A public consultation has launched on a masterplan to set out a vision and recommendation for the future of the Clyde Mission corridor in the Glasgow City Region.
The Clyde Mission corridor is home to over 100,000 people, 160,000 jobs, and 6,600 employers including Barclays, JP Morgan, Thales, and a resurgent maritime sector – all based within a few hundred metres of the River Clyde.
With information about the history of the river and Clyde Mission itself, the survey provides the opportunity to input priorities and ideas into the strategic masterplan being developed during 2026.
Once completed, the masterplan will set out a vision and recommendations for the future of the river including a prioritised long list of strategic projects and programmes along with proposals for future investment and implementation.
It will focus on high-level ambitions and activities and will be the culmination of engagement with key stakeholders and communities along the river.
Hosting areas of urban and rural beauty, the River Clyde sits alongside many of the Region’s key assets – including three innovation districts, two World Heritage Sites, STV, BBC, and the Scottish Events Campus.
However, despite significant progress over the past ten years, the legacy of de-industrialisation and climate change continue to present challenges and constraints to the corridor’s full potential.
It faces a number of complex and interrelated challenges. These include pockets of significant deprivation, areas with substantial vacant, and derelict land, flood risk and impacts of climate change, and fragmented habitats which adversely affect nature.
One fifth of people within the river corridor live in some of the most deprived parts of Scotland and over 400 hectares of vacant and derelict land fall alongside the Clyde.
Addressing these challenges, while building on the corridor’s strengths, requires a coordinated approach that considers the river corridor as a connected system rather than a series of individual sites, Glasgow City Region said.
Led by Glasgow City Region and Argyll and Bute Council, the Clyde Mission programme seeks to revitalise the River Clyde corridor with a key aim of addressing the challenges posed while capitalising on the many opportunities presented by the river corridor.
Ross Nimmo, head of the Glasgow City Region place team, said, “While the Clyde has long played a defining role in the history and growth of Glasgow City Region, over time it has become overlooked in places, with some communities, developments and infrastructure often turning away from the river, rather than towards it. Clyde Mission seeks to change this relationship by bringing the Clyde back into focus as a central, shared asset for the region’s future.”
