Councillor Coleshill laments 'overbuilding' in Langside ward

In his fourth blog, Councillor Coleshill slams overbuilding in the Langside ward.

**It has been a funny old week in lake Langside. There has been the great wind and rain and the heartache the house and road damage has caused (my roof still leaks). **

There has also been a certain churn in the inner workings of the council. There is no doubting that this is election year and great change is on the cards. That is one of the reasons so many empty initiatives will be (are being) pushed into the public gaze.

Consider: £100 million for housing or business "announced" from the pension fund with no proper authority that I can see to make it happen. Who does not want to see investment in housing (given the cuts made by the Scottish Government?) Will this do it? Not likely; A city "economy for growth plan" working on a report produced by hand picked contributors.

They are not daft people and it is not a daft plan but why now and does anyone think it will soon provide more than a sound bite for the administration?

Langside continues to be overbuilt. Despite me putting a green space protection clause in city plan 2 (when I first got elected the plan had been mostly finished by that point but I managed to get it amended) the Scottish Government reporter has overruled our operating that clause in Langside (the second most densly packed ward in the city) on at least one occasion.

Well, expect lots of political paper and targeted phone calls over the next four months (I will be pushing some of it through your doors) try not to set the dogs on any of us!