9.13 The Joint Structure Plan identifies the Clyde Waterfront as a nationally important Metropolitan Flagship Initiative that should aim to reclaim the River waterfront for communities and restore the Clyde as a centre for economic activity and economic productivity. This aim would be achieved by mixed use developments, (including residential), improving the transport network that serves the River frontage, accommodating national visitor attractions and capitalising on the industrial heritage of the River.

9.14 The Council’s Planning for Development document, published in June 1997, recognised the River Corridor as the City’s most important linear corridor and noted growing interest in its potential for mixed-use development including residential, leisure, commercial and industrial uses. The Glasgow Alliance Action Plan 5: Objective 5, refers specifically to the River and the need to prepare a development and movement framework. More recently, the CIDRE (Cities Divided by a River in Europe) study provided guidance on the development of a regeneration strategy for the Clyde.