LDP Newsletter 26 - Summer 2017

Local Development PlanNewsletter 26 Summer 2017 EASTWOOD HIGH SCHOOLWELCOME to the Summer EAST RENFREWSHIRE Local Development Plan 2edition of the Local Local Development Plan UpdateDevelopment Plan Newsletter Main Issues Report (MIR) - Consultation ClosedThe Spring edition was postponed due to the twin The 10 week consultation on our Main Issues Report (MIR) closed on the 8th elections and the purdah February 2017 and the LDP team would like to thank everyone who submitted regulations. comments. The MIR is the first stage in preparing a new Local Development Plan for the area. This is an important plan that will shape development in the This is the 26th quarterly area for years to come. LDP1 was adopted in June 2015 and will be replaced newsletter keeping you by LDP2 in the coming years.informed about the latest progress on the Local All comments received to the MIR will help to inform the next stage in the Development Plan and other process, the 'Proposed Plan'. The comments are currently being considered projects, and will let you know and will be reported to council in September. There will be a further how and when you can get opportunity for public consultation and comment on the Proposed Plan in involved. spring 2018.Key articles in this edition Whiteleeinclude: Run the Blades 2017 LDP Update A year in the planning and with the Whitelee Run the Blades largest field of runners to date, Run the Faith Campus Blades 2017 took place over the Barrhead High School weekend of 22nd and 23rd July. Crookfur Primary School Off-the-Shelf Housing It was the largest event to have taken Clarkston Your Town place at Whitelee windfarm and Clydeplan Update cemented the event in the running Award winning Health and calendar, in what is only its third year. Care Centre Almost 600 runners took to the tracks across three events at 10K, 21K and 50K distances. Exhilarated runners seemed to love the routes and the unique setting amongst the turbines. For the results see: www.breakingstrain.co.uk/run-the-blades/www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/local-development-plan

Faith Campus Set to Open Barrhead High SchoolThe new £18.2million shared faith schools' joint Work is nearing completion at the new £29.7m campus for Catholic and Jewish communities at Barrhead High School, which is being built at the Waterfoot Road, Newton Mearns is nearing Johnny Kelly Pavilion and blaes pitch site adjacent to completion and will be ready to welcome new pupils the existing school.for the start of term. The campus will be a new, additional, Catholic primary school with non-denominational nursery serving the area and a replacement building for East Renfrewshire's existing Jewish primary and nursery, Calderwood Lodge. The new campus has been designed based on feedback from parents and representatives of both faith communities. The cost of the development is being met by East Renfrewshire Council and the Scottish Futures Trust. The new school is being delivered through the Scottish Government's Hub programme.The campus will have separate pupil entrances, and classroom wings, as well as head teachers for the two schools and nursery classes. The new facilities will reflect the identities of the two faith communities whilst at the same time provide shared spaces for social interaction revolving around a joint interactive zone at the centre of the building and other shared playgrounds and learning areas, including for sport, art, science and music and drama. Crookfur Primary SchoolCrookfur Primary and Nursery has been extended and extensively refurbished in a multi-million pound investment. Around £8 million is being invested as part of the Scottish Government's 'Schools for the Future' programme.The school will have a planning capacity of 444 pupil places and 90 nursery places. The multi-million pound investment will see pupils and the school community benefit from a multi-use games area, a new entrance at the front of Crookfur which includes improved gym/assembly and dining space, a science/ technology room, touchdown learning pods, management and administration space, new windows and roof. Classrooms and other spaces have also been fully refurbished complete with Wi-Fi provision. In addition to the educational benefits, the school will also provide amenities for the wider community to enjoy and will boost the local economies, creating apprenticeship opportunities for young people and construction jobs across the country.East Renfrewshire councillor Jim Fletcher said: \"We welcome this funding support to improve the learning and teaching environment at Crookfur Primary School and Nursery Class. This investment will enable us to provide the children and staff with a new building that will look and feel like a whole new school. The parents and the wider community will also be able to benefit from the greatly revamped facilities.\"

Off The Shelf HousingBetween January and March 2017, East Renfrewshire Council managed to purchase 12 'Rent Off The Shelf ' houses to add to our social rented stock. In late 2016, the Scottish Government offered East Renfrewshire Council a grant of 50% of the property value to increase the number of affordable homes across the Authority. The size of housing most in demand by our customers are 3 bedroom family properties in Levern Valley, and 1 bedroom properties across the Authority.A similar grant scheme was previously made available by the Scottish Government which saw the Council purchase ten 1 bedroom properties over two years to increase our stock. No grant funding was permitted to carry over into the new financial year in April; therefore all sales had to be completed by 31st March 2017. The timescales of the Rent Off The Shelf scheme presented a massive challenge to staff. Suitable dwellings had to be identified and surveyed, and negotiations with vendors and all legal procedures finalised in order to complete sales within a period of three months.Housing Officers and their colleagues managed to meet the timescales ensuring an increase in much needed social rented housing stock. In the Levern Valley Area, three 1 bedroom and four 3 bedroom properties were purchased, along with five 1 bedroom properties in Eastwood. The purchases will help to meet our affordable housing needs.Clydeplan UpdateOn 24th July 2017, the Scottish Ministers approved, with modifications, the second Strategic Development Plan for the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Region.The Strategic Development Plan sets out a development strategy over the next 20 years of where new development should be located and a policy framework to help deliver sustainable economic growth, shape good quality places and enhance the quality of life in the Glasgow city region. The Plan focuses on growing the economy of the city region in a low carbon and sustainable manner and setting out a planning framework which positively encourages investment within the city region.The approved Strategic Development Plan will be published on Clydeplan's website at www.clydeplan-sdpa.gov.uk/ www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/local-development-plan

Award Winning Health and Care CentreThe Eastwood Health and Care Centre, Clarkston has won two prestigious design awards: The European Healthcare Awards - design award for buildings under 25,000 sq feet, and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) awards 2017.Caroline Bamforth, East Renfrewshire Councillor and Chair of the East Renfrewshire Integrated Joint Board, said: “We are delighted that the Eastwood Health and Care Centre has been recognised in this way. It is a fantastic state-of-the-art facility, bringing together health and social care services under the one roof for the first time in Eastwood. The busy community café on the ground floor also makes it a great community hub for local people. ”The Planning Service facilitated the delivery of the new £15m Health and Care Centre in Clarkston which opened in the summer of 2016. The building provides a range of primary care, clinical, social care and voluntary self-help services for the population of Eastwood under one roof, including GP services, outreach clinics, physiotherapy & podiatry, adult & older people's mental health services, children & families services, rehabilitation & enablement services (including social work, district nurses, occupational and physiotherapists), and voluntary & independent sector organisations (e.g. carers, dementia support).The Planning Service was involved in this development from an early stage, with the production of a design brief to guide development proposals. Next Newsletter Autumn 2017 CONTACT US If you are not already on our distribution list, and would like to be added, please contact us at the details shown below. Please supply your email address if possible. Development Planning, 2 Spiersbridge Way, Spiersbridge Business Park Thornliebank G46 8NG 0141 577 3001 [email protected] www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/ldp2