouraging links for sustainable transport.

Green infrastructure and the wetland park

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Highland Housing Expo, Inverness

‘Green infrastructure should be thought about at every scale of planning, from the strategic framework (allowing cross boundary issues to be considered) right down through neighbourhoods and within streets to the individual house

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Simple shifts from grey to greenMaking the change from grey to green can be easier than you think and can achieve transformational change through practical measures for example:

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standard roads and sewers

single function eg super sized rainwater pipes

street trees – natural traffic slowing measures

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SUDs, swales and natural flood management

permeable paving, incorporating water storage in the sub base of the street

multifunctional eg swales, wetlands, unculverted watercourses that can manage large volumes of water and also provide aesthetic benefits, recreational opportunities, and benefits for wildlife

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Development plans and supplementary guidance should set the context upfront to support green infrastructure thinking at the

landscape, tackling flooding, climate change, sustainable flood

thought of as a green thread weaving through the tiers of policy

Development PlanningStrategic Development Plan

Sets out strategic context Identifies key strategic projects/key areas to form part of larger networks Supports effective cross boundary and partnership working Embeds wider concept of green infrastructure and networks Provides for strategic routes for active travel

Local Development Plan Sets out the spatial strategy – detailed locations of the green network May set out a hierarchy of spaces in the green network May identify areas where actions could strengthen the green network or links enhanced

Policies support incorporation of green infrastructure in the design of new places

May set development aspirations Promotes a masterplanning approach

Supplementary Planning Guidance Sets out design principles for place-making May set out ways in which green infrastructure can be included in the design of new places

May provide a guide to the delivery of high quality, well managed green network with accessible open space

May provide guidance or a framework for assessing planning applications

Masterplan Designing individual spaces for multifunctional benefits Designing sustainable and attractive places and communities served with green infrastructure

Identifying likely management costs at the outset and designing solutions to suit the budget

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The creation and development of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park will support environmental enhancement, increase access to quality greenspace and deliver socioeconomic regeneration in communities within and around the park.

Consequently, a crucial aspect of the Seven Lochs Vision is that it should sit at the heart of a wider Green Network.

the green belt and other designated site boundaries around existing settlements. This boundary supports the development a clear identity for the park.

However, the park boundary should not be viewed as a ‘hard edge’ in developmental terms, but rather as a ‘permeable boundary’ within an enhanced and growing regional green network.

The strategic green network plans and vision set out later in this document apply this principle for the wetland park, existing neighbourhoods and proposed development sites in and around the Seven Lochs.

Implementing green infrastructure

Permeable boundaries. Extract from The seven Loch Wetland Park Study 2013.

‘Creating habitat and access links across the park boundary is as important to the development of the wetland park as creating new links within the park boundary. These outward links will connect the park to surrounding communities, and support the enhancement and use of greenspaces not included within the immediate park boundary.’


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The Seven Lochs Wetland Park sets out a clear vision for Gartloch Gartcosh, which is:

Glasgow and North Lanarkshire to deliver, manage, and sustain a high quality innovative wetland environment that will:

protect and enhance the biodiversity of the area;promote the health and wellbeing of both visitors and residents; and have a major impact on the environmental, economic and social regeneration of the area’.

The proposed park covers an area of 19.3 sq km. It incorporates existing public parks and nature reserves which are owned and managed by the two local authorities, as well as land in private ownership.

Key elements of the vision and masterplan are to:

improve access to and around the park, including new and enhanced visitor facilities;create high quality natural habitats and more connected habitat networks;integrate planned development into the Wetland Park, linking new development with the surrounding landscape through the creation of new green infrastructure;enhance ecosystem services, particularly water resource management; and

surrounding communities.

Wetland Park principles

Integrate a strategy for current and future water management into the creation and management of

Support regeneration and the creation of better places by integrating new development into the wetland park and linking the park with neighbouring communities through a network of high quality, accessible greenspaces.

Co-ordinate environmental enhancement across the area, protecting and enhancing existing landscapes, and creating new water bodies, wetlands and other habitats to expand existing habitat networks.

Plan for the future by identifying, protecting and enhancing vital ecosystem services and integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into the park plan.

Encourage education, enjoyment, and participation, and support training, job creation and the growth of social enterprises, using gateway buildings as a focus for recreational activity at key locations in around the wetland park.

Promote public access and wellbeing by developing routes through the wetland park which link accessible gateways with key heritage and natural heritage features and encouraging connectivity.

Wetland Park Masterplan

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‘Destined to become Scotland's largest urban wildlife site, the Seven Lochs Wetland Park is an exemplar of Green Network planning and delivery. Straddling the Glasgow / North Lanarkshire boundary at Gartloch Gartcosh the Wetland Park sits at the heart of a Spatial Priority for Green Network delivery.’

Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership, 2013

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The key landscape features within the Wetland Park are seven kettle ponds and associated wetlands formed during the last ice age.

Around the lochs and wetlands are areas of agricultural land (both working and fallow), areas of ancient and long established woodland and areas of grassland, which in turn give way to the urban edge of Glasgow and the surrounding settlements of Coatbridge, Stepps and Gartcosh.

A major Hydrological study published in 2011 examined surface

drew on a huge range of data-sets to form a comprehensive model of all the watercourses in the wetland park, constructed as part of the Wetland Park Masterplan Study.

key priorities for water environment restoration to provide multiple

Existing waterbodies and watercourses

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‘A key component of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park is to protect and enhance existing wetland habitat and undertake strategic water

water management, improved public open space, ecological improvements and water sensitive urban design, and deliver ecosystem services such as carbon capture and storage.’Executive Summary, Seven Lochs Wetland Park Scoping Study, AECOM (2013)

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The following pages outline a number of key vistas and views across the site as indicated on the facing diagram.

These photographs aim to highlight the nature and extent of rolling topography and the richness of grassland, wetland, and farmland. This landscape is punctuated by key landmarks, infrastructure and built form to orientate and identify particular neighbourhoods and uses.

Long vistas capture the varied and rich habitat. Lochs, watercourses and strong vertical markers provide a degree of orientation within the area.

Any new or planned development within the boundary of the Wetland Park should take cognisance of these key features and landscape character.

The Gartcosh/Gartloch Site Selection and Development Guidance 2010 by URS/AECOM sets out a detailed analysis of sites and landscape, ecological and environmental character.

A habitat map is also included on page 24 of this report. This sets out the location of particular habitats, including woodland, wetland, peat, bog and grassland.

Landscape and character

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The Wetland Park is home to a number of farms surrounded by 1

landscape and opportunity.

A number of recent housing developments have been built to the edge of the Wetland Park in a highly suburban manner. At times these turn their back to the Wetland Park in a manner that is at odds to the rolling landscape, access to open space and local farm buildings.

It is proposed that any new development be considered in relation to the existing landscape character, ecological designations and opportunities. Planning authorities, land owners and consultants should consider the nature of any future housing typologies and design new developments in a manner that is appropriate to this peri-urban context and wetland park opportunity.

Note 1: Peri-urbanisation relates to the process of dispersal of urban growth toward rural surroundings. It creates landscapes that are characterised by both urban and rural social and economic activities. The expression originates from the French word périurbanisation.

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(noted on the facing page) and any associated development must be fully integrated into a coherent green network and contribute towards the overarching Seven Lochs vision.

North Lanarkshire Council has published a draft Gartcosh Glenboig Strategic Development Framework (SDF) that will inform the development of detailed masterplans for the CGAs.

It will be important to integrate the Seven Lochs vision and masterplan into both the SDF and CGA masterplans through a carefully planned approach to developing the park’s green network and creating new green infrastructure. Local planning guidance, masterplans and planning agreements must ensure that all new developments help to deliver the park vision and masterplan.

Planned development areas

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Gartcosh / Gartloch Site Selection and Development GuidanceFinal Report, September 2010

Gartloch Gartcosh Site Selection and Development GuidanceThis 2010 study examined opportunities and constraints associated with proposed development areas within Gartloch Gartcosh, and made recommendations on development footprints and design solutions.

Sites G1-G9North Lanarkshire CouncilThe North Lanarkshire Council Local Development

within / around Gartcosh and Glenboig.

Sites 1-4Glasgow City CouncilThe Glasgow City Council Draft Main Issues Report

including proposed Community Growth Areas (CGAs), within / around the Wetland Park.

In combination, these sites are proposed to accommodate approximately 4500 new homes.

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A diverse range of wetland, woodland and grassland habitats are to be found on the site of the proposed Seven Lochs Wetland Park. These have been mapped using the Integrated Habitat Network Model, and these maps are the baseline from which habitat networks will be expanded and enhanced.

There is a strong wetland network - with a good mix of open water, marsh, reed bed, wet grassland and wet woodland. Grassland networks are limited, but there are a number of large sites that could form the core of a wider network. Extensive woodland networks are currently fragmented by roads and railways but can be enhanced through new planting.

Commonhead Moss is a large area of raised bog which is rich in species including Bog Rosemary and many different types of

for British Bluebell, a wide range of woodland birds, and resident populations of Badger and Roe Deer. The lochs provide important wintering habitat for a wide range of wildfowl, including Graylag Geese and Whooper Swan, and for Osprey as they pass through on migration.

The spatial plans detailed in this report are based on Integrated Habitat Network data from 2012. Any future work should take account of new and updated data sets.

