Cumbernauld Community Park

“Cumbernauld Community Park on the north side of the A80 is a project which is on its way.”

The “Friends of Cumbernauld Community Park”, set up by their Constitution in June 2005 following initial consultations and promotion by Craigmarloch Community Council, is working with North Lanarkshire Council to develop and deliver a Community Park for the 21st century. WIAT funding for woods and access has already been secured. Formal promotion in the new Local Plan and progressive development are the next steps as listed below. Like any other major dynamic project it will alter with time and like a garden a Park is always changing, improving and growing. There will always be scope for updating and improvement.

1. Secure the status of the Cumbernauld Community Park by a campaign to submit Representation Forms into the Planning system by 2 Nov 2007. Aim for promoted status HCF5 by 2010 in the final adopted Local Plan.
2. Publicise - issue Newsletter hold walks and events in the Park. Celebrate the start of work on paths etc under the WIAT Grant in the period to July 2008.
3. Survey by means of a major Public consultation exercise across the whole of the New Town of Cumbernauld to find out what people want in the 21st century in a large public Park. Complete by end of 2008.
4. Draft up a Management Plan with the help of Design, Business and Landscape Consultants
   
   • Based on surveys
   • Driven by community
   • In partnership with NLC
   • Catering for future maintenance
   This exercise may take till 2010.
5. Funding plans should bring together a complete funding package from all sources. Funding should be sufficient for all capital spend, include provision for future maintenance and allow sustainable development, change and any improvements in future years. Funding sources should include:
   
   • NLC provision
   • Planning Gain
   • Lottery Awards
   • Other Funds and Awards

The first concept proposed by Craigmarloch Community Council after their initial surveys and meetings in 2003, has been widened from a proposal for the community buildings and outdoor sports facilities lacking in the area in the setting of the Park, to a more inclusive concept which deals with public aspirations and conservation issues in the context of a development plan which looks to funding and future sustainability.

October 2007