GCV Green Network
Connecting Our Quality Spaces

The Gartloch & Gartcosh community growth corridor stretches from Ruchazie in Glasgow through to Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire.

The Gartloch & Gartcosh corridor is of immensely high value in terms of both natural and cultural heritage. A network of habitats – mainly wetlands, woodlands and some grassland – support a wealth of important species.

The area’s existing greenspace resources will come under intense pressure in the coming years due to regeneration initiatives and the potential creation of up to 4,300 new homes in the period to 2025.

The Gartloch Gartcosh Green Network Strategy will provide a framework for the development of sustainable local communities throughout the growth corridor. 

The aim is to use existing assets to create a wetland park of national significance with links to a wider network of green spaces. This will enhance the area's biodiversity, generate new opportunities for leisure, recreation and tourism and establish the area as an attractive place to live and do business.

The Gartloch Gartcosh Green Network Strategy highlights opportunities to:

• Create green links helping to integrate existing and new communities
• Develop a ‘wetland park’ and realise its potential
• Conserve existing habitats and bring about environmental improvements limiting the impact of the new built environment
• Improve accessibility and encourage recreational use of space within and beyond the area
• Encourage the growth of social enterprises for training, volunteering and business development
• Educate through visitor facilities promoting the area’s ecological and cultural heritage

The Way Forward

A Strategic Delivery Partnership is driving forward proposals for an integrated network in the area. It is looking at ways to create and maintain the area’s Green Network and to progress the delivery of a sustainable Wetland Park. In order to do this the Partnership has commissioned two further studies to understand the area’s complex hydrology and to guide proposed developments.

For a summary on the issues and our recommendations in Gartloch Gartcosh, read our summary Prospectus document click here.

For more detailed information download the full Gartloch Gartcosh Green Network Strategy from the right hand column.