Key Council Strategies
Tourism Strategy
In order to maintain the city’s tourism success, the City Council, City Marketing Bureau and Visit Scotland recently launched the The Glasgow Tourism Strategy to 2016 which represents the city’s step change ambitions for the next decade.
The overall aim is to establish Glasgow as a leading destination in key markets offering a unique, dynamic and authentic experience through the quality of place, product and service differentiated through the strength of the brand Glasgow: Scotland with Style.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Business/Tourism/glasgowstourismpolicyframework
Cultural Strategy
Glasgow's Cultural Strategy sets out a vision for delivering the city's social and economic aims and objectives through culture and sport. An essential part of the Strategy is to open a dialogue with the arts, sports and cultural sectors as well as other sectors, to articulate and develop an identifiable set of cultural entitlements for Glasgow’s citizens to enage with.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/PolicyPlanning_Strategy/ServiceDepartments/CultureandSportGlasgow
Local Housing Strategy
Glasgow’s Local Housing Strategy (LHS) sets out the housing issues and priorities for the city, and provides a strategic framework for future investment and management. It represents a shared understanding developed in partnership between housing agencies and the local community.
The present Local Housing Strategy 2003-2008 was adopted in March 2003 and includes changes subsequently agreed with Communities Scotland. It was preceded by a Consultative Draft Housing Plan 2001. The Council produced a Local Housing Strategy Update in 2005, which includes the city’s Investment Strategy and Fuel Poverty Strategy.
Work is underway on a new Local Housing Strategy to come into effect in 2010/11 incorporating new Scottish Government requirements. An important part of this will be a new Older Private Housing Strategy which is currently under development following a consultative draft published in August 2007. Housing Support, Fuel Poverty and Homelessness Strategies will also be incorporated within the next LHS.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Business/Housing/HousingStrategy/LocalHousingStrategy
Environment Strategy and Action Plan 2006-2010
Glasgow’s Environment Strategy and Action Plan provides an overview of the wide range of activities relating to environmental protection and enhancement that are currently being carried out or supported by Glasgow City Council (GCC). It also serves as an introduction to a number of new policies intended to help to address the many challenges faced in the local and global environment.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Business/Environment/Sustainabledevelopment/environmentstrategy
Climate Change Strategy
A Climate Change Strategy for Glasgow is currently being produced by the Council. It aims to:
- Identify opportunities to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and reduce & offset carbon emissions
- Identify service areas that require adaptation to climate change scenarios
- Embed climate change considerations into existing and new Council strategies, plans and policies
- Establish/Identify actions, targets and undertaking monitoring and reporting
- Raising awareness of climate change impacts and actions to staff, developers, communities and local business
Link:
Climate Change Strategy
Glasgow’s Access Strategy
Reviewed during 2009, Glasgow’s Access Strategy takes account of new planning and transportation policies that recognise the importance of outdoor access for improved health and well-being, active travel and stronger communities. It provides the context for the Core Paths Plan which the Council intends to adopt in late 2009.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/eGovernment/Plans_Progress/Access+Glasgow
Sports Pitches Strategy
Glasgow City Council’s sport pitches strategy has been developed to address the adequacy of sports pitch provision to meet the long term needs of the pitch sports in the city. It will address improvements in the provision of pitches and ancillary accommodation, fostering participation and skill development. This may involve changes to existing stock and the role that school sites can play in meeting community demand.
Clean Glasgow Strategy
The Clean Glasgow Strategy provides the framework and overview for Glasgow’s clean and green agenda. The Strategy works towards a number of objectives including the promotion of a thematic approach to:
- Cleansing and maintenance;
- Education and public awareness; and
- Monitoring and enforcement.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/CleanGlasgow
Local Transport Strategy
'Keeping Glasgow Moving' Glasgow's Local Transport Strategy 2007-2009 has recently been completed. The Strategy concentrates on promoting and enhancing sustainable transport modes such as walking, cycling and public transport, with limited investment in roads infrastructure to tackle key congestion points, provide essential links to development areas and provide links to enable public transport to provide effective circumferential services. In the meantime, the M74 completion and East End Regeneration Route projects will be completed to assist Glasgow’s economic competitiveness and to aid the regeneration of the east end of the City.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/GettingAround/LocalTransportStrategy
River Clyde Flood Management Strategy, River Corridor Supplementary Development Guide
This document provides information about the implementation of flood management solutions and improvements to quay walls, incorporating the creation of and improvements to public spaces along the River Clyde corridor and feeds into the strategic drainage plan for Glasgow.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Environment/FloodRiskManagement/floodstrategy
Local Development Strategies
The City Plan provides the context for the preparation of local development strategies in various parts of the City where planning action is required to assist the process of regeneration. A number of local development strategies are being advanced in consultation and assistance with local communities. For example, the East End Local Development Strategy sets out the Council’s vision and detailed guidance for development in the East End. The Strategy introduces the Council’s Vision for a modern 21st Century city district where regeneration will be a model of sustainable development addressing issues of population health, environmental quality, and meeting people’ needs.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/PolicyPlanning_Strategy/ServiceDepartments/Development_Regeneration/eelds
Economic Strategy
Glasgow City Council is one of the principal agencies responsible for the development and implementation of the city’s new economic development strategy, A Step Change for Glasgow. Launched in November 2006, the Strategy sets out the city’s ambitions for growth over the next 10 years.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Business/Businesssupport/Research_statistics/glasgowseconomicstrategy
City of Light Lighting Strategy
Glasgow’s lighting strategy was launched in March 2002 with the formal switch-on of four pilot projects. In its first 6 years it implemented, or contributed to, 83 lighting projects and introduced an estimated 162km. of white light street lighting.
The strategy seeks to re-appraise the overall visual coherence of the city’s lighting, including individual buildings and landmarks, statutory street lighting, amenity, and festive lighting and to present opportunities to enhance further the quality of the environment after dark in support of the wider planning and urban design aims for the city and to complement regeneration initiatives
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Business/Planning_Development/Heritage_design/cityoflightlightingstrategy
Local History and Archaeology Strategy
A cross-sector initiative, of which Glasgow City Council is a lead partner, this Strategy involves heritage organisations, community groups and the academic sector. The strategy addresses local history, in terms of a combined approach to archaeology, the built environment, archives, museums and galleries, library collections and evidence for landscape history.
Education Estate Strategy
This strategy was agreed by Committee in January 2009 and covers the 2009-2012 period. It has been developed with the aim of further improving the condition and quality of Glasgow’s education estate and reducing the number of children and young people accommodated in establishments which are in poor or bad condition, and to do this by merging a number of education establishments.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/GoingtoSchool/generalinfo.htm
Carer’s Strategy
The Glasgow Carers Strategy 2008 – 2011 sets out the strategic direction for the further development and delivery of services to carers in Glasgow over the next 3 years. This strategic direction seeks to contribute to the overall health and well-being of carers, observing local and national rehabilitative, enablement, preventative and health improvement agendas.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Care_Support/Carers/CarersStrategy
e-Government Strategy – Creating a 21st Century City
The e-Government Strategy sets out the Access Glasgow approach to employing technology to transform delivery of services. It also outlines the Council’s aim to bring the benefits of the developing Knowledge Economy to the citizens of Glasgow.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/eGovernment/Strategy