4.26 Based on a comparison of supply and demand for the period to 2006, the Joint Structure Plan concludes that, in quantitative terms, the Effective Land Supply for the Structure Plan area is insufficient to meet anticipated demand for owner-occupied housing, and that there is a requirement for greenfield release within the Conurbation. The Joint Structure Plan projections for the period to 2006 show a requirement for a release of new sites with capacity for almost 3,300 homes within the Conurbation and Central Conurbation Housing Market Areas. A further requirement for 2,350 houses has been identified for the period 2006-2011.

Figure 4.7 : Additional Housing Land Identified for Greenfield Release

4.27 Glasgow is well positioned to accommodate a significant proportion of this shortfall. The Joint Structure Plan indicates that the Plan should identify new sites with capacity for 1,950 houses with 1600 required by 2006. Sites with a capacity of over 1,400 units should have started by this time. Planning permission for those additional sites could be granted before adoption of the Plan to ensure the delivery of housing units by 2006. Greenfield release to meet this shortfall will not prejudice the development of brownfield land for the lower-and middle-markets and should not significantly lower the proportion of brownfield land in the established land supply. It will however contribute towards reducing net out-migration, help to stabilise and, in the longer term, modestly increase the Citys population (Figure 4.7).

New Housing

The sites listed below will be programmed to deliver the output required to help meet the Joint Structure Plan requirement in the pre-2006 period.

The following greenfield sites are identified as additions to the land supply for owner occupied housing:(Figure 4.8)

4.28 The Council is pursuing for a new suburban vision on these important greenfield development sites. It is imperative that any development on these sites is of a high quality, maximising the physical characteristics of a greenfield location to make them attractive to potential purchasers, particularly in the upper-market. The layout of upper-market housing (defined as detached houses with five or more apartments) will be expected to comply with a Development Brief agreed or prepared by the Council based on the criteria set out in Part 2, policy RES 2: Residential Site Layouts. Variation from these criteria, to reflect local site circumstances, may be acceptable.

Figure4.8 : Greenfield Release

4.29 The criteria set out in Part 2, policy RES 2 demonstrate the Councils commitment to improving the quality of product delivered on housing sites in the City, generally, and on greenfield release sites in particular. The criteria represent a first step towards achieving this objective. Should additional greenfield land release be required as a result of identified shortfalls, the Council will review these criteria with a view to securing further improvements in the quality of these developments.


4.30 The Council has identified sites that are primarily for the development of upper-market houses. The sites will be released on the proviso that development meets the criteria for greenfield sites set out in policy RES 2 and other relevant policies of the Plan. Part of the Councils four-yearly review of the City Plan will include an assessment of the progress made on each of these sites. Any that have not benefited from planning consent will be scrutinised and their retention as part of the pre-2006 greenfield release will be reassessed.