Next Steps

Petition is with Ministers

Thanks to everyone who  signed and shared the petition, sent in pictures, and promoted the campaign.  The ministers now have our petition and are in the process of making a decision about whether to ‘call-in’ the planning application to build housing on North Kelvin Meadow and The Children’s Wood. See below for information on the call in process.

It is important  we keep up the momentum  and this means continuing to share the petition and writing letters to the Government.  Please only write to your local MSP and  ministers who have an official role.

Download a template letter

We have constructed a Template letter. Please personalise this letter to fit with your own experiences and views.  It will be much more powerful if you add in your own personal touch.  You can send  letter to  ministers and your local MSP.  Please see the list for official ministers to write to:

Write to a Minister

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
St. Andrew’s House,
Regent Road,
Edinburgh,
EH1 3DG

Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities & Pensioners’ Rights
Alex Neil
St. Andrew’s House,
Regent Road,
Edinburgh,
EH1 3DG

Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment
Marco Biagi
St. Andrew’s House,
Regent Road,
Edinburgh,
EH1 3DG

Minister for Children and Young People Aileen Campbell
St. Andrew’s House,
Regent Road,
Edinburgh,
EH1 3DG

Minister for Transport and the Islands and
MSP for Renfrewshire North and West Derek Mackay
St. Andrew’s House,
Regent Road,
Edinburgh,
EH1 3DG

Minister for Public Health Maureen Watt
St. Andrew’s House,
Regent Road,
Edinburgh,
EH1 3DG

Write to your local MSP.

Below are a few examples, if you don’t see your MSP on here you can find their details on the Government website

MSP for Glasgow Bob Doris
3rd Floor
Empire House
131 West Nile Street
Glasgow
G1 2RX

MSP for Glasgow Cathcart James Dornan
4 Kings Park Road
Glasgow
G44 4TU

MSP for Glasgow Anniesland Bill Kidd
Room 1.16
Anniesland College
19 Hatfield Drive
Glasgow
G12 0YE

MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie Gil Paterson
Unit 16
Clyde Business Centre
Clydebank
G81 1PF

MSP for Glasgow Kelvin Sandra White
1274 Argyle Street
Glasgow
G3 8AA

MSP for Glasgow Humza Yousaf
3rd Floor, Empire House
131 West Nile Street
Glasgow
G1 2R

What is a ‘call-in’

What is a ‘call-in’?” This is a power which allows Ministers to make the decision on a planning application, rather than the planning authority to which the application was made.”

What happens once it’s called in?

Scottish Ministers rely on an independent reporter working for the Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA), to examine the merits of a called-in application. The reporter considers the application, prepares a report setting out their conclusions and recommends whether Scottish Ministers grant permission unconditionally, grant permission subject to conditions or refuse permission. The report is then submitted to Scottish Ministers for their decision, which does not have to follow the reporter’s recommended course of action.

Ultimately it is the ministers who will decide whether to reject the development plan – so please keep on sending letters, signing petitions and visiting surgeries.