Council planning ideas for Greater Pollok include reducing car dominance in the area and “renewing and rebuilding” Nitshill shops.

Nitshill town centre has been described as “deteriorated” in a strategic planning document for the area, which puts forward suggestions for how it can be improved.

Boosting active travel, having a range of homes and becoming low carbon are among goals for the area, which includes Silverburn, Crookston and Darnley.

Glasgow City Council is currently consulting on the draft local development framework (LDF) with people having the chance to have their say until February 5.

There is an ambition to “deliver the renewal and rebuilding of Nitshill Shopping Facility, bringing longstanding vacant and underused land back into productive use.”

The document said: “In parallel with the role of Silverburn, it is noted Nitshill town centre has deteriorated over many years and its fabric and core sites are in poor condition.”

The LDF recommends bringing sites into use and attracting new investment with land owners working together.

Better public transport connections so people are linked to the wider city and local neighbourhoods and reducing the over reliance of people on cars are some of the other visions of planning guidance for the area.

The LDF  planning guidance said: The ‘car domination’ of Greater Pollok” has increased difficulties for many residents in accessing local services and a deterioration in ‘safe connectivity’ between local neighbourhoods.”

One priority of the draft local development framework is to discourage “high volumes of car travel through the area, prioritising active travel and better public transport, and supporting liveable, walkable neighbourhoods.”

Other suggestions include supporting and strengthening the role of Sliverburn as a ‘major’ town centre.

The overarching vision for Greater Pollok is to “to become a flourishing, sustainable, liveable and socially inclusive city community by 2035.”

The framework added: “The LDF advocates Greater Pollok will become a more sustainable city quarter by 2035, placing a greater emphasis on becoming a more liveable place where most people’s daily needs can be met within a 20-minute radius of their home.

“The LDF proposes Greater Pollok should focus on achieving a higher quality of life via an active travel approach. Its improvement in quality will be supported via a comprehensive Clyde Metro integrated transport system and by developing better connections to key local and city transport hubs.

“To improve the liveability of the community, the LDF will support the delivery of low traffic neighbourhoods to help reduce unnecessary traffic through residential areas. It will also identify how public spaces can be reconfigured to support greater active travel via walking, wheeling and cycling.”

The role of local development frameworks is to “deliver change in areas of Glasgow where the council believe an additional layer of planning guidance is needed.”