Habitat and species

‘There are a range of high quality habitats within the wetland park area, and the protection, enhancement and expansion of these habitats is an important element of the vision for the park. Key habitats and habitat links

aim to expand existing habitats to create wider networks, and minimise fragmentation and disturbance from planned development.’


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There are a number of key constraints that will affect the implementation of an integrated green network and any future development in and around the site.

These include major utility infrastructure in the form of high voltage electricity pylons and underground gas mains.

The Wetland Park also is surrounded and bisected by a number of key transport arteries including the M73, M8 and the Glasgow-Stirling railway line. These transport arteries provide valuable links to and from the Wetland Park, but hinder free and safe pedestrian and cycle movement. Analysis of these routes and associated crossing points are outlined in more detail in Chapter 06.

The area is also host to a number of mine workings and shafts which will directly affect the development of several community growth areas.

The boundary between North Lanarkshire Council and Glasgow City Council might be considered as a potential constraint to the delivery of a successful and integrated green network. Close collaboration and agreement between Councils will be required in order to deliver a successful Wetland Park vision and connectivity between existing and new communities/open space.

Key constraints

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Provan Hall

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The Wetland Park masterplan is based around a principle pedestrian

and Drumpellier Country Park. This forms a key part of the overall Park strategy and embodies the intrinsic aims of the park to create a green corridor and community connection. Secondary routes increase access by linking surrounding communities into the core

connecting surrounding communities and beyond.

Central to the aims and identity of the Wetland Park is the focus

The ‘zones’ relate to one or more community and divide the large expanse of the park into navigable areas that can be negotiated on foot within 30-45 minutes. This conceptual (but not physical) delineation allows the park to be more attractive for locals.

In delivering a detailed integrated green network strategy for the Seven Lochs, the primary Wetland Park route and seven ‘zones’ have been further investigated and visualised as three, green ‘loops’.

Each ‘loop’ incorporates two Lochs and 3 Wetland Park Visitor Gateways. Also, every ‘loop’ includes Bishop Loch and the Provan Hall gateway to reinforce these as central elements within the Wetland Park. The nature of each ‘loop’ is explained in more detail overleaf.

Strategic green network

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Alexandra Park

Park

JohnstonLoch SINC zone

Nature reserve

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Kirkintilloch Way

proposed masterplan green route

proposed Easterhouse Green Corridor



To CoatbridgeTo Glasgow City Centre

Monklands Canal

DrumpellierPark

Blairtummock Park

BailliestonPark

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Green Network Strategy

West Loop and North-south ConnectionsReinforce primary masterplan loop route with north-south connections through existing residential communities

Gartcosh-Glenboig RingForm green ring around Gartcosh and Glenboig linking existing nature reserve/Glenboig Village Park with Johnston Loch SINC and associated landscape

A C

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Easterhouse Green Circuit and Monklands LinkEmbolden existing greenspaces and make connections between these to form a green circuit in and around existing neighbourhoods with new parkland.Make improvements to crossings along Monklands Canal route and link to Coatbridge linear Park

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railway line

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M73

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Gartcosh Interchange

M73/Monklands Canal route

M73/Bothlin Burn

railway crossing

Transport arteries and key green network crossings


It is proposed that the principle framework for the Seven Lochs Green Network is three interconnected multi-functional green loops. These loops connect key sites within the park, as well as making links between communities in and around the Seven Lochs.

Loop A - West Loop and North-south Connections

Reinforce north-south connections through existing residential communities into primary route

Loop B - Easterhouse Green Circuit and Monklands Link

Embolden existing greenspaces and make connections between these to form a green circuit in and around existing neighbourhoods with new parkland. Make improvements to crossings along Monklands Canal route and link to Coatbridge linear Park.

Loop C - Gartcosh-Glenboig Ring

Form green loop around Gartcosh and Glenboig linking existing nature reserve/Glenboig Village Park with Johnston Loch SINC and associated landscape.

The diagram immediately overleaf highlights that these key green

northern railway line linking Glasgow and Stirling. These both cross at the Gartcosh Interchange.

The key crossing points are critical to the delivery of a cross-regional integrated green network and Seven Lochs Wetland Park masterplan, which underpins the more detailed drawings for each planned development site within Chapter 07.

Strategic green network

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‘The Green Network will be a visible, attractive and accessible network of green and open spaces and countryside within and around towns and cities, interconnected across the whole of Central Scotland’

Central Scotland Green Network vision and goals.

