Scotland 2045 - fourth National Planning Framework - draft - national developments: assessment report

Use of the site that recognises its importance to the energy sector and large scale manufacturing as part of economic development.

Local and regional connections for people to access the site should be included.

Initial focus is creating a hub for the development of a low carbon rail cluster.

Associated infrastructure improvements.

Call for Ideas:

Edinburgh and South East Scotland Major Area of Change, Longannet; Longannet Industrial Rail Cluster Hub; Longannet site (Fife) and associated infrastructure improvements

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Supported by wider spatial strategy.

Leveraging the engineering base in North East Scotland to develop a national hub for district heating excellence and supporting a just transition for the offshore oil industry.

Bringing the experience of the current Aberdeen district heating scheme and local engineering expertise together with the proposed Inverurie district heating scheme to create a national centre for excellence.

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Sub-national impact
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy

To assist the decarbonisation of road transport

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy

Continuation of one of the largest regeneration opportunities in Western Europe; 4,500 new homes, new mixed use town centre including retail, leisure, education facilities, green network/spaces, multi-modal transport links.

Call for Ideas:

Ravenscraig (3)

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Sub-national impact
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

New settlement and mixed use development at Blindwells linking into redevelopment of the Cockenzie power station site and associated climate change zone. New railway station/transport interchange, A1 interchange, heat and decentralised energy networks. An exemplar of sustainable inclusive development.

Alternative vision for Blindwells element presented that shifts the development east to concentrate on further expanding Longniddry around the railway station to create a 20 minute neighbourhood, making use of existing services and facilities including the railway station.

Call for Ideas:

Edinburgh and South East Scotland Major Area of Change City Region Deal seven strategic sites: Blindwells;

Edinburgh and South East Scotland Major Area of Change Blindwells New Settlement, former Cockenzie Power Station site and Climate Change Zone;

Blindwells, Cockenzie and Climate Change Zone: An Area of Opportunity & Co-ordinated Action;

Cockenzie/Blindwells;

The Blindwells, Cockenzie and Climate Change Zone: An Area of Opportunity & Co-ordinated Action;

Cockenzie Masterplan

Position Statement:

Greater Blindwells; The Blindwells, Cockenzie and Climate Change Zone: An Area of Opportunity & Co-ordinated Action

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Sub-national impact
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Mixed-use masterplan including coastal tourism and recreation destination, residential community with associated education, Energy Centre, retail business and industrial/logistics uses, and green space/outdoor recreation

Position Statement:

Ardeer Peninsula (2)

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Sub-national impact
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Remediate/transform vacant and derelict land including that on the Vacant and Derelict Land register to promote economic resilience and create a priority for such land in development plans.

Call for Ideas:

Designate Stuck Vacant and Derelict Land Sites as a National Development Priority;

Vacant and Derelict Land;

Vacant and Derelict Land Priority Sites for Joint Action

Position Statement: Vacant and Derelict Land Redevelopment

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy

Former nuclear research site.

• Substations for renewable energy generation.
• Power generation from solar and other renewables.

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Edinburgh BioQuarter, Usher Institute, Edinburgh Innovation Park (Food and Drink), Shawfair (including City Region Deal strategic site) and Easter Bush; world leading innovation (including for global health challenges) and business potential, together with significant infrastructure improvements to accommodate and facilitate growth. Creating a mixed use new city quarter around the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Medical School. City Region Deal strategic sites collectively deliver 45,000 new homes, 9,500 jobs and £12.6 billion to the economy. The BioQuarter is anticipated to add a further 5,000 employees over 5 years from committed development including through the City Region Deal with a 20,000 living/working population by completion (currently 8,000 employees in the BioQuarter).

Additional 150,000sqm of lifescience and 350sqm mixed use accommodation plus housing of mixed tenure are anticipated to create a vibrant sustainable community for live, work and play.

Public transport and active travel are at the heart of the development strategy and the BioQuarter is on City of Edinburgh Council's City Choices 2020 Strategic Sustainable Transport Corridor 3 for transit-led development to reduce carbon, promote equity, support healthier lifestyles and deliver sustainable economic growth.

National development status will provide investor confidence about commitment to the project.

