3.11 Parts of the City are characterised by vacant land and derelict buildings, isolated from the successful elements of the City fabric. These areas reflect Glasgows industrial past and are concentrated around the City Centre, along the River corridor and co-incide to a significant degree with the City's Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) areas. Although regeneration activity is already underway in some of these areas there is a need to provide guidance on the type and form of development that will maintain and extend this activity.

The Aim for Areas of Focus is:
to target planning action to stimulate and sustain regeneration activity particularly to support SIP areas.

The Strategy for Areas of Focus involves:
a commitment to prepare, in consultation with local interests, Local Development Strategies that will deliver detailed planning solutions to mobilise the public and private sector.

3.12 The Plans City-wide Programmes (Part 1), Development Policies, Supplementary Guides and Design Standards (Part 2), will ensure that the quality of those parts of the City not identified as an Area of Focus will be maintained and enhanced.