Bishopbriggs Taxi Stance – Public Consultation

Thanks to everyone who took part in the public consultation between 13 February and 20 March 2026. It followed consultation with the taxi trade between 1 October and 29 October 2025.

The results helped to inform the development of plans. At a meeting of East Dunbartonshire Council on 25 June 2026 it was agreed to advance the proposal to create a taxi stance at the bus stop outside Costa on Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs.

You can read the report via the meeting agenda.

You can also access a plan detailing the preferred proposal.

Representations or objections can be submitted in writing until 19 August 2026. Email taxiconsultation@eastdunbarton.gov.uk or send via post to Legal & Regulatory Services, East Dunbartonshire Council, 12 Strathkelvin, Kirkintilloch, G66 1TJ.

Consultation is taking place with members of the public and stakeholders to help drive forward plans for a taxi rank (also known as a taxi stance) in the Bishopbriggs area.

It follows consultation with taxi drivers and operators in October 2025, which has helped to narrow down four potential options to two preferred proposals – Option A and Option B.

We want you to have a say on which one the Council should now choose.

Option A is located at the shops on Kirkintilloch Road and Option B is closer to the railway station.

Find out more and get involved via our StoryMap below – which includes a short survey. The consultation closes at midnight on Friday 20 March 2026. (NOW CLOSED)

If you require assistance, have any questions or would like to request paper copies, please email taxiconsultation@eastdunbarton.gov.uk 

In Bishopbriggs, work has been taking place to find a suitable location for a taxi stance.

Previously, an informal taxi rank operated from the area between Morrisons and St Matthew’s Church. However, that was fenced off by the supermarket following road layout changes.

Discussions have taken place between the Council and Morrisons regarding town centre redevelopment plans. However, the Council has been informed that a designated, formal taxi rank within the store car park is not an option due to limited space.

As part of the Bishopbriggs Public Realm Plan, design consultants engaged with East Dunbartonshire Taxi Owners Association and discussed their preferred location for a taxi rank within Bishopbriggs town centre.

Incorporating a taxi rank within plans for a new Civic Space being created nearby did not meet the wider objectives for that location in the town centre or the specific use agreed with the landowner for the space.

Further options were reviewed by officers in Licensing – together with colleagues in Roads and Land Planning & Development – which were considered at a meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee in September 2025.

Four options were presented as part of the taxi trade consultation in October 2025. These have now been narrowed down to two.

Read the consultation report.

Proposals for taxi ranks in Kirkintilloch and Milngavie were approved by the Council's Policy and Resources Committee in November 2024 and the necessary Traffic Regulation Orders are being progressed.

Meanwhile, appropriate options for taxi stances within Bearsden are currently being considered.