This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Bailie Paul McCabe:- "Council notes the publication of the landmark 'Living with Rain - Planning for Everyday Life in Glasgow' report by Dr Andrew Hoolachan and Dr Victoria Lawson of the University of Glasgow, and funded by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI); further notes the astonishing finding that despite being technically within the zone of what meteorologist would classify as a temperate rainforest, rain and wetness has never featured prominently in planning and other spatial and cultural strategies for our City. Council is pleased to note the report's acknowledgement of the way that direct impacts of rain and flooding are taken seriously in the Council's work; likewise the positive impact the widespread adoption of 'Blue-Green' infrastructure like Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDs) in planning policy across the city; the pursuance of high-quality urban realm transformation projects like that of the Argyll St West Avenue at Heilanman's Umbrella that provides high-quality and free dry public space; and the acknowledgement of Glasgow's precipitative climate in the Golden Z spatial strategy. Council commends the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Glasgow City Region Deal funded flood risk management and greenspace improvement project in Cardonald flats, as part of the work of the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership, which won the Building with Nature National Award at the Landscape Institute Awards in 2021. Council further commends the significant community co-design and creation at Queensland Court and Gardens transforming underused greenspace and creating a community park and a dedicated toddler and children's play spaces, food growing spaces and a community orchard, and another informal woodland featuring local flora and fauna ensuring the enjoyment for residents. Council recognises that our Open Space Strategy already sets out as an outcome the need for a Resilient Glasgow as more of the City will be exposed to flood risk associated with an increased intensity of rainfall and with sea level rise, and people, nature and infrastructure can all be vulnerable to a changing climate, and how the European Commission Horizon 2020 Connecting Nature project ensured Glasgow was at the forefront of Nature Based Solutions. However, Council agrees that it is not enough to simply mitigate the effects of our climate: and notes the conclusion of the report that 'there is a general absence of an explicit understanding of Glasgow as a distinctively wet city, that could benefit from a holistic set of plans, programmes and developments to improve and enhance the urban experience in the city'. In a setting that receives 1370mm of rainfall each year and was accepted to be a wet place even before climate related changes, Glasgow must learn to better 'live with rain'. Council notes with approval the examples of cities around the world that have adopted 'living with rain' principles: from the example of Bergen, Europe's wettest city with 2495mm p/a rainfall: something that it has embraced in many of its own socio-cultural practices, emphasising the necessity of being able to live an outdoor lifestyle in all weathers; Vancouver, where specific design guidance has been developed, along with public and active travel infrastructure; or Singapore, where rain has been used to inform world-leading and distinctive urban design. Council also instructs officers to further engage with other cities either bilaterally and through our participation in networks like UN Generation Restoration Cities, Cities with Nature to engage in further knowledge exchanges to living with rain and delivering large scale nature-based solutions and explore further funded partnership opportunities. Council agrees that there must be a deeper and more comprehensive acknowledgement of itself as a rainy city in the new City Development Plan and attempt to bring spatial coherence to these disconnected programmes in relation to the experience of rain - and ensure Living with Rain is reflected in future supporting guidance. Council resolves to adopt a living with rain approach to planning, to ensure that we create a resilient urban environment that does not repeat the mistakes of the past and acknowledges Glasgow's distinct climate with the context of these islands; this includes investigating weather protection, shelter and other rain-friendly design features where appropriate in future public realm improvements, including the use of permeable materials where appropriate, working with urban rainfall is not limited to traditional policies on managing water but cuts across policy domains like public transport and active travel, and ensure living with rain is considered in the future Climate Plan update, new City Development Plan and other plans." .

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