Seven Lochs Wetland Park - Masterplan Consultation Report by GCR Green Network

2. Context

3. Constraints & Opportunities

1. Boundaries North Lanarkshire Council

This section sets out the proposed boundary for the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. It aims to help people understand the site by looking at its relationship to other large parks in Scotland, and to surrounding communities. It examines current and past land use, describes the area’s lochs and burns, and looks at what is special about the area’s wildlife, landscape and history.

Is the proposed boundary right? Are there areas that should / should not be included as part of the Wetland Park?

This section examines the key factors that inform the approach to developing the Wetland Park. It looks at development proposals within and around the proposed park. It examines transport infrastructure, and how people currently access and use the area, both positively and negatively. It looks at the relationship between public and private land, and maps existing habitat networks across the area.

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4. The Vision

1. Significant Factors

Are there any other significant factors affecting the development of the Wetland Park?

1. The Vision

What do you think of the vision and strategy for the Wetland Park? Are there other objectives or priorities that should be included?

This chapter sets out the vision and strategy for the creation of the Wetland Park. It describes how the vision and strategy were developed, and provides examples from elsewhere that helped inform this. It looks at how people will engage with the park, and identifies 7 clusters associated with the lochs and existing communities. It also identifies where there are opportunities to expand existing habitat networks, including the core wetland area, and looks at where new habitat can be created.

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The Vision - Create a new wetland park of national significance. - Deliver, manage and sustain a high quality innovative wetland environment. - Protect and enhance the biodiversity of the area as a national resource. - Promotes the general health and wellbeing of both visitors and residents alike. - Contributes to the environmental, economic and social regeneration of the area.

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Glasgow City Council

8.6 km

Fig. 2.09 Glasgow City Council / North Lanarkshire Council Boundary

Fig. 2.10 Surrounding communities

M80

Fig. 3.10 Evidence of tyre burning on Rogerfield Road, West Maryston

Public Glasgow City Council Public North Lanarkshire Council

2. Heritage

M73

Are there other precedents that could help inform the development of the park?

1 Frankfield Loch

Johnston Loch

2. Precedents

Fig. 4.04 Dearne Valley, England - RSPB

Do any of the factors identified seriously impact upon the development of the area as a nationally significant Wetland Park?

Garnqueen Loch

Fig. 4.01 Visions of the wetland park

Fig. 3.09 Access and awareness factors

2. Impact

Privateownership known Private ownership unknown

Are there other important historical or heritage features that are important in the area? Johnston Loch

Fig. 4.06 Dulwich Boardwalk,London

Garnqueen Loch

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Frankfield

Gartloch Pools

Loch

Woodend Loch Hogganfield Loch

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Fig. 4.03 Vestvagoy - Lofoten Islands, Norway Fig. 4.05 Boardwalk - Ontario, Canada

Bishop Loch

Fig. 2.40 Gartloch Hospital

Fig. 2.46 Glenboig Fireclay Works

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Gartloch Pools

Bishop Loch

Woodend Loch

4.8 km

Lochend Loch

Hogganfield Loch

Lochend Loch

Fig. 2.31 Gartcosh Steelworks

Fig. 2.30 Gartcosh Steelworks

Fig. 2.47 Monkland Canal

Fig. 2.45 Provan Hall

Fig. 3.13 Land ownership

5 Bothlin Burn

M73 Fig. 2.08 The site

Johnston Loch

Garnqueen Loch

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Hogganfield Loch

Bothlin Burn Gartloch Pools 3

5 Bishop Loch

Woodend Loch

4 Lochend Loch

3. Clusters

Fig. 6.27 Proposed boardwalk from Gartcosh through new wetland area towards Bishop Loch

What can be done to minimise the impacts, or maximise the opportunity, associated with the factors identified?

2 Frankfield Loch

Fig. 4.08 Flanders Moss - viewing platform affording views across the boglands

Fig. 3.05 Combined Infrastructure

3. Action

Fig. 2.49 - 1_Hogganfield Loch

3. Water

Are there important water bodies or burns that we have missed?

Are the cluster areas a helpful way of planning and promoting a park of this size? 1

6 Johnston Loch

Fig. 3.01 Planned developments in and around the wetland park

Robroyston CGA

Easterhouse (North)

Advised community growth area build plot

Garthamlock CGA

Easterhouse (South)

Gartcosh CGA

Glenboig CGA

Private housing developments Business and commercial developments

2 6

Garnqueen Loch

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Community growth areas

Frankfield Loch

Bishop Loch

Woodend Loch

Hogganfield Loch

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Gartloch Pools Lochend Loch

Fig. 2.57 Water Vole

Fig. 2.58 Water Rail

Heathfield Moss

Have we got the proposals for new habitat areas right? Are there any opportunities we have missed?