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Complex and disorientating path/bridge arrangement at Gartcosh Interchange

Existing underpass below M73 at Bothlin Burn with no pedestrian access

Existing M73 road crossing with no pedestrian pathway

Informal railway

Farm currently unsafe for pedestrians

Busy road to cross from Stepps to nearby Station and new Gateway to Park

Existing motorway road crossing linking residential areas to either side of the motorway into Garthamlock and Cardowan Moss

Existing motorway road crossing and junction linking

Park and Glasgow!s East End

Unattractive underpass between Drumpellier Park/Monklands Canal and Easterhouse/Blairtummock Park

proposed green bridge in Wetland Park masterplan

Crossing points - as existing

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railway lineM73

M73

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The facing diagram outlines the extent and nature of existing

intersecting the Wetland Park.

The M73 bisects the areas between Drumpellier Park and Bishop Loch and Johnston Loch/Garnqueen Loch. At present there are a number of road crossings and underpasses along its length, which are either impassable or unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists.

Park and existing road crossings do not currently encourage pedestrian access from East Glasgow to the Wetland Park.

The East West railway line linking Glasgow and Cumbernauld

and Garnqueen Loch in North Lanarkshire and Bishops Loch in Glasgow City Council. There are few crossing points along its length with only one complex and disorientating crossing at the Gartcosh Interchange and one informal and unsafe pedestrian

The Wetland Park masterplan includes road enhancements to form a new green bridge over the M73 connecting Drumpellier Park and Easterhouse. Other key crossings are required to provide a fully integrated green network. These are explained in more detail overleaf.

Crossing points

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Existing road and pedestrian bridge

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Existing pedestrian bridge

Existing pedestrian underpass

Key pedestrian crossings within proposed green network/Park

Existing crossing point to be enhanced

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Across - Enhanced road crossing at Johnston Loch Under - Alterations to existing underpass at M73 / Monklands Canal

New and enhanced crossings - key interventions

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The scale and nature of crossing points within the proposed green network varies depending on their particular location.

In order to create a coherent Wetland Park identity it is proposed that a family of crossings be developed, based on the original Wetland Park Masterplan strategy of vertical markers and horizontal pathways.

provide safe passage for pedestrians and cyclists.

These key crossing points are located at important junctions within the green network strategy and provide valuable connections between existing communities and any new planned developments.

Over, under and across

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OverNew bridge over railway and enhanced existing road bridges

UnderEnhancements to existing underpasses to M73

Across

crossings within and around the Park.

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Garnqueen Loch

Woodend Loch

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The key principles of integrated green infrastructure have been applied within the proposed green network strategy.

Proposed interventions in and around existing and proposed development have been planned to enhance an integrated habitat network with water and wetland at its core.

Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership have undertaken an additional Seven Lochs Wetland Park Scoping Study in association with AECOM that should be read in parallel with this work.

The overall green network strategy is further illustrated on the following pages within three key maps as follows:

Map B - Blairtummock Park to Drumpellier Country ParkMap C - Johnston Loch to Garnqueen Loch

These set out the key proposals and interventions that enhance the green network and spatial plans.

More detailed spatial plans for community growth areas - including surrounding habitat designations - are included within Appendix A.

Integrated green infrastructure

Key green network principles

Integrated green infrastructure (IGI)Integrated green infrastructure, which delivers a range of functions, such as sustainable urban drainage, routes for walking and cycling, access to recreational and natural greenspace, is at the heart of the overall strategy and green infrastructure plans.

Integrated habitat network (IHN)The proposed interventions – including those within and around planned development – achieve a more connected habitat network. The water / wetland network is at the core of the integrated habitat network – with woodland and grassland networks supporting this.

UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitats and speciesThe proposed green network strategy and associated green infrastructure aims to protect, enhance and connect BAP priority habitats. This creates habitat areas and networks that are both suitable and permeable for target BAP species.

Access to quality greenspaceWhere existing access to greenspace is limited, or where quality of existing greenspace is an issue, the proposed green network enhances these areas.

Surface Water ManagementThe proposed green network strengthens existing wetland habitats in conjunction with water restoration projects and water sensitive urban design for new and existing development areas.

Ecosystem services

risk management and carbon capture/storage - to address climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Designing for playThe design and development of Seven Lochs Green Network should aim to build informal

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New link formed from existing Garthamlock community to Wetland Park

Integrated SuDS and path network between new and existing development

Green-blue route to perimeter of new development

Connection between existing schools and Wetland Park

Enhanced connection between Provan Hall and Wetland Park

Todds Well Wood

Gartloch Hospital site

Loch

Gartloch Pools

Provan Hall

Fort Shopping Centre

Lochend High School

Garthamlock Water Towers

Stepps Gateway Building

M8

Bishop Loch

Enhanced connection

Todds Well WoodTodds Well Wood and path network

between new and existing development


Lochend High School

woodland habitat to perimeter of development site

of SuDS and tree planting to existing streets

Enhancement of existing greenspace quality and biodiversity

and path network and path network between new and existing development

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Community Growth Area boundary

