Clarkston

Clarkston is a well-established suburban town with a strong residential character, centred on its town centre and railway station. Its distinctive identity is shaped by traditional sandstone properties, mature tree-lined streets, attractive green spaces and a high-quality residential environment. The town benefits from a wide range of services and facilities, including schools, healthcare provision, shops, leisure opportunities and community facilities, while its vibrant town centre serves as a focus for retail, business, community and leisure activity. Strong transport connectivity, extensive parks, open spaces and wider green networks contribute to a strong sense of place, support the principles of local living, and provide valuable opportunities for recreation, active travel and biodiversity, helping to maintain a high quality of life for residents.

Future development in Clarkston will be centred on the delivery of the Clarkston South Growth Area, providing a significant opportunity to create a high-quality mixed community with new homes, including affordable housing, alongside supporting infrastructure, active travel links and blue and green networks. Growth will be carefully planned and integrated with existing communities, while opportunities within the existing urban area will focus on regeneration and the efficient use of land and buildings. Development should support the continued vitality of the town centre, enhance biodiversity and green infrastructure, strengthen walking, wheeling and cycling connections, and reinforce Clarkston’s role as a sustainable, well-connected and attractive place to live.


Key Place Priorities for Clarkston

The Clarkston South Strategic Allocation and associated development proposals will be delivered as part of a coordinated programme of growth, supported by the infrastructure, services and investment required to create a sustainable, well-connected and high-quality place.


Housing and Growth

The strategy will:

  • Deliver the Clarkston South Strategic Allocation (Strat 1.5) as a high-quality mixed community incorporating green space, supporting infrastructure and community facilities.
  • Provide a range of homes, including affordable housing, family housing and accommodation to meet the needs of older people.
  • Ensure new development responds positively to local character, landscape setting and residential amenity.


Town Centre, Services and Community Facilities

The strategy will:

  • Deliver a new neighbourhood centre at Clarkston South (PP4.38) providing local shops, services and community facilities.
  • Support and enhance the vitality and viability of Clarkston Town Centre (PP4.2).
  • Ensure schools, healthcare facilities, community facilities and local services are maintained and enhanced in line with planned growth.
  • Deliver a community hub within the neighbourhood centre (LP5.14), providing flexible community, wellbeing and multi-purpose facilities.
  • Support the provision of additional healthcare capacity to serve Clarkston, Eaglesham and surrounding communities.


Movement and Connectivity

The strategy will:

  • Improve walking, wheeling and cycling connections between Clarkston South, existing neighbourhoods, schools, greenspaces, the town centre and nearby communities.
  • Support improvements to public transport accessibility and connectivity, including enhanced bus services (SP8.14).
  • Deliver a mobility hub at Clarkston South (SP8.15) to encourage sustainable travel choices.
  • Deliver transport infrastructure and network improvements required to accommodate growth, including improvements to Belle Craig Roundabout (SP8.17).


Green Networks, Environment and Recreation

The strategy will:

  • Protect, enhance and expand parks, open spaces, woodland, biodiversity, nature networks and blue and green infrastructure.
  • Deliver the enhanced green network at Clarkston South (SP2.17), helping to strengthen ecological connectivity and access to nature.
  • Support the provision of high-quality sport and recreation facilities, including a new all-weather pitch (LP6.2).
  • Integrate climate resilience, biodiversity enhancement and high-quality green infrastructure throughout new development.


Clarkston is a well-established suburban town with a strong residential character, centred on its town centre and railway station. Its distinctive identity is shaped by traditional sandstone properties, mature tree-lined streets, attractive green spaces and a high-quality residential environment. The town benefits from a wide range of services and facilities, including schools, healthcare provision, shops, leisure opportunities and community facilities, while its vibrant town centre serves as a focus for retail, business, community and leisure activity. Strong transport connectivity, extensive parks, open spaces and wider green networks contribute to a strong sense of place, support the principles of local living, and provide valuable opportunities for recreation, active travel and biodiversity, helping to maintain a high quality of life for residents.

Future development in Clarkston will be centred on the delivery of the Clarkston South Growth Area, providing a significant opportunity to create a high-quality mixed community with new homes, including affordable housing, alongside supporting infrastructure, active travel links and blue and green networks. Growth will be carefully planned and integrated with existing communities, while opportunities within the existing urban area will focus on regeneration and the efficient use of land and buildings. Development should support the continued vitality of the town centre, enhance biodiversity and green infrastructure, strengthen walking, wheeling and cycling connections, and reinforce Clarkston’s role as a sustainable, well-connected and attractive place to live.


Key Place Priorities for Clarkston

The Clarkston South Strategic Allocation and associated development proposals will be delivered as part of a coordinated programme of growth, supported by the infrastructure, services and investment required to create a sustainable, well-connected and high-quality place.


Housing and Growth

The strategy will:

  • Deliver the Clarkston South Strategic Allocation (Strat 1.5) as a high-quality mixed community incorporating green space, supporting infrastructure and community facilities.
  • Provide a range of homes, including affordable housing, family housing and accommodation to meet the needs of older people.
  • Ensure new development responds positively to local character, landscape setting and residential amenity.


Town Centre, Services and Community Facilities

The strategy will:

  • Deliver a new neighbourhood centre at Clarkston South (PP4.38) providing local shops, services and community facilities.
  • Support and enhance the vitality and viability of Clarkston Town Centre (PP4.2).
  • Ensure schools, healthcare facilities, community facilities and local services are maintained and enhanced in line with planned growth.
  • Deliver a community hub within the neighbourhood centre (LP5.14), providing flexible community, wellbeing and multi-purpose facilities.
  • Support the provision of additional healthcare capacity to serve Clarkston, Eaglesham and surrounding communities.


Movement and Connectivity

The strategy will:

  • Improve walking, wheeling and cycling connections between Clarkston South, existing neighbourhoods, schools, greenspaces, the town centre and nearby communities.
  • Support improvements to public transport accessibility and connectivity, including enhanced bus services (SP8.14).
  • Deliver a mobility hub at Clarkston South (SP8.15) to encourage sustainable travel choices.
  • Deliver transport infrastructure and network improvements required to accommodate growth, including improvements to Belle Craig Roundabout (SP8.17).


Green Networks, Environment and Recreation

The strategy will:

  • Protect, enhance and expand parks, open spaces, woodland, biodiversity, nature networks and blue and green infrastructure.
  • Deliver the enhanced green network at Clarkston South (SP2.17), helping to strengthen ecological connectivity and access to nature.
  • Support the provision of high-quality sport and recreation facilities, including a new all-weather pitch (LP6.2).
  • Integrate climate resilience, biodiversity enhancement and high-quality green infrastructure throughout new development.


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