On Saturday 14th January Town Team collected over 400 comments during a Place Check which involved spending two hours walking around Bishopbriggs Town Centre.  

Local residents were asked what they liked and didn't like about the Town Centre.  

But more importantly what they would like to see included as part of a masterplan being commissioned by Bishopbriggs Town Team.  These comments will be fed back to the architects to help them create a masterplan paid for by the community.



Ref Group Feedback
1 1 Cross Court Cladding and roof (covered space) like royal exchange square
2 1 Cross Court Make it up to date
3 1 Cross Court Cobbled, not tarmac
4 1 No parking at Cross Court
5 1 Affordable rents for shops
6 1 Encourage ***** shop owners
7 1 Less charity / betting shops
8 1 Flexible retail space
9 1 Shop canopy (village feel / cover) arcade
10 2 Bypass / relief road to reduce noise level / congestion
11 2 Park & ride facility
12 2 Need a town centre focal point for village feel & pedestrian areas
13 2 Areas for ‘Bishopbriggs in Bloom’, civic pride
14 3 Open up post office, sorting office
15 3 Post box on triangle side of town
16 3 Make more attractive
17 3 Move cenotaph / memorial to town centre, focal point
18 4 Ensure enough lighting in Cross Court
19 4 1960s architecture vs 1900 architecture. Prefer older
20 4 Draw cenotaph into area – isolated
21 4 One way system around Morrisons etc
22 4 Different way for traffic through B’briggs
23 4 Wider pavements
24 4 Move station to where a lot of parking – Westerhill Rd? – access with light rail or
25 4 Shops benefit from station being in town centre
26 4 Better access to station
27 4 Football pitches near it (Etive Crescent) not used
28 4 Car park for current Morrisons – top deck – use for station parking – extend platform
29 4 Sat Nav routes for lorries take through B’briggs – can they be updated
30 4 Lenzie – white paint on road – slows traffic
31 6 Cover cross court – glass roof / canopy of lights
32 6 Link cross court to rest of town centre
33 6 One way past cross court / Kenmure ave
34 6 Use entrance at rear of Quins into centre
35 6 Taxi rank at station
36 6 Remove double yellow lines in Kenmure Ave
37 6 Park & ride
38 6 ‘Radburn’ principle – Road on perimeter
39 6 Pedestrianise whole centre
40 6 Bicycle parking / safe parking
41 6 Widen pavements in Kenmure to stop/slow traffic
42 6 Great opportunity to integrate things
43 6 Cycle lanes
44 6 Cycles – canal, Kilsyth, etc – publicise
45 6 Link station to upper deck of car park
46   shuttle – lots of businesses along there
47 1 Open setting – safe for children
48 1 Station
49 1 Pretty flower baskets
50 1 Post office sort office / village feel
51 1 Bowling club
52 1 Greenery
53 1 Seated area
54 1 Farmers market good
55 2 Improved, maintained open space with good amenities eg café, florist
56 3 Railway station in centre
57 3 Good space but in wrong location
58 3 Good mix of shops
59 3 Pedestrian space
60 4 café Trevi, florist
61 4 Pedestrianised area
62 4 Canopies / lights over area
63 5 Like the trees
64 5 Disconnected
65 6 Nice idea – little square – need more shops
66 6 Change post office into more shops
67 1 Short in park ???
68 1 Not enough shops
69 1 no parking for station
70 1 reclad concrete building
71 2 No need for taxi rank at station if stays where currently is
72 2 No town centre
73 3 Better buildings
74 3 Cannot park for station
75 4 No parking for Royal mail parcel collection
76 4 Drab / grey
77 4 Always have a road to cross to get to it
78 4 Yellow lines – traffic parked on them
79 4 Large lorries through B’briggs – increasing number
80 5 Civic space for War Memorial in main area
81 5 Buildings are very ‘East European’ looking
82 5 PO – over where Morrisons is                                                        should
83 5 Café / Arts & Crafts                                                                         these
84 5 Houses / flats                                                                                       be
85 5 better pedestrian access for Rail station                                              in
86 5 Park & Ride                                                                                       next
87 5 Westerhill station is a good idea                                                    section ?
