EIA Screening Application As we reported on 4th August (Govan Needs You, It’s Time To Mobilise!) environmental consultants presumably working for the developers had lodged an application for an EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations. The application had essentially requested that the council rule there is no requirement to carry out a full Environmental Impact Assessment and include an Environmental Statement of it with any pending or future application for planning consent to develop the site. Glasgow City Council have now decided that an Environmental Statement WILL be required as part of the planning process. Not the answer the developers wanted. This is a welcome decision - a clear indication that the council are acting with the highest integrity, have the best interests of the historic A-listed docks (and their impact on the surrounding environment) at heart and are not going to give the developers an easy ride. https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OAV3SREX0NB00 This demonstrates very clearly that the publicity and pressure being applied by the campaign (which all 8,081 of you and counting have contributed to the strength of) is having effect and this is clearly a positive step forward for us in what was always going to be a war of attrition. This means a precedent has now been set that any future proposed development of the site is going to need an Environmental Impact Assessment. Of course that will apply to a maritime heritage park as well but an EIA is something we have from the outset felt should be carried out whether mandatory or voluntary. The health and safety of all site users and neighbours (now and in the future) must be top priority. Sponsor/Patron Survey Clyde Docks Preservation Initiative (CDPI) are looking at ways to recognise your support and give you the opportunity to have more involvement in efforts to save Govan Graving Docks as well as other future CDPI projects. CDPI needs to cover our core costs estimated at £40,000 per year and the more we can raise the more we will be able to expand the scope of our work. If we are able to raise funds from a wide range of sources this will limit any bias of outside influence over our activities that could arise if for example we were to rely on a single major corporate sponsor. We are preparing to launch a patron programme to enable individuals to actively support our work and would like to seek your feedback on the structure of the programme. Patrons would have a more direct and recognised role than other supporters - effectively as honorary/unofficial members of CDPI. Please complete our short survey to give us your feedback: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyoAWa3F-lzhzRbibarI8KsYaICc3ipBnJ25yjPmjma7QJaQ/viewform