Blackness Business Place Plan

View the Blackness Business Place Plan (9.22MB PDF) 

General Economic Development Areas (GEDA) are vital to the supply of land for business and employment across Dundee, particularly for small to medium businesses. Despite the many successful businesses located within the Blackness GEDA, the area is underperforming in business terms, with notable levels of vacant, derelict and underused land and buildings. ‘Proposal 1: Blackness Regeneration’ of the newly adopted Local Development Plan 2019, brings this issue to the fore and commits the City Council to tackling the situation. 

In response, the proposed Blackness Business Place Plan has been created to stimulate development within the Blackness GEDA, primarily by introducing further, complementary, land uses.

The unique characteristics of the Blackness GEDA set it apart from the City’s other GEDAs. Conservation area status, multiple listed buildings and heritage links create a strong sense of place, while the area’s strategic location has allowed alternative uses to emerge over time. This framework intends to strengthen and enhance these characteristics by introducing further land uses to create a successful place to invest, work, live and visit.

Furthermore, the framework highlights the potential to make the Blackness GEDA a more vibrant and high quality place by improving the quality of the built environment; increasing connectivity; and making the area more attractive, safe and welcoming.