Westerhill Development Road

The Westerhill Development Road (WDR) will help progress exciting plans to support investment, businesses and jobs in Bishopbriggs.

The road will connect Junction 2 of the M80 (at the north edge of Glasgow) to the A803 (between Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch), by linking Lochgrog Roundabout with Crosshill Road approximately 1km to its north . There will also be improvements to Torrance Roundabout.

The WDR Project will support the objectives, challenges and needs identified in the Council’s approved City Deal business cases.

Its objectives are to:

• Help to unlock land parcels for commercial development within Westerhill Regeneration Area
• Increase Gross Value Added (GVA) - the economic value of goods and services produced locally - by attracting improved and diverse, quality jobs
• Attract new businesses to the area
• Improve availability and suitability of space for small businesses
• Enhance the Bishopbriggs Air Quality Management Area (AQMA)
• Provide environmental protection and enhancements
• Improve connections and access for a skilled workforce.

Please note, the project does not include housing.

Consultation was held on five potential options for the new Westerhill Development Road between 29 May and 22 June 2023. The preferred route was announced in January 2024.

Since then, the design has been further developed based on additional information. This included feedback received from public and stakeholder consultation, the results of ground investigation work undertaken in late 2023, additional environmental surveys and a cost exercise to ensure affordability.

Significant updates to the originally preferred design include:

• Provision of an active travel route on the western side of the WDR and signalised crossings
• Provision for future bus infrastructure designed in co-ordination with Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT)
• Inclusion of environmental mitigation measures, such as mammal tunnels and landscaping
• Removal of works on Crosshill Road and Cole Road between HMP
• Low Moss and Torrance Roundabout
  Inclusion of two roundabout junctions to provide access to the future Masterplan development parcels
• Revision of the junction connecting the new WDR to Crosshill Road to maintain access to HMP Low Moss and adjacent commercial and residential properties
• Inclusion of  Sustainable Drainage Systems, including ponds.

As part of its requirements under the Planning (Scotland) Act, the Council carried out pre-application public consultation for the Westerhill Development Road.

A pre-planning application consultation event took place between 8 November and 29 November 2024. There was an online StoryMap and webpage, as well as a public drop-in session in the War Memorial Hall, Bishopbriggs, on 11 November 2024. You can view the archived consultation webpage.

Further pre-application public engagement – including another drop-in event – took place in February 2025, prior to the planning application being submitted.

A planning application for Westerhill Development Road (WDR) was approved at a meeting of the Planning Board on 21 October 2025.

It included:

• 2km of new/upgraded carriageway and associated works, between the existing Westerhill Road and the A803 Kirkintilloch Road – connecting an upgraded Torrance Roundabout and Lochgrog Roundabout, and including the replacement of a section of Crosshill Road
• Environmental mitigation such as wildlife passages and tunnels, planting throughout, an acoustic fence along part of the route, landscaping and Sustainable Drainage Systems to minimise disruption to existing water levels
• A new active travel route for walking, wheeling and cycling, with provision for future bus stops
• The use of recycled materials and those with a lower carbon impact.

The new route incorporates part of a former RAF Bishopbriggs base – once a World War II barrage balloon depot and now identified as brownfield/development land – and consideration has been given to preserving archaeological remains, if found. There will be interpretation boards to support future appreciation of the site.

For more information on the Planning consent, visit the News section.

A Full Business Case for the Westerhill Development Road was approved at a meeting of the Council on Thursday 18 December 2025 and then submitted to Glasgow City Region for approval.

The Full Business Case was approved at a meeting of the Glasgow City Region Chief Executives' Group on 12 February 2026.

That released the necessary funding, allowing a contractor to be appointed to deliver the WDR.

Subject to all necessary approvals and consents, the WDR is due to be completed by the end of 2027.

The Council will also continue to examine possible sources of external funding to help support the delivery of the wider Westerhill Regeneration Area Masterplan, while liaising with landowners, businesses and relevant agencies to attract potential employers and commercial investment.

You can view the report presented to the meeting of the Council by visiting the Committee Diary section.