IGI strategy areas

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Enhanced access at Provan Hall to Wetland Park

A West Loop and North-south ConnectionsReinforce primary masterplan loop route with north-south connections through existing residential

Map A includes the main wetland core of the Seven Lochs, where the principle east west route will move people through the park. There is a focus on improving connectivity into the park from surrounding communities. Surface water management has formed the principles behind the placement and orientation of development

Habitat networks create new connections between disjointed areas, particularly woodland at Todds Well. Recreational open space in

SuDS, street trees and a network of planting, encouraging the movement of people and habitat across the boundary of the wetland park. New developments are laid out to include open space at key spaces where vistas, habitat creation and wetland routes can meet

and enhancing ecology and creating desirable residential areas.

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Commonhead Moss

Drumpellier Country Park

Lochend Loch

Woodend Loch

Integrated SuDS and path network between new and existing development

Lochend High School

Bishop Loch

and path network between new and existing development

Lochend High School

Enhancement of existing greenspace quality and biodiversity

The Bridge

Enhanced route from The Bridge Gateway

Greening of pedestrian route from The Bridge including street trees and planters

Green Bridge proposal (separate project)

Monklands canal link

Connectivity between new development sites

Multifunctional open space

Surface water management at core

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Enhance habitat connectivity near to SINC


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Map B - Blairtummock to Drumpellier Park

MAP B

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New woodland and proposed Monkland Canal RouteAt the core of Map B is a Green Circuit, enhancing habitat networks and access into the wetland park through a network of improved open spaces encircling a cluster of educational establishments. The circuit works by closing the gaps in the existing green infrastructure which surrounds the Easterhouse area. The Monklands link is an essential access and habitat link through the Wetland Park from Easterhouse and Coatbridge, crossing major infrastructure and skirting a large development area. A new waterbody forms the core of this new development area and provides surface water management for the extended area through a network of conveyance routes. Habitat networks are enhanced by providing green routes through the development, from Commonhead Moss, converging at the new wetland core and then southwards towards an area of new woodland.

B Easterhouse Green Circuit and Monklands LinkEmbolden existing greenspaces and make connections between these to form a green circuit in and around existing neighbourhoods

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Map C - Johnston Loch to Garnqueen Loch

Connectivity between new development sites

Retain and enhance habitat connectivity in shelter belts

Respect existing landscape conditions with multifunctional open space

SuDS fringes to new development


Enhance green - blue route at Bothlin Burn

Retain connectivity between LNR and shelter belts


Improve access

at transport interchange

Enhance southerly access into the park

Ensure access through new developments for existing communities

Obtain crucial linkage across railway line - essential for overall park strategy

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Respect existing

SINC buffer

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Map C - Johnston Loch to Garnqueen Loch

MAP C

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New outdoor play and housing overlooking wetland park at Johnston Loch

C Gartcosh-Glenboig RingForm green ring around Gartcosh and Glenboig linking existing nature reserve/Glenboig Village Park with Johnston Loch SINC and associated landscape.

Map C concentrates on the creation of habitat and access networks forming a ring around Glenboig and Gartcosh, linking the business

Housing within development areas are dispersed amongst existing shelter belts and habitat networks, with the opportunity for housing

housing typologies to complement the areas rural nature.

Surface water management is integral to the development areas, forming buffers between housing and the landscape beyond. New recreational greenspace enhances the hybrid setting of urban and rural by providing an extension to existing park areas and utilising no-build zones for green routes, habitat connections and open space.

points from which habitat networks extend from.

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A number of key interventions are required to support the successful delivery of the integrated green network and detailed spatial plans outlined within Chapter 07 and the appendices.

These interventions range from new blue-green routes through planned development to the enhancement of existing crossing points.

The diagram opposite outlines 20 key interventions in support of the broader green network. These should also be considered in relation to the proposals outlined within the Wetland Park Masterplan and are complementary to its vision and approach. The interventions outlined here are considered necessary to the delivery of an integrated green network and spatial plans presented in the appendix.

The nature and scale of each intervention varies depending on its location and opportunity. At times an intervention is linked to future planned development (eg. green-blue routes at numbers 3, 11, 14. 16 and 19). At other times the intervention relates directly to key pedestrian and cycle crossing points (eg. 8, 13, 16 and 20).

Several interventions enhance existing green networks or routes and further connect these into existing residential communities (eg. 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 15 and 18.)