88 6 Eyesore
89 6 Cross Court isolated – need to get it used
90 6 Station difficult to access
91 6 Main Edinburgh train doesn’t stop
92 3 Possible Farmers market
93 3 Bigger library, possible extension
94 3 Move library to another location
95 3 Make library a Museum / permanent exhibition space – possible alternative use
96 3 history of books. Link with B’briggs history
97 4 Extend library into hub
98 4 Intergrate the whole – library building is the hub
99 4 Good access to library – cars, walking etc
100 4 Milngavie good - pedestrianised
101 4 Want an area where people can sit
102 4 Public toilets needed
103 4 Something for teenagers – skateboard park, cinema, 10 pin bowling, Mountain bike area,
104 4 Facilities for open air market
105 4 seclude front of library – protect from noise / pollution of traffic
106 4 Presbytery to become hub + use Crosshill house behind it
107 4 hub to be triangle of Presbytery, Crosshill house, library – keep old trad buildings
108 5 Good space – musicians on Sat afternoon
109 5 Could be a community centre
110 5 St Matthews would be happy to move elsewhere
111 5 Community centre could extend down to St Matthews site
112 5 Need for an area for young people to use for skate boards / bikes etc
113 6 Move all restaurants to one side – create ‘eating’ area
114 6 Audit use of existing community facilities
115 6 Flowers / tubs – make look pretty
116 6 Create health centre like Springburn – multi disciplined
117 6 Facilities needed for evenings / weekends
118 6 Tennis club needs upgrading
119 6 Indoor tennis courts – multiuse facility – tennis / badminton
120   climbing wall
121 3 Open Space
122 3 Kids/skateboarders like it
123 3 Listed building, Library functions
124 3 Leave library as is
125 4 Open area in front of library
126 4 Traditional building
127 4 Library most significant building in B’briggs
128 6 Library great facility, lovely building
129 6 Library staff excellent, helpful, etc
130 6 Restaurants in B’briggs excellent – choice quality
131 6 Cadder south halls well used
132 3 Car access, disabled, not good
133 3 Not enough car spaces
134 3 Kids / skateboarders like it
135 3 underutilised
136 3 limited space in library
137 4 Library too small, needs to be brought up to date
138 4 Area in front of library poorly maintained
139 4 Hub – don’t just add on – no prefabs – ensure sympathetic with old building
140 4 Area in front of library dead space
141 5 Burn would need culverted
142 6 Disjointed
143 6 Parking for doctors surgery
144 6 Narrow pavements at surgeries for pedestrians
145 6 leisuredrome too far away
146 1 Quality food retailer
147 1 Shortcut steps to underpass – Link to Kirky road, not Churchill way
148 1 Notice board close to Poppies
149 1 Prettification – integrated, attractive place, encourage people, café society
150 1 Greenspace design
151 1 Walkways through park at Churchill Way
152 1 facilities
153 1 A hook for B’briggs – cycling hub
154 2 Pedestrian area to stop traffic through B’briggs – shared concern
155 2 Cycle path / areas to spare bikes
156 2 Morrisons contribution to community hub and other plans
157 2 Park & surrounding area must remain – increased use / facilities
158 2 Civic space is very important – catering to young people
159 2 skate park
160 2 indoor facilities
161 2 café in town centre – youth oriented
162 2 practise / recording studios
163 3 Campsie Fells Regional Park – tourists stay & visit B’briggs en route
164 3 Market for small hotel e.g. Kirkintilloch (B’briggs too small)
165 3 Paths, seating
166 3 Path through Park, nature interest
167 3 Park developed for leisure for all age groups
168 3 Street art
169 3 Children’s art underpass ongoing
170 3 provisions for youth
171 4 Enhance park – more seats
172 4 make better use of area beside McCarthy & stone
173 4 Nature trail through park
174 4 Community group can get equipment for play park
175 4 Cover on items in park
176 4 Public toilets
177 4 Sports facilities in park for teenagers
178 4 Cinema
179 4 Special needs play areas incorporated
180 4 Bike park (like Kilsyth)
181 4 No coffee shop / restaurant for new supermarket
182 4 Cycle paths
183 4 Standardise shop fronts – B’briggs ‘brand’
184 4 Close road and pedestrianise area
185 4 Ask Morrisons to build relief road
186 5 Civic spaces – statues and structures – talking points – young artists
187 5 Green area in part behind library
188 5 Lighting installations
189 5 Replicate this appearance into the other Morrisons space – green, paved, thought into
190 6 Move road – lower it and put Walkways over it
191 6 Underpass – widen significantly to open up the space
192 6 Stream – make it a feature – currently covered over – culvert
193 6 Town Park & town centre
194 6 Quality shop, coffee shop, delicatessens
195 6 B’briggs open to Campsies – good access to canal. Falkirk wheel. – Make it a centre
196   plants / trees
197 1 A place to sit down and watch the pretty girls
198 1 Quick crossing
199 1 improved the underpass – CCTV
200 1 West side not much
201 1 Big shops at retail park / covered walkway / M&S
202 2 Civic space
203 3 Buildings, architecture
204 3 Park, green, trees
205 3 Walkway
206 3 Underpass (now much improved) pedestrian aspect (provided well lit)
207 4 Like chairs / seats
208 4 Park great space – need to make more interesting
209 4 Milngavie – lots of small shops, here in B’briggs they close – why the difference?
