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Save Stepps Greenbelt was established in response to a community-wide desire to protect the local green belt surrounding our settlement from development.

The community describes the green belt land as ‘the countryside on our doorstep’ – a place which supports and promotes biodiversity and community health and wellbeing.

Save Stepps Greenbelt campaigns to challenge speculative planning applications on our green belt land. These are applications for large-scale residential developments which are contrary to the Local Development Plan.

The campaign committee is a sub-group of Stepps and District Community Council and local residents.

The committee works tirelessly to raise community awareness of planning applications and to make representations on behalf of our local community. The community council has submitted objections to speculative applications and attended planning hearings.

The campaign committee monitors the NLC Planning Portal and the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) website. It keeps the local community up-to-date on planning matters at community council meetings, using social media and leaflet door-drops. In addition, residents are encouraged to visit NLC Planning Portal to view and comment on planning applications.

As required, the campaign committee will lobby officials at local and government level including our MP and MSP.  When necessary, the committee will liaise with NL Planning, Planning Democracy and Planning Aid Scotland.

Stepps and District Community Council has contributed to consultations relating to the forthcoming North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan2 (NLLDP2). It will also respond to the Call for Ideas and Call for Sites which allows landowners and developers to promote sites.