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Author	Scunnered20
Comment	Their plans have been published though. And while the side of the plot facing Govan Road will be developed into new housing stock, one of the docks is being retained for possible future use. [The plans state this](https://govangravingdocks.com/housing-community). The docks are derelict and decades out of use. That's not to say they have no heritage value. They patently do, but after a while you have to weigh up what is being gained by retaining such a large brownfield site so close to the centre of a major city. I understand the we in Glasgow have a historic issue with throwing away prime cultural and heritage assets, often with questionable benefits. We can all think of good examples. But that reasonable and understandable sentimentality surely shouldn't mean that everything needs to be preserved in situ, as if the city is to be some sort of permanent living museum. The docks themselves were built on top of the old Main Street of Govan. We don't cry about the loss of Main Street's housing stock and the hundreds-year old community that it displaced. I don't mean to be antagonistic. I simply don't see the basis for the complaint against this new housing development. Especially when the development itself is an evident compromise, both in terms of volume and with how much of the dock complex itself is being retained.
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Created	Sat 25th Mar 2023 5:16pm
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Their plans have been published though. And while the side of the plot facing Govan Road will be developed into new housing stock, one of the docks is being retained for possible future use. [The plans state this](https://govangravingdocks.com/housing-community).

The docks are derelict and decades out of use. That's not to say they have no heritage value. They patently do, but after a while you have to weigh up what is being gained by retaining such a large brownfield site so close to the centre of a major city. I understand the we in Glasgow have a historic issue with throwing away prime cultural and heritage assets, often with questionable benefits. We can all think of good examples. But that reasonable and understandable sentimentality surely shouldn't mean that everything needs to be preserved in situ, as if the city is to be some sort of permanent living museum.

The docks themselves were built on top of the old Main Street of Govan. We don't cry about the loss of Main Street's housing stock and the hundreds-year old community that it displaced. I don't mean to be antagonistic. I simply don't see the basis for the complaint against this new housing development. Especially when the development itself is an evident compromise, both in terms of volume and with how much of the dock complex itself is being retained.