2025
29 April 2025
Battlefield and Shawlands listed as 2025/26 area
Listed as a 2025/26 areas for the statutory process while surveys across the areas were still being procured.
June 2025
Limited survey picture emerges
Related survey material suggested targeted sample surveys at selected locations only, with limitations in timing, duration and behavioural context.
October 2025
Communications rollout prepared
Internal communications later disclosed show the council preparing and approving the outward communications package for the southside proposals.
3 November 2025
Resident Letter Issued
Residents received a letter claiming the proposal would reduce congestion, improve traffic flow, improve safety, manage limited road space fairly and improve parking turnover.
Early November 2025
Residents begin raising challenges
Residents began writing to councillors and others asking for Battlefield, Shawlands and Strathbungo -specific evidence, local justification and transparency.
10 November 2025
Procedural information request
A focused request sought clarification on matters such as Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) status, environmental assessment, EqIA, surveys, modelling and consultation records.
26 November 2025
Key EIR response LK/8471549
The council said traffic, occupancy and dwell-time data was still being collected, the Battlefield EqIA was still being drafted, emergency services had not yet been consulted, and local options appraisal and modelling were not held.
Nov to Dec 2025
Political Correspondence
Residents contacted councillors, the MSP and the local MP. A pattern emerged of reasonable local questions being met with broad, often generic, strategic narrative.
1 December 2025
Structured EIR requests submitted
A set of focused Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 requests (EIR) was sent covering programme inclusion, consultation planning, evidence gaps and internal concerns, and options and alternatives.
Mid December 2025
Further EIR responses
The council relied on historic programme references and strategy context, said no clear consultation plan was held as a document, said no internal emails acknowledging evidence gaps were held, and pointed back to GTS policy rather than producing a local options appraisal.
Late Dec 2025 to Jan 2026
Internal Review Phase
Reviews challenged inconsistency and non-disclosure. The council reiterated its position by maintaining that key material was unfinished or not held.
29 Dec 2025
Gordon McKee MP Response
Gordon McKee said he shared the concerns, described the consultation as flawed, raised map errors and business concerns, and said the council should meet community councils.