Johnston Loch Garnqueen Loch

Frankfield Loch

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Gartloch Pools

Hogganfield

Easterhouse (north) CGA

4. Habitat Areas

Existing pondscape at Gartcosh LNR

Cardowan Moss

Proposed private housing developments

reeds to Gartloch Pools

Advised community growth area build plot

Glenboig CGA

Fig. 4.18 Identify 7 cluster areas associated with lochs and existing communities

Fig. 4.21 Cluster strategy

Areas identified for community growth (CGAs)

Gartcosh CGA

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Fig. 3.18 Indicative flooding illustrated with dark blue tone

new wetland area

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Are there other important or protected species and habitats in the area?

community woodland

Fig. 2.48 Hydrological flow and flooding - areas prone to flooding shown in darker shade of blue

4. Species

wild flower meadow

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Bishop Loch Woodend Loch

5. Accessing the Park

Fig. 3.14 - Extent of proposed CGAs and private developments in and around the proposed wetland park.

Fig. 2.12 Hogganfield Loch

6. Engaging with the Park

1. Gateways

What do you think of the proposed access points and gateways? Are they in the right place, and what facilities are needed at these gateways?

The Wetland Park needs a strong, clear identity. This section looks at access points and gateways to the park, and how these can help attract both local communities and visitors to use and understand the park. It looks at where existing paths and routes can be improved, and new paths created, to encourage walking, cycling and horse-riding within the park, and at the development of ‘green fingers’ which will connect the park to surrounding communities and to wider access networks.

This section looks at the cluster areas proposed in chapter 4 in more detail. Each cluster is centred on one of the area’s water bodies, and incorporates one of the proposed gateways. Each cluster area is described, together with proposed entrances, new visitor facilities and access routes, and habitat creation and management is examined. Individually each cluster acts as a focus for local community involvement, whilst together they add up to a new visitor attraction that is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Fig. 3.11 Graffiti and tagging, Commonhead Road

Fig. 4.29 Existing Habitat Areas

Do you think we have got the cluster areas right? Are these the areas of the park that communities within each cluster make use of?

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allotments

Gartloch Farm release site new wetland area

Garthamlock CGA 1:5,500

Fig. 7.03 Gathamlock CGA

Fig. 7.30 Proposed Local Nature Reserve

3. Good Practice

Can you suggest examples of good practice that could inform the approach at the Wetland Park?

Will the clusters work well together to create a new park of national significance?

Easterhouse (south) CGA

Drumpellier Country Park

Commonhead Moss

woodland to Craigend

Sluice

Please note - this consultation in not intended to examine the location of proposed developments. It focuses on the proposals for the design of planned development within the Wetland Park boundary. Consultation on the location and scale of development will be undertaken by the Planning Authorities in Glasgow and North Lanarkshire.

Fig. 2.04 Scotland’s Regional and National Parks

3. Significance

What do you think of the proposed paths and routes? Are there other connections that could be made?

Island

National Park Central Scotland Green Network

2. Paths & Routes

Island

Open Water

Regional Park

Fig. 6.22 Proposed picnic stop located on the northern edge of Bishop Loch

Fig. 7.09 swale ‘green street’, Sweden

Gartloch Pool - proposed LNR

Proposed LNR Boundary

This section looks in more detail at the new developments identified in chapter 3. Up to 4300 new homes are planned for the Gartloch Gartcosh area over the next 10 – 15 years, and the Wetland Park masterplan proposes that a number of new developments are incorporated into the Wetland Park. Each development is examined in detail, and the plan presents an outline design which looks at how the development could be integrated with the surrounding landscape, and at opportunities to create new greenspace and green networks linked to development.

Fig. 6.36 Depiction of a proposed refurbished Gartcosh community gateway

Fig. 4.30 Proposed New Habitat Areas

7. Community Growth

1. Communities

Seven Lochs Wetland Park

Fig. 6.11 Proposed Stepps gateway visitor facility and viewing tower, with associated refurbished retail units

woodland to West Maryston

Fig. 2.62 Reed Bunting

Hogganfield Park Fig. 2.61 Roe Deer

Lochend Loch

woodland to Todds Well

Fig. 2.60 Meadow Brown woodland to Cardowan Moss

Fig. 2.59 Great Crested Newt

7 Glenboig

Gartcosh

Stepps

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4 Hogganfield

Provan Hall

Drumpellier The Bridge

Fig 5.11 Principal East - West route

Fig. 5.16 Proposed Routes

Fig. 6.04 Cluster 1

Fig. 6.34 Proposed crannog cafe situated on Lochend Loch

3. Path Users

Fig. 7.16 allotments, Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Fig. 7.13 Easterhouse (south) CGA

2. Opportunities

Railway line M80 / A80 Glasgow - Stirling M73 / M74 Cumbernauld - Carlisle M8 Greenock - Edinburgh

How should we integrate path provisions for different types of path user?

