Bishopbriggs High site

What do the council, and developers, have planned for the 'prime' town centre Bishopbriggs High site?

Will you have a say?

Will the council listen?

Will the £1.2million games hall survive or be demolished?

Will the existing empty shops be filled before more are built?

Who will benefit from their decision?

John Morrison (council leader) has already confirmed that they have started planning the redevelopment and various ideas are in the pipeline.

They include:

Commercial premises
Public space
Retail development
Housing opportunities
Community facilities (sports hall?)
Parking

Any retail or commercial development would have to include public space and parking. Housing opportunities doesn't sound that promising to me.
Community facilities, retention of the Sports Hall? The council would only say "it is being considered".

They say their are "opportunities" to work closely with

Local people
Traders
Community groups
and their
Partners (the Developers?)

Another 'consultation' process... we all know what that could mean.

Who would have believed it?

John Morrison - has asked teams to look at proposals to regenerate town
centre taking into account Academy site once moved.

Shame they couldn't have done the same with Churchill Way and we may have had something worthwhile in the way of shops.

Tom Dibble said:

I think that on old Bishopbriggs High site most folk would like a Marks and Spencer

Visitor comment: Do these folk live in cloud cuckoo land what did consultation ask for?

What did petition ask for when M&S was first mooted?

Why are there empty units at RETAIL park?

Read the Bishopbriggs Hearld story 'Masterplan for town centre'.

The grand plan many want to consider the following.

* How many shops are lying empty?
* What impact on trade will moving 1200 people from the town centre create?
* Why was Churchill Way shopping demolished and turned into flats?
*Why have premises in Cross Court remained empty for almost a year?
The town centre has more than one - charity shop, pub, restaurant, bookmaker, travel agent, etc.

Will the council ask what the people want - then ignore them?

Remember: Marks and Spencer don't build shops, they rely on developers to create premises for them.