Call for Ideas:

Edinburgh and South East Scotland Major Area of Change City Region Deal seven strategic sites: Shawfair;

Edinburgh and South East Scotland Major Area of Change Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian Innovation zone;

Edinburgh BioQuarter

• Potential for positive effects on people / inclusive growth / place
• Potential for negative effects on climate change
• Sub-national impact
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Mixed use development and transport infrastructure, ensuring that development in the area also helps to tackle inequality in neighbouring areas including in Wester Hailes, Sighthill and the Calders

Elements to include:

Edinburgh Airport

Royal Bank of Scotland

Heriot-Watt University

Royal Highland Showground

Development sites

Residential development (including land at Norton Park)

Sustainable infrastructure focused on public and active travel, including tram extension to Newbridge

Spatial Strategy for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

Call for Ideas:

Edinburgh and South East Scotland Major Area of Change Sustainable growth in West Edinburgh and West Lothian; West Edinburgh

Position Statement:

West Edinburgh (3); West Edinburgh (Norton Park)

• Potential for positive effects on people / inclusive growth / place
• Potential for negative effects on climate change
• Sub-national impact
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Extended airport boundary;

New/extended airfield, terminal, landside infrastructure

Airport related business, industrial and logistics

Strategic sustainable surface access links

On-site renewable energy generation

Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation District Scotland

Link in the airport to the Clyde Mission.

Call for Ideas:

Glasgow Airport + facilities;

Strategic Airport Enhancements – Glasgow

Position Statement:

Strategic Connectivity Enhancements

• Potential for positive effects on inclusive growth / place
• Potential for negative effects on climate change
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

South West Scotland Advanced

Manufacturing for food and drink as well as life sciences.

Advanced Manufacturing Investment Corridor in Kilmarnock focused on food and drink.

i3 Campus in Irvine for a regionally significant and nationally recognised centre of excellence in digital automation and advanced manufacturing for life science sector. Partnership with NMIS, University of Strathclyde and Ayrshire College. Site previously known as Riverside Business Park, previously had Enterprise Area Status. 9,000m2 of flexible business space for chemical and life sciences manufacturing, digital automation and other advanced manufacturing.

Call for Ideas:

AMIC (Advanced Manufacturing Investment Corridor); i3 Campus

• Potential for positive effects on people / inclusive growth / place
• Potential for negative effects on climate change
• Sub-national impact
• Supported by spatial strategy

A network of sites that promote a transition from high carbon intensity industry and/or power generation to zero carbon innovation. A key objective would be to nurture and showcase new and emerging low and zero carbon technologies in a way that promotes inclusive growth and delivers wider place outcomes for local communities. Includes surface water management, flood risk resilience, biodiversity.

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

Downstream Lochaber Smelter works / industrial expansion; and Rural Estate Regeneration and Renewable Energy Supply:

Investment needed in:

• Water infrastructure
• Rail infrastructure
• Road infrastructure

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Supported by wider spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

National Spaceport Infrastructure Development - sector innovation, product development and launch sites.

Prestwick Centre for Excellence for Aerospace and Space development in Scotland and UK to start-up, grow and consolidate the sector. Entails: road infrastructure and wider transport links (submitted to Strategic Transport Projects Review), new commercial and industrial buildings (140,000 – 715,000 sq ft), hangars (110,000 - 138,000 sq ft), future development platform (350,000 sq ft), research and development space (50,000 sq ft), spaceport including launch operation facilities, Aerospace and Space Innovation Centre and National Flight Centre, enhanced digital infrastructure.

Outer Hebrides Space Industries/Space Port 1 – Entails vertical rocket launch facility and Space Enterprise Park.

Space Hub Sutherland, facility for small satellite launch. Entails control centre, site integration facility, launch pad complex, antenna park, access road, services, associated infrastructure.

Shetland Space Centre: facility for small satellite launch and associated support infrastructure.

Call for Ideas:

Emerging space industry funding, support and development; Development of a Space Industry; Space Hub Sutherland (SHS);

Prestwick; Spaceport at Prestwick; Prestwick Aerospace & Space Campus

Position Statement:

Emerging space industry funding, support and development; Vertical Launch Space Port and Associated Support Infrastructure; Spaceports

• Potential for positive effects on inclusive growth
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Post-Brexit, securing a Freeport on the Clyde should be a national priority – for example at Greenock (given SIMD statistics) or King George V Dock in Glasgow.

• Potential for positive effects on people / inclusive growth
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy

Mixed use – expansion of port operations, expansion of marina facilities and associated accommodation, commercial uses (retail, food & drink, hotel, leisure) and a cultural & tourism hub.

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place

• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Systematic enhancement to the inter-city rail infrastructure north of the Central Belt so that rail can again provide competitive journey times between Scotland's cities. Including:

• Electrification from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Perth, to Aberdeen and Inverness
• Double tracking Aberdeen to Inverness and Highland Main Line
• New line: Inverkeithing-Kinross-Perth
• Inter-city interchange at Perth station
• Journey time and capacity enhancements
• Further electrification up from 25.3% now.

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Combined opportunities of Mossend and Eurocentral.