210 5 Houses / flats
211 5 Post Office where it is
212 5 Pedestrianised – like park
213 5 Toilet facilities??
214 6 Stream good for wildlife
215 6 Quality restaurants
216 1 No cross country links to Bearsden / Milngavie
217 1 Maintain greenery – manage green space
218 1 Poor swing park
219 1 Wrong way shelter
220 1 proposed access site only
221 2 Traffic congestion - travel time through B’briggs to town
222 2 restricted retail offering given proximity to Glasgow
223 2 Do church hold ‘ransom ship?’
224 2 Lack of integrated, cohesive town plan
225 2 Potential increase in vacant retail space including existing Morrisons
226 3 Main Road (can never get rid of it)
227 3 Park separate not linked to town centre
228 3 Underpass (fill it in?)
229 3 Park underused
230 3 Graffiti & litter
231 4 Drainage poor in park
232 4 Gazebo in park open
233 4 Traffic on Main Road - difficult to walk along – pavements narrow
234 4 Morrisons café – curtail other cafes
235 4 Pollution from main road
236 4 SCR – not suitable for all traffic planned
237 4 Bookies
238 5 Building of Poppies could be an area opened up with attractive archways
239 6 No more bookies
240 6 Road cuts everything in half – put it underground
241 6 Stream contaminated
242 6 Shop names – rat & Parrot, Chinese restaurant gaudy
243 2 Environmental involvement
244 2 community ownership / buyout
245 2 Underground parking / greenery on site
246 3 Flood lower area, make a wildlife park
247 3 Access to site to be made from Kirkintilloch road
248 3 Make road one way, widen road – not in favour
249 3 Morrisons store should connect with town centre, be in front and car park behind
250 3 Plant trees
251 4 Make use of dual levels for car parking – Cars below, pedestrianised above
252 4 Multi storey car park
253 4 Use different levels for store / car park
254 4 Put store at library end
255 4 Cycle lanes
256 4 Parking for park & ride
257 4 Build more houses for senior citizens
258 6 Underground car park – multilevel of ground
259 6 Put store underground as normally no windows etc
260 6 Integrate railway station with Morrisons land
261 6 Store at front of site and make attractive – encourage other retailers
262 6 talk to Derwent / Caledonian estates
263 6 Is there evidence of kirk’loch  link road making difference
264 6 Should be right filter into SCR
265 6 Make Kirk’loch road in B’briggs unattractive as a way through to city
266 2 Trees
267 3 People ***** stay in road
268 3 Big open space could be more imaginatively designed
269 3 Opportunities
270 5 Nothing
271 1 Increased traffic
272 1 Narrow Road
273 2 Safety & limited visibility of corner / bend
274 2 Proposed entrance
275 2 Petrol station impact
276 2 Traffic pollution strong concern
277 3 Too busy, too narrow, overused, not suitable
278 3 Not built to take existing traffic
279 3 Location of proposed store not suitable for pedestrians
280 3 Visual impact of store, 14m high
281 4 Multi-storey building
282 4 distance of proposed store from town centre
283 4 Position of entrance in SCR
284 4 Traffic for nursery parked on SCR
285 4 Cyclists on pavements
286 4 Restricted parking at Morrisons
287 5 Remoteness of store
288 5 Widen the entrance in and out of store
289 5 Schools, nurseries in area with all the children in danger
290 5 Derwent own the entrance into Morrisons so no entry other than SCR
291 5 Noise concern
292 5 Entry by SCR – not Hillside Dr junction as very congested
293 6 Entrance in DCR – schools, academy, nursery
294 6 Affect of prison on traffic
295 6 Access to motorway
296 1 Hotel accommodation linked to station
297 1 Picture House
298 1 Indoor bowling
299 1 Leisure
300 1 Something for local **** - indoor skate park
301 1 M&S Clothes
302 1 Single carriageway
303 1 20 mph for B’briggs
304 1 Covered walkway to upper deck of Morrisons to car park
305 1 Kenmure – 2 hr parking restrictions (12 – 2 pm)
306 1 designated parking for station - *** Park ?
