GLASGOW City Council's planning committee has shown good sense in postponing a decision on the proposed Jordanhill development until a determination hearing has taken place, at which the opponents of the plan will have a proper opportunity to set out the valid reasons for their objections ("Delay to plan for 400 luxury flats", The Herald, October 25).
Of course Cala Homes is merely pursuing its normal business of building and selling houses, and the real culprit in this sorry saga is the Court of Strathclyde University. Ever since it took over the former teacher-training college at minimal cost in 1993, I believe it has had an eye on the main chance, a potentially large cash bonanza by selling the entire site to a developer. That is why it later moved the entire teacher-training activity into its Education Faculty in the city centre, and abandoned all maintenance of the listed Stow Building and the rest of the site. And at no time during its occupation did the university show the slightest interest in, or support for, the local Jordanhill community.
Four hundred-odd houses in Jordanhill will add hugely to the current pressure on local schools and facilities, already full to capacity. The only available traffic access from the site is to Southbrae Drive and thence a right turn on to an already jam-packed Crow Road, the only available access to the Expressway and the Clyde Tunnel. These are important factors the city planning committee must take into account, as well as the increased pressure on other already hard-pressed local facilities in the surrounding West End areas.
Iain AD Mann,
7 Kelvin Court, Glasgow.
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