Hi to everyone
I am Alex Glass a Councillor on Glasgow City Council. I am interested in hearing and reading the views of people interested in Glasgow and this site certainly has lots to offer.
I was born in the Cowcaddens area and moved to Ruchazie as part of the slum clearances in the 1960's. I left Glasgow for a couple of years and returned to live in the Southside.
As a member of the Council's Planning Committee I take responsibility for some of the decisions in recent years that may have upset some people and would be happy to discuss my views with anyone interested in listening.
I look forward to finding out more about this fantastic site.
Welcome to HG Alex. I thought this deserved a new thread rather than burying it in the Introduce Yourself one.
I have a couple of questions about planning etc I hope you might be able to answer. Firstly, is there any plans to modernise certain aspects of the system - for example at the moment, the only way applications are publicised is by a printed ad in the Evening Times on a Friday.
Couldn't this information be published on the web as well?
In fact, is there any chance we could get an e-planning system like Edinburgh Council has - theirs puts Glasgow's online offerings to shame, and allows searches by application or building, and lists all the planning applications past or present. For current applications it even lets you view the plans and documents online - very useful! With Glasgow, stuff only appears on the web after the committee have made their decisions.
Thanks for your time and I'm sure there will be questions from others as well...
Gordon