307 1 Commuter bus home to station
308 1 Cycle parking at station – sheltered, lockable
309 1 One side street parking / monthly
310 2 An attraction to draw people to B’briggs eg Skatepark, climbing centre, recording
311 2 Permanent indoor market, cook school, ***** awareness
312 3 Make car deck into long stay car park
313 3 Park & ride, long stay + supermarkets multi agency car park / designated areas eg Linlithgow
314 3 car park organised in a way that suits each function
315 3 re-use existing Morrisons as indoor Farmer’s market
316 3 Leisure facility Cinema (retail park?), bowling alley, hotel, theatre, multi purpose/function events space, multi generational
317 3 Focal point / town square
318 3 Make area traffic free
319 3 Create access to town centre from Auchinairn areas
320 3 Reuse  Morrisons store as cook school + would compliment Morrisons food store
321 3 mix deli + **** shops with supermarket
322 3 Provide link from town centre to supermarket
323 3 Widen main pavement on Kirky road
324 3 access from triangle to other side / shops
325 3 Make shop fronts more attractive
326 4 Bowling Green land – Derwent / develop as hotel ?
327 4 Move bowling green into old Morrisons
328 4 Bus shelter
329 4 Seating needed at wishing well
330 4 Community space outside trading hours
331 4 Road in and out
332 4 Add to front of library
333 4 Get rid of main road
334 4 Old Morrisons – make a library / library in centre of things
335 4 Give St Matthews the library
336 4 Pedestrianise area and remove cars – no roads
337 4 Bridge over the road
338 4 Leisure centre / sports facility, climbing wall
339 4 Not all shops – draw in young people
340 4 Lower main road / underpass for cars
341 4 Planting – variety of hedges, plants, etc.
342 5 Cinema / Community Hall
343 5 Bowling Alley
344 5 More family shops
345 5 Skate board area where car park is
346 5 Construct things to make it attractive with trees / wooden structures
347 5 Cycle park within town centre – parking for bikes
348 5 Pedestrianised shops
349 5 Doctors surgeries
350 5 close off access Kirk Rd
351 6 Remove road in or make access to Morrisons
352 6 In one way, out another to Morrisons
353 6 Turn offices above Hendersons into flats. Starter flats
354 6 Farmers market outside Hendersons
355 6 Make attractive area / landscaped
356 6 Make Morrisons leisure area – small cinema, Kindergarten, bandstand, Carousel as in Honfleur, ice skating
357 6 Morrisons to become hub
358 6 Church at old Morrisons
359 6 use church as hub
360 6 If St Matthews gone, have connection to hub
361 6 Rotate library 90% so facing into area
362 6 Multi faith building
363   studios via social enterprise / private funding e.g. indoor facilities
364 1 Overhead cover in rain
365 1 Building sympathetic – low level
366 1 Compact Morrisons, ************
367 1 Green space
368 1 B’briggs linear, triangle is curved
369 1 Transport good – bus, rail
370 3 Taxi Rank (but move to different location)
371 3 Openness
372 3 Concept of cloisters (covered walkway under triangle building)
373 3 Keep development of shops main Kirky Rd
374 4 Covered walkways
375 4 Christmas lights / trees at Christmas
376 4 trees
377 6 Christmas Tree / Lights / friendly
378 6 Covered walkway
379 1 Too many restaurants / bookies
380 1 Poorly light
381 1 Traffic noise
382 1 Traffic light sequence
383 1 Pollution
384 1 Not attractive – Bearsden/ Milngavie
385 1 Parking problems
386 1 Only retail on southside(?) Poppies, butchers (going)
387 1 mess from pubs early morning
388 1 narrow pavements
389 1 EDC window out of date
390 1 No to **** market
391 2 Concerns over vacant space once council move out and impact on local shops
392 3 Car park (council) cannot be used
393 3 Lack of variety of shops, too many bookies & estate agents
394 3 triangle building
395 4 Inconsistency of architecture across the road
396 4 Widen sheltered walkways at bus stop or provide a bus shelter
397 4 St Matthews church not attractive
398 4 Plants at library
399 4 Litter – more of it – ensure picked up.
400 5 Not attractive enough as a communal space
401 5 Civic square – without all the furniture
402 5 Drop in place – hall
403 5 Drop off place for shops
404 6 Traffic
405 6 ‘Bitty’
406 6 Morrisons too big – dominating whole area