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Fig 5.01 Identity schematic - community education and recreation

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Fig. 4.20 Enhance connectivity with existing and new transport links

Fig. 6.23 Cluster 4

Fig. 6.07 Proposed Frankfield viewing platform

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Fig. 7.01 Community growth area locations

Fig. 2.01 Wider connectivity - significant settlements with direct access to the park boundary via road or rail

Glenboig (North Lanarkshire Council)

Livingston Bathgate

Gateway building

Easterhouse south (Glasgow City Council)

Coatbridge Motherwell

Cycle route adjacent to road

Easterhouse north (Glasgow City Council)

Cumbernauld Greenock

Cycle route on road

Gartcosh (North Lanarkshire Council)

Secondary route : pedestrian and cycle

City of Edinburgh Falkirk

Gartloch (Glasgow City Council)

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Principal route : pedestrian and cycle

City of Glasgow

Fig. 6.01 Cluster locations

Garthamlock (Glasgow City Council)

Helensburgh

Fig. 5.02 Gateway locations

Fig. 7.11 retention pond

What do you think of the outline designs? Are opportunities for creation of new habitat, greenspace and green networks linked to development missed?

Stirling

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4. Extended Network

Are there other wider paths and routes that the Wetland Park should connect to?

2. Proposals

What general principles do you think should underpin new development within the Wetland Park?

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Monkland Canal route

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Drumpellier/ Coatbridge/ Summerlee

Fig. 6.31 Cluster 5

Baillieston CGA

8. Implementation & action plan

Fig. 7.15 swale ‘green street’, Malmo, Sweden

1. Development Principles

What do you think of the proposals for each cluster?

Robroyston wetland

Fig 5.17 Wayfinding - strategic signage locations

Fig. 7.10 community garden, Tramway, Glasgow

Principal route: pedestrian and cycle Loch / waterbody / watercourse Wetland Woodland Sparse woodland

This section examines how the vision for the Wetland Park can be brought to life. It looks at how the proposals set out in the masterplan can be implemented in 3 phases, with a final implementation phase linked to development proposals. It also links the Wetland Park vision to more detailed aims and objectives for the park, and sets out key elements of an action plan to take forward development of the park.

Entry point 1

Hogganfield visitor gateway and pontoon

12 Gartloch bird hide and viewing tower

HOGGANFIELD LOCH

14 Gartloch Pools Local Nature Reserve

FRANKFIELD LOCH VIEWING PLATFORM

STEPPS LOOKOUT POINT

16 Community woodland 20 Bishop Bothy

Phase 1

Fig. 8.01 Phase 1

Secondary route: pedestrian and cycle

1 2

Loch / waterbody / watercourse

Wetland Woodland Green finger - extended route

Alexandra Park - green finger Robroyston wetland Frankfield Loch Local Nature Reserve

Bishop Loch picnic stop

Reedbed board walk

Bothlin wetland reserve

Extended Route network

Gartcosh dipping pond

Replanted hedgerows

Summerlee Heritage Park

Entry point 3

Provan Hall visitor gateway

The Bridge visitor gateway

Glenboig visitor gateway

Phase 2

Fig. 8.02 Phase 2

Secondary cycle route adjacent to road Loch / waterbody / watercourse Secondary cycle route within road Extended route network Easterhouse integral green corridor Fig. 8.05 All phases

Entry point Planted bridge

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Stepps viewing tower and visitor gateway

Gartcosh visitor gateway

Drumpellier visitor gateway

Easterhouse integral green corridor

Green bridge

Crannog cafe

Phase 3

Fig. 8.03 Phase 3

Secondary route: pedestrian and cycle Loch/ waterbody/ watercourse

Bailieston community growth area

Gartcosh / Glenboig community growth area

Easterhouse (south) community growth area

- Gartcosh

Wetland Woodland Green finger- extended route Allotments Wildflower meadow

Easterhouse (north) community growth area

Allotments

Gartcosh/ Glenboig community growth area - Glenboig

Extended route network Replanted hedgerow Entry point 7

Frankfield Loch Nature Reserve

Garthamlock community growth area

Wildflower meadow

10 Konik pony grazing 11 Easterhouse Regeneration Road Fig . 8.04 Phase CGA

15 Blairtummock and associated gardens

Phase CGA

Illustrative overview of the 9 presentation boards used in consultations Consulting the community, landowners, businesses and local authorities

GARTLOCH POOLS

REED BED BOARDWALK AND BISHOP LOCH

GREEN BRIDGE OVER M73

CRANNOG AT LOCHEND LOCH