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C&DCC – Planning survey responses

Mhairi Taylor

March 2025

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C&DCC – Top priorities

  1. Renovate the Couper Institute and the public realm outside.
  2. New Pitch for Merrylee Primary.
  3. Merrylee Park – upgrade.
  4. Holmlea Park - bio-diversity (orchard trees/wildflowers), better maintenance.
  5. Regular street cleaning - pavements/leaves/communal areas.
  6. Improve roads – potholes.
  7. Low-cost regular events/activities for teenagers/youth club.
  8. Events for older adults including volunteering.

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Online Survey

  • The survey was run through Microsoft Forms.
  • It asked participants to rank the top 7 priorities in order of 1-7.
    • Street cleaning and road maintenance were combined.
  • There was an option for highlighting ‘other’ issues.
  • The survey was open from 16 January – 3 February.
  • The survey was promoted via Facebook and to our mailing list of 238 people.
  • It received 520 responses in total.
  • 224 comments identified and coded

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Priority 1 - responses

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What is the average top three responses?

Improvements

P1

P2

P3

# Total →

% Total ↓

Maintaining pavements and roads

151

117

81

349

22.4

A new pitch at Merrylee Primary

277

35

28

340

21.8

Upgrading the Couper Institute (interior and exterior)

35

104

77

216

13.8

Improving Holmlea Park

19

72

91

182

11.7

Events and activities for young people

9

70

99

178

11.4

Improving Merrylee Park

15

80

72

167

10.7

Events and activities for older adults

14

42

72

128

8.2

To get an even understanding of the top three responses – added them together and displayed this as a percentage of the total.

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Suggestion theme

Count

Pitch

41

Street cleaning - Litter/Graffiti/Dog mess/Fly tipping/Drains

22

Road repairs - Merrylee Road surface/potholes

20

Linn Park - Snuffmill entrance/play area/walkway

19

Traffic safety - Delvin Road/Old Castle Rd/Merrylee/Schools

14

Green space - flower planters/cutting verges

13

Retail - support local business/no vapes/PO & Bank/

10

Community events - café/gardening/solar farm/litter picks

9

Improve local play parks - Merrylee/Holmlea

8

Cycling - cycle lane/active travel/cycle storage

7

Lighting - in Merrylee Park/LED lights

6

Parking - enforcement/controls/more spaces/protected space outside Couper Institute

6

Cathcart branding - community notice board/murals

5

Comments – themed

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Suggestion theme

Count

Accessibility- Pavements/Cathcart station/Shops

4

Couper Institute - community use/advertising/improve front

4

Infrastructure - Railway bridge painting/redesign Cathcart junction/Street furniture/Restore Cathcart bridge

4

More bins - including recycling points

4

Overgrown hedges

4

No cycle lanes

3

Improve pavements - Delvin Road

2

Improve public transport - train/bus/night service

2

Crime - shop lifting/police presence

1

Join OC&S CC

1

Misc - Dog walk area/Festive lighting on lampposts/Affordable housing/gritting

1

Comments – themed cont.

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Next steps

  • Analyse the open text comments - COMPLETED
  • Use this data to support funding applications:
    • Events for young and older people.
  • Use this data to support NIIF allocations.
  • Ask local Councillors to support actions:
    • Maintaining pavements and roads
    • Improving Holmlea and Merrylee park
  • Present the findings to Glasgow Life re: Couper Institute.
  • Feedback to the community.

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  • Any other ideas?

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