Error on plans for New Bishopbriggs High School development...

The PL78 LOCATION PLAN document posted on the council planning website indicates that the former Bishopbriggs High School Site as the 'SITE OF FORMER THOMAS MUIR HIGH SCHOOL'

View the full pdf file here

Plans for 147 new homes on site of old Bishopbriggs High School site

Councillors are soon to decide if they will grant planning permission for 147 new home development on the site of the former Bishopbriggs High School Site.

Barratt Homes is seeking approval for five blocks of flats and 35 three-bedroomed town houses on vacant land off South Crosshill Road.

Barratt's supporting statement reads: “The proposals described within this Masterplan Framework / Design and Access Statement have been developed by Barratt Homes in response to published guidance set out by East Dunbartonshire Council. “This statement supports the submission of a full planning application for the development of new homes in Bishopbriggs, a town in East Dunbartonshire.” 

No Swinson as Jo Swinson seat won by SNP

TEN YEARS on from the Liberal Democrats decision to build the new Bishopbriggs High School on the site of the old Thomas Muir school on the outskirts of the town.

The general election 2019 sees Jo Swinson lose her seat to the SNP.

Despite the then Lib Dem run council asking the people of Bishopbriggs to decide where the new school should be built, and the people deciding to built it on the existing Bishopbriggs High School site. The council ignored the people and voted against that democratic decision and decided to build the new school on the Thomas Muir, out of town, site.

At the next local council election the Lib Dems administration was humiliated when they lost.

On the old Bishopbriggs High School site the new £800,000 sports hall was first thing to be demolished by the demolition company. After investigation it was deemed to have been a mistake, and NO further action was taken.

Today, 10 years on, the old Bishopbriggs High School site remains derelict and empty.

New homes continue to be built in Bishopbriggs and the demand for secondary school places sees the council having to consider placing pupils inside the Bishopbriggs Academy catchment in other schools.

Maybe they could build a new school on the unused High School site - it's still the best option, in my opinion.

More to follow...

As we start 2016 the Bishopbriggs High School site remains empty - the £800,000 sports arena is still demolished 6 years on

The community of Bishopbriggs could still be using the £800,000 sports hall  on the old Bishopbriggs High School site if it hadn't been demolished (by accident).

Years after the decision by East Dumbartonshire council to build the new school, against the public consultation, on the Thomas Muir Site, we're still waiting for a use at the high school site.

In May 2010 the new £800,000 sports hall on the Bishopbriggs High School site was demolished 'by mistake' and without permission.

Now over 6 years later the site still remains empty.

No action was taken against anyone over the 'mistake'.

Bishopbriggs lost a publicly funded sporting asset only to see the site remain derelict and empty to this day.

What do you think East Dumbartonshire Council. should have done?

Bishopbriggs lose out on five years use of new sports hall - demolished by mistake in 2010

In May 2010 the new £800,000 sports hall on the Bishopbriggs High School site was demolished 'by mistake' and without permission. Now over 5 years later the site still remains empty.

No action was taken against anyone over the 'mistake'. 

Bishopbriggs lost a publicly funded sporting asset only to see the site remain derelict and empty to this day. What do you think East Dumbartonshire Council. should have done?

Almost two and a half years since sports hall was demolished site still remains empty

Should the people of Bishopbriggs have been allowed to use the almost new £800,000 sports hall for two years after it was demolished by mistake in May 2010?

The hall had it's own access road and car park, it could have continued to be used by the community until a decision had been made on the sites future. Yet, despite being demolished before the school by mistake, the site remains un-used and without a concrete plan for it's future.

The main losers were the fine people of Bishopbriggs.

Download the the May 2012 Morrison plans for Bishopbriggs Town Centre (A new vision for Bishopbriggs) and decide for yourself

New plans for Bishopbriggs Town Centre released in May this year with new larger Morrison store and petrol station. New access to site and social area, with images plans and drawing this 8 page pdf has all the information.

To download the pdf file (2.6mb) - click here

Morrisons new plan for the Bishopbriggs High School Site

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Here's an animation of the scale of Morrisons development overlaid over the old view of Bishopbriggs High School and the demolished sports hall.