For Mossend:

• Rail freight interchange
• Distribution centre
• 750 metre+ rail terminal
• Rail connected warehouse
• Container handling facilities
• Manufacturing and processing
• West coast main line access improvements
• M8/A8 access improvements
• Community Woodland

Call for Ideas:

Combined opportunities of Mossend and Eurocentral;

Mossend International Rail Freight Park

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy

• Lengthened overtaking loops on the East Coast Main Line to accommodate 775 metre freight trains
• Lengthened overtaking loops on the West Coast Main Line to accommodate 775 metre freight trains
• Electrification of Central Belt to Aberdeen and Inverness rail lines
• Reinforced electricity supply to electrified rail lines
• Double track and longer crossing loops for Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness
• Standardise clearances along the track network, in particular Aberdeen/Inverness to Central Belt
• Loading gauge enhancement
• New rail freight terminal in Speyside at Keith and/or Elgin (possibly utilising currently redundant facilities)
• Direct rail access for key whisky sites including Cameron Bridge (Fife) and Cambus/Blackgrange (Alloa)

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy

Transformation of strategic sites for transport, public realm (outwith train stations) and economic regeneration:

1 - Edinburgh Waverley station and Haymarket Station

2 – Waverley / Edinburgh Royal Mile / Scottish Parliament

3 – Glasgow Queen Street and Central Stations

4 – Aberdeen Station / Union Street

5 – Inverness Station and vicinity

6 – Dundee Station and vicinity

7 – Perth Station and Bus Station

8 – Stirling Station, bus station and links to town centre

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

A high quality orbital bus route linking a number of key transport interchanges and areas of employment, reducing congestion on a major strategic freight corridor which accesses important areas for national productivity connected through the SEStran region.

Including:

• Bus Rapid Transit system/improvements/bus priority
• Connections to Fife networks
• Connections to West Lothian Networks

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / People / inclusive growth
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

Regional transport connectivity improvements to settlements and hubs, including road, rail and port/ferry infrastructure.

• Inverness – Aberdeen (A2i); electrification/alternative traction
• Highland Main Line, double tracking; electrification/alternative traction
• Improved rail links Aberdeen to Central Belt
• North Highland Lines, including re-signalling; electrification/alternative traction
• West Highland Line; electrification/alternative traction
• Regional commuter rail with additional stations: Montrose - Aberdeen – Inverurie
• Inverness Airport station
• Morayhill Freight Terminal
• Lentran Long Loop, Clachnaharry – Clunes
• New station at Evanton including Dingwall–Invergordon new loop
• New rail halt at Tomatin
• Improved public transport access to Aberdeen International Airport
• Aberdeen Rapid Transit and associated infrastructure/priorities: Craibstone – Airport – TECA – Aberdeen City Centre – Portlethen; Bridge of Don – Aberdeen South Harbour Orbital route
• Improved connections to Peterhead and Fraserburgh strategic port developments
• Portlethen new strategic Park and Ride
• Sea freight and ferry connections to Orkney and Shetland

Call for Ideas:

North East Scotland Strategic Transport Network Enhancements;

Rail Infrastructure Improvements

Position Statement:

North East Transport Investment

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

East Ayrshire:

Bellfield Interchange in Kilmarnock – Improving the interchange and developing the land around it.

Dundee:

Dundee Northern Relief Road – either new road or upgrades to existing road.

A90 Improvements for walking, cycling and public transport

Highland:

A9 (Inverness-Perth) dualling completion

A96 (Inverness-Aberdeen) dualling completion

A9-A96 Inshes to Smithton Junction improvement works

A9-A82 Longman roundabout removal

A9 – North of Inverness, strategic safety and localised improvements: Munlochy junction, Tomich junction, Berriedale junction

A82 – Road improvements especially in/around Fort William, others identified in FW2040, and other known accident hot-spots (Aonachan Crossing; Tourlundy-Nevis Range; Corran-Fort William (3 Mile Water)) and lifeline links including Corran Ferry and A890 route Stromeferry Bypass

All subject to active travel as part of design

All subject to greater integration of park&ride, active travel, electric vehicle charging, e-bike provision, public transport infrastructure and interchanges Infrastructure may be required within existing infrastructure as well as new. EV charging to be guided by Highland Council's EV Infrastructure Vision.

Call for Ideas:

Trunk Road Improvements;

Strategic Port and Trunk

Road Improvements;

Bellfield interchange;

Dundee Northern Relief Road

Position Statement:

Trunk and Other Strategic Road Improvements; Road network

• Potential for positive effects on people / inclusive growth
• Potential for negative effects on climate change
• Sub-national impact

• Minch Tunnel connecting Outer Hebrides to Mainland Scotland
• Sound of Harris fixed link
• Sound of Barra fixed link

• Potential for positive effects on inclusive growth / place
• Potential for negative effects on climate change
• Supported by wider spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

Make community-owned land national developments. This could connect UN Sustainable Development, National Performance Framework. Local plans, policies and programmes supporting communities. National development status would provide primacy of the development plan force when new developments and changes of use are proposed for such land, which could be specific in the national development descriptions of development and statement of need.

