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The Bishopton Development Trust meeting details and minutes are available on the Trust Website -www.bishoptondevelopmenttrust.com

Secondary Education Provision 

The Community Council has carried out a consultation of all residents in Bishopton/Dargavel to determine the support to challenging Renfrewshire Council's decisions on secondary school provision.  Our thanks go to Reflex Blue who carried out this consultation, free of charge, on behalf of the Community Council.  We were overwhelmed by the amount of support to take positive steps to do what’s best for the people of Bishopton and Dargavel, with around 2,000 responses in support.  

The Community Council had considered using the Judicial Review process to challenge Renfrewshire Council's decision to extend Park Mains High School. Moira Ramage, who is a member of the Community Council and a solicitor, met with an advocate who is very experienced in Judicial Reviews with emphasis on local authority decisions and planning decisions in particular. He checked what the Community's chances were of successfully reviewing the decision of Renfrewshire Council.  You will see from the Report (which can be viewed from the Minutes of the February 2026 meeting) that his overall advice was that to do so would be very risky and other options should be looked at. Ity was , therefore, decided not to proceed with a Judicial Review. We are currently considering options and intend to work closely with Dargavel Residents Association and the Community more generally to consider the next steps. A petition is being considered, using Renfrewshire Council's Petition Process and this will be discussed in more detail in terms of what we require to do for maximum impact - this will be included in the agenda at the next meeting of the Community Council.

We would encourage anyone with an interest in this to come along to the Community Council meetings which are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm in The Cornerstone Church Centre on Greenock Road. The next meeting is on Wednesday 4th March and all are welcome.

514 Bus Service - Bishopton to Braehead

Bishopton is in danger of losing the bus service No.514 to Braehead.  McGills have decided that, (having used up the Section 75 subsidy),  the service is not viable due to lack of usage, and intends to discontinue it. 

SPT and Renfrewshire Council  are looking at ways to extend the service beyond  - this will entail a reduced service and will possibly  only extend it until March.

You can access the current timetable here - 514 - Bishopton to Braehead | McGill's Buses 

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Introduction of a ban on parking on the pavement