Your community has been identified as having the potential as our weather changes.  So it is time for a new plan about how extreme rainfall is managed. 

We are working with engineering consultant AECOM to implement a Surface Water Management Plan and would love you to be involved. 

A drop in session will be held on the 21^st August 2019 in the Knightswood Community Centre, Glasgow, G13 3DD from 16:30 to 19:30 or feedback can be submitted to Fraser Blackwood at AECOM on FraserBlackwood@aecom.com.

In this round of consultation there will be a focus on:

• Early designs for West Princes Street Quietway
• Early designs for St George’s Road (north of St George’s Place)
• Detailed design update for St George’s Road South and Charing Cross
   

We are proposing a number of changes to improve the environment for pedestrians, cyclists, local residents and businesses. New designs could see the implementation of:

• New and enhanced public space
• Pedestrian and cycle crossing points
• Reprioritising streets in favour of walking and cycling

Public Drop in Sessions

Thursday 15 August 3.00pm - 7pm at Woodlands Workspace, 66 Ashley Street, Glasgow, G3 6HW focus on West Princes Street Quietway

Tuesday 27 August 3.00pm - 7pm at Woodside Library, St. George’s Road, G3 6JQ focus on St. George’s Road (north of St George’s Place)

You can also give us your views online: www.glasgow.gov.uk/connectingwoodside

Part 8 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 aims to "increase transparency about Common Good assets and community involvement in decisions taken about their identification, use and disposal".

The Act places new duties on the council in relation to common good property:-

• Section 102 of the Act places a duty on the council to establish and maintain, after consultation, a register of property which is held by it as part of the common good.
• Section 104 imposes the requirement for public consultation before the disposal or change of use of a common good property.

Statutory guidance (https://www.gov.scot/publications/community-empowerment-common-good-property-guidance-local-authorities/) published by the Scottish Government sets out the procedure for establishing the register, and for subsequent consultations on the use or disposal of common good land.

We have published our draft Register and would like your comments on the register, for example, to suggest that a property should be removed or added. 

The City Centre Strategy identified nine City Centre Districts and commissioned design teams to bring forward evidence based Regeneration Framework for each of the Districts . The St Enoch District Regeneration Framework is the thirdto have been completed. While there have been over 3,500 engagements with stakeholders and communities as it was developed this is a formal opportunity to comment on the recommended strategies, themes and projects.

As part of the consultation you will be able to give your opinion on the themes and projects as well as indicating how you would prioritise them. Once all the feedback has been collated it will be incorporated into the Framework and this will go forward for approval by the Council.

Recently, the Scottish Government passed legislation giving Local Authorities a discretionary power to licence Sexual Entertainment Venues.                                               

The main changes introduced by the recent legislation are summarised below:

• A discretionary power for Local Authorities to pass a resolution, if it so wishes, in relation to the licensing of SEVs in its area;
• If a resolution is passed by the Local Authority:
  • it must determine the appropriate number of SEVs for their area and for each relevant locality;
  • it must prepare a SEV Policy Statement in respect of its functions in relation to the licensing of SEVs taking into account the licensing objectives of public nuisance, crime and disorder, public safety, protecting children and young people from harm and violence against women;
  • there are various grounds for the refusal of a SEV licence including that the number of SEVs in the Local Authority area or the relevant locality at the time the application is made is equal to or exceeds the number which the Local Authority consider is appropriate for that locality;
  • all SEVs would require a SEV licence to operate;
  • the resolution must not come into force any earlier than one year from the date the resolution is made by the Local Authority; and
  • a SEV  Policy Statement must be published by the Local Authority 28 days prior to the resolution coming into effect.

Please submit your views by email to: LicensingEnquiries@glasgow.gov.uk or in writing to:-

Mairi Millar, Head of Licensing and Democratic Services, City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DU