Interventions

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New entrance into Wetland Park and ‘greening’ at Garthamlock

New entrance and tunnel into Park from Provan Hall Visitor Gateway

Blue-green route to perimeter of planned development linking Todds Well Wood and Craigend Wood

Removal of proposed vehicular Easterhouse Regeneration Route through centre of Wetland Park

Green connection from Craigend Wood to Blairtummock Park via The Bridge Park Gateway

New woodland extension connecting Blairtummock Park to Monklands Canal Route

New forest walkway within forest extension to Monkland Canal route

Improvements to existing M73 underpass linking Monklands Canal and New Easterhouse Park

Environmental and path improvements to Monklands Canal route

Green route through development from Bishop Loch to Commonhead Moss

Bishop Loop educational circuit

Interchange/Crossing - series of interconnected landscaped crossings, signage and lighting proposals

New pathway connecting Glenboig to Nature reserve

Improvements to Glenboig Village Local Park and Marnoch play area

New pedestrian and cycle connection to underpass under M73 and Bothlin Burn

Green/blue route linked to new planned development connecting Johnston and Glenboig Village Park

Landscape buffer and managed pathways between planned developments at Johnston Loch SINC

New railway crossing connecting Johnston Loch SINC to Gartloch Pools and Bishop Loch

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Name Description Surface Water Management improvements?

Habitat improvements? Access improvements? Recreational open space improvements?

Principle Aim

1 Garthamlock Greening New entrance into the park from Garthamlock incorporating greening and habitat improvements to the existing open space at Tillycairn Drive. Surface water management of run-off from the potential proposed development on Tillycairn Drive has also been incorporated into the spatial plans.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Access / Habitat

2 Provan Hall Entrance New entrance and tunnel into the park from Provan Hall Visitor Gateway. An inhabited tunnel as part of the visitor gateway can provide unique interpretation space. A tunnel would work with the existing contours and will lead visitors direct into the park by avoiding the obstacle of Auchinlea Road above.

No No Yes No Access

3 Todds Well Blue - Green Route

A green-blue route joins Craigend Wood, Todds Well Wood and continues into the perimeter of the development site, connecting to existing waterbodies and habitat areas, and proposed SUDs locations. This route offers potential for routes providing greater north south linkage across the park in this location.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Habitat / Water

4 ERR Removal The proposed Easterhouse Regeneration Route could remain un-realised. By retaining the status quo the

which can be enhanced. Inserting a road through the park would have negative aspects for the whole park and for the development sites at site 1 and 2.

Yes Yes Yes N/A All

5 Green Route at The Bridge

Enhanced connectivity into the park from the gateway at The Bridge. This not only enhances the route from The Bridge to the park but also enables a connection through to Blairtummock Park, allowing a green route to loop around the entire Easterhouse area.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Access

6 Monkland Wood Monkland Wood is proposed as a new woodland extension to Blairtummock Park creating an essential habitat link into the heart of the development site.

No Yes No No Habitat

7 Monkland Wood Walkway Footpath extending along the line of the former canal route amongst new woodland, providing a direct link from the development area into Blairtummock Park and Easterhouse beyond.

No No Yes Yes Access

8 M73 Underpass Improvements to the existing M73 underpass, providing a link which allows an access route along the Monklands canal route to function on both sides of the motorway. Improvements should allow the underpass to be suitable as an attractive pedestrian underpass and a potential habitat connection.

No Yes Yes No Access / Habitat

9 Monklands Canal Route Environmental and path improvements to the Monkland canal route will allow the potential for the route of the canal to act as access throughout the southern edge of the park. Much of the route would require a new path.


10 Monkland Park The potential for a new waterbody at the heart of the development site also offers potential for informal parkland to surround the new waterbody and create feature multipurpose green space as a focal point within the development site.

Yes Yes No Yes Water

Fig. 8.03 Table 1A Categorising Intervention aims

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Principle Aim

1 Garthamlock Greening New entrance into the park from Garthamlock incorporating greening and habitat improvements to the existing open space at Tillycairn Drive. Surface water management of run-off from the potential proposed development on Tillycairn Drive has also been incorporated into the spatial plans.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Access / Habitat

2 Provan Hall Entrance New entrance and tunnel into the park from Provan Hall Visitor Gateway. An inhabited tunnel as part of the visitor gateway can provide unique interpretation space. A tunnel would work with the existing contours and will lead visitors direct into the park by avoiding the obstacle of Auchinlea Road above.

No No Yes No Access

3 Todds Well Blue - Green Route

A green-blue route joins Craigend Wood, Todds Well Wood and continues into the perimeter of the development site, connecting to existing waterbodies and habitat areas, and proposed SUDs locations. This route offers potential for routes providing greater north south linkage across the park in this location.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Habitat / Water

4 ERR Removal The proposed Easterhouse Regeneration Route could remain un-realised. By retaining the status quo the

which can be enhanced. Inserting a road through the park would have negative aspects for the whole park and for the development sites at site 1 and 2.