This would provide an effective plan-led approach to development on transferred land or buildings (following the Land Reform (Scotland) Acts and the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act).

National development status would enable assets transferred into community ownership outwith the local development plan preparation process to have development plan status without alteration to the development plan where they fall within prescribed classes within the national development. This allows certain types of development on community-owned land to be promoted or to a degree be protected.

Position Statement:

Community ownership of land or assets; Community developments/community owned land

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

UK Government £10 million capital support to a Stirling based National Tartan Centre. International class facility to reinforce Stirling as a cultural destination and centre of excellence for traditional crafts and skills in the heart of Scotland that is financially self-sustaining.

• Potential for positive effects on inclusive growth / place
• Potential for negative effects on climate change
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

Clyde tidal barrier

Position Statement:

Clyde tidal barrier

• Potential for positive effects on climate change
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

Network of small scale vegetated features designed to hold back and slow water flows, reducing the need for grey infrastructure.

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

A series of transformative projects for communities and businesses that provide the catalyst for decarbonising the economy at the local and national level. Includes:

• Global centre of excellence for renewable energy linked to the area's natural resources;
• transformative education;
• transformative employment
• transformative regeneration
• hydrogen hub/North of Scotland Hydrogen
• serial (sic) manufacturing plant (for floating offshore wind substructures)
• Phase 2 Advanced manufacturing plant
• Expanded Powerhouse Future Technology Centre
• Potential Greenport status
• Onshore electrolysis facility for green hydrogen production

Position Statement: New

• Potential positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

NPF should frame development of national green and blue infrastructure network to be developed by RSS, LDP and LPP. A National Green-Blue Infrastructure Network would highlight the opportunities for renewable heat networks at a national, regional and local scale, including the energy potential of parks and greenspaces.

• Potential positive effects for climate change / people / place
• Supported by the wider spatial strategy

An integrated nation-wide strategic approach/vision to blue-green infrastructure for biodiversity net gain, emissions reduction, climate resilience and wellbeing, identifying and connecting up good quality natural habitats, which creates the conditions into which investment can be made and nature based solutions can be promoted and support local economies. Creating new accessible green spaces and equitable access to them.

Coordination of:

• Green and blue infrastructure investment, including through IIP
• Replacement rural development/agriculture funding
• Non-Governmental Organisation effort
• Philanthropic spend
• Major charitable investors
• Biodiversity net gain projects
• Conservation finance investment
• Strategic planning/opportunity mapping of the key areas to protect and enhance: networks, corridors and stepping stones to create multiple benefits.
• Active travel

Call for Ideas:

Scottish Nature Network (4)

Position Statement:

Scottish Nature Network (4); National Nature Network

• Potential positive effects for climate change / people / place
• Supported by the wider spatial strategy

Use the familiar idea of a National Park to inspire and deliver a shared vision for Glasgow, as a greener, healthier and wilder City where people, places and nature are better connected.

• Potential positive effects for climate change / people / inclusive growth / place.
• Supported by the wider spatial strategy
• Sub-national impact

Development and investment in ports and harbours to support nationally significant employment, lifeline/ferry links, renewable energy, oil and gas decommissioning, hydrogen economy, bulky goods/freight handling, fishing, aquaculture, cruise and leisure boats. Potential Greenport status, in particular for Cromarty Firth.

Development includes:

• Construction of facilities
• Installation/upgrade of infrastructure: piers; quays; deep water berths; lay-down areas; sheds for assembly; operation maintenance bases; road network and wider off-port infrastructure including active travel, electricity and heat networks.

Call for Ideas:

Sea Ports; Ports and Harbours

Position Statement:

Sea Ports

• Potential for positive effects on climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Supported by wider spatial strategy

Both sides of the Minch, to support life line ferry traffic to the Islands, partnered with Highland Council and Argyll and Bute Council as appropriate.

Maintaining and enhancing strategic road and sea corridors servicing the Outer Hebrides and providing lifeline links.

• Maximising freight, cruise ship and economic potential
• Future-proofing for ferry function
• Future-proofing for low carbon fuels and technologies
• Facilities/investment to allow flexible deployment of vessels across the network to respond to demand.

• Potential for positive effects for climate change / people / inclusive growth / place
• Potentially consistent with the spatial strategy