Yes Yes Yes N/A All

5 Green Route at The Bridge

Enhanced connectivity into the park from the gateway at The Bridge. This not only enhance the route from The Bridge to the park but also enable a connection through to Blairtummock Park, allowing a green route to loop around the entire Easterhouse area.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Access

6 Monkland Wood Monkland Wood is proposed as a new woodland extension to Blairtummock Park creating an essential habitat link into the heart of the development site.


7 Monkland Wood Walkway Footpath extending along the line of the former canal route amongst new woodland, providing a direct link from the development area into Blairtummock Park and Easterhouse beyond.


8 M73 Underpass Improvements to the existing M73 underpass, providing a link which allows an access route along the Monklands canal route to function on both sides of the motorway. Improvements should allow the underpass to be suitable as an attractive pedestrian underpass and a potential habitat connection.

No Yes Yes No Access / Habitat

9 Monklands Canal Route Environmental and path improvements to the Monkland canal route will allow the potential for the route of the canal to act as a route throughout the southern edge of the park. Much of the route would require a new path.


10 Monkland Park The potential for a new waterbody at the heart of the development site also offers potential for informal parkland to surround the new waterbody and create feature multipurpose green space as a focal point within the development site.

Yes Yes No Yes Water



Principle Aim

11 Green Route at site 4 A green-blue route can link Bishop Loch and Commonhead Moss, running through the southern edge of site 4. The route will enhance an existing pedestrian route and provide vital footpath links to connect the new development site to the existing Easterhouse area and the wider wetland park.

Yes Yes Yes Yes All

12 Bishop Loop There is potential for the cluster of schools in the Easterhouse area to be included in a designated green route, which loops around Easterhouse and links these educational facilities into the wetland park, offering the potential for the park to be used as an outdoor classroom. The educational circuit would involve a mixture of

No No Yes Yes Access / Education

13 Interchange There is a need for enhanced crossing points at the network of interconnected landscapes on different levels where the railway line, motorway, and existing footpaths cross. This needs improved by way of signage, lighting proposals and improvement to routes and access.

No No Yes No Access

14 Glenboig Path New path proposed to connect Glenboig to the Local Nature Reserve. No Yes Yes Yes Access

15 Glenboig Park link Green/blue route connecting Marnoch play area and the Bothlin Burn along the northern edge of the development site.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Open space

16 Bothlin Underpassmanagement.

Yes Yes Yes No Access

17 Johnston Green Blue Route

The route of the no-build gas main is utilised to provide a green blue connection between the development areas near Johnston Loch and the areas towards Glenboig, connecting proposed green areas at Johnston Loch and the existing local park at Marnoch.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Water / Habitat

18 Johnston Buffer A landscape buffer, new habitat connections and managed pathways between the railway line, the development areas and the SINC at Johnston Loch.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Habitat

19at 18.


20 Railway Crossingzone of the wetland park. This connectivity can be improved by developing a new bridge at this location, tying into the end of the gas main route green link.

No No Yes No Access

Fig. 8.04 Table 1B Categorising Intervention aims

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Description Suitable to form part of planning application ?

Suitable to be funded by developer contributions?

Directly related to planned development?

Potential partners to take forward delivery of interventions with GCVGNPPotential partners to take forward delivery of interventions with GCVGNPPotential partners to take forward delivery of interventions with GCVGNPPotential partners to take forward delivery of interventions with GCVGNPPotential partners to take forward delivery of interventions with GCVGNP

Glasgow City Council North Lanarkshire Council

Forestry Commission

SEPA/Scottish Water

Sustrans Scottish Natural Heritage

Landowners/Developers

Other interested parties

1 New entrance into Wetland Park and ‘greening’ at Garthamlock Yes Yes Partly x GHA Persimmon Homes

2 New entrance and tunnel into Wetland Park from Provan Hall Visitor Gateway No No No x x Provanhall Heritage CentreGlasgow Fort Shopping Centre

3 Blue-green route to perimeter of planned development linking Todds Well Wood and Craigend Wood

Yes Yes Yes x x x Site 2 Landowner

4 Removal of proposed vehicular Easterhouse Regeneration Route through centre of Wetland Park N/A N/A Yes x x Site 2 Landowner GCC/NLC Roads Departments

5 Green connection from Craigend Wood to Blairtummock Park via The Bridge Wetland Park Gateway

No No No x x x Private landowners surrounding the Bridge

The BridgeBusiness Centre

6 New woodland extension connecting Blairtummock Park to Monklands Canal Route No Yes Yes x x x Site 3 Landowner GCC Parks Department

7 New forest walkway within forest extension to Monkland Canal route No Yes Yes x xMonklands

Link

x Site 3 Landowner Scottish Canals

8 Improvements to existing M73 underpass linking Monklands Canal and New Easterhouse Park No Yes No x x x Surrounding private landowners/farmers

Scottish CanalsTransport Scotland

9 Environmental and path improvements to Monklands Canal route No No No xMonklands Link

x x x Surrounding private landowners/farmers

Drumpellier ParkScottish CanalsNetwork Rail

10development

Yes Yes Yes x x Site 3/3B Landowners

11 Green route through development from Bishop Loch to Commonhead Moss Yes Yes Yes x x x x Site 4 LandownerGHA

12 Bishop Loop educational circuit No No No x x x GHA Various private landowners

GCC Education Department

13 Gartcosh Interchange/crossing - series of interconnected landscaped crossings, signage and lighting proposals

No No No x x x Crime Campus/Scottish PoliceLocal Nature ReserveNetwork RailTransport ScotlandLocal Community Council

14 New pathway connecting Glenboig to Nature Reserve Yes Yes Yes x x Site G5 Landowner Glenboig Nature ReserveScottish Gas Networks

15 Improvements to Glenboig Village Local Park and Marnoch play area No Yes No x Community CouncilLocal Schools via NLC Education

16 New pedestrian and cycle connection to underpass under M73 and Bothlin Burn No Yes No x x x Surrounding private landowners/farmers

Transport Scotland

17 Green/blue route linked to planned development connecting Johnston Loch, Bothlin Burn and Glenboig Village Local

Yes Yes Yes x x Site G1, G9, G2, G3, G4, G7 and G8 Landowners

18 Landscape buffer and managed pathways between planned developments at Johnston Loch SINC

Yes Yes Yes x x x Site G1-G9 Landowners NLC Ecology Johnstone Loch Tea rooms

19Moss

Yes Yes Yes x x x x Site G1-G9 Landowners NLC Ecology

20 New railway crossing connecting Johnston Loch SINC to Gartloch Pools and Bishop Loch No Yes No x x x Site G1-G9 LandownersAdjacent farm cottage owner

Network Rail

Fig. 8.05 Table 2 Interventions and Delivery

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principles set out in the Seven Lochs Wetland Park vision and masterplan (2013). The interventions vary in scale and complexity, and a range of approaches will be needed to take them forward. Table 2 categorises interventions into 3 broad types, and these inform the approaches through which they will be delivered.

one organisation the overarching aim of a multifunctional green network means all will require co-operation and co-ordination between project partners. Similarly, many interventions require active involvement of land owners, developers and other interested parties. A broad partnership to take forward development of the Wetland Park and co-ordinate action on the proposed interventions is essential.

Many interventions are directly part of the planning and design of proposed developments, or involve new / enhanced green infrastructure linked to development. Local authorities must support these through planning guidance, advice and decision making, and early engagement and discussion with developers is crucial. Green Infrastructure Spatial Plans attached within the appendix set out detailed proposals for

planning authorities and developers as site masterplans are developed is essential to delivering a functional green network.

Some interventions can be taken forward through funding applications already in development, i.e. Heritage Lottery Fund and Regeneration Capital Grants Fund. Others, such as new or enhanced crossings over major infrastructure, require a more focussed approach. Detailed, specialist studies by GCVGNP and project partners are needed to develop delivery plans for these large, complex projects. This must involve

and timely delivery.

The range, scale and complexity of the proposed interventions means a phased approach is needed. Projects that can be delivered in the short term and begin to establish the park as a visitor attraction should be used to help build the case for major interventions. However, project partners must recognise that all the interventions are essential to the Seven Lochs green network functions as planned.

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Protecting and enhancing heritage assets;Developing more connected habitat networks;Linking the Seven Lochs to surrounding communities;Supporting local regeneration and development; andEnhancing delivery of ecosystem services.

As new and updated data to inform green network connectivity and functionality becomes available further analysis will be needed to ensure that planning and decision making is informed by the best available knowledge.

Next steps are to:1. Develop implementation plans which secure resources for delivery and ensure co-ordinated action,

This report and recommendations should inform funding applications for the Seven

are linked to an overarching strategic plan. Project partners need to consider how interventions can be phased, how to ‘make the case’ with funders and stakeholders, and both implementation and long-term management and maintenance.

The report and appendices should inform North Lanarkshire Council’s Strategic Development Framework for the Gartcosh Glenboig CGA, ensuring this supports delivery of a high quality, multifunctional green network. Similarly, Glasgow City Council should use this report to inform masterplans for new development around Easterhouse. Planning Agreements with developers must include delivery of key elements of the network. Local Development Plans should clearly identify the Seven Lochs Wetland Park and associated green network, including both interventions that will be delivered within the lifetime of the plan, and longer-term aspirations.

Structures set up to oversee development of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park must be

on-going stewardship of green network assets. This co-ordination is crucial to the success of the park in the long-term.

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