Minutes from the meeting of the Residents Committee held on 12 November 2020 are now online and can be accessed from the Meeting Minutes page along with a copy of RMG’s Property Managers Report. Past minutes are also accessible from the same page.
Dargavel Residents Association Posts
Dear Residents
You may be aware of some commentary surrounding the Resident’s Association decision to cease, with immediate effect, the private service contract for litter bins in Dargavel Village. We were looking forward to telling you this news in our New Year report but RMG’s newsletter piece, of which we were not informed prior to its publication, leads us to issue this response.
The Resident’s Association recently met with representatives from Renfrewshire Council’s Streetscene department to undertake a review of litter bin provision in Dargavel Village and their overall effectiveness. We are delighted to announce that a new litter bin infrastructure plan is currently being rolled out across Dargavel Village with facilities placed where they are needed most. You may have already noticed the new bins by Sainsbury’s and at the bottom of Slateford Road. The council provided these bins and will service them moving forward.
This new plan is anticipated to save the residents of Dargavel Village approximately £9,000 per year on private contractor waste servicing and we hope that the new infrastructure plan will be completed by the end of January 2021. Like all good plans that have good intentions, the rollout has not gone as smoothly as we, or Renfrewshire Council, had anticipated. We have been in continuous dialogue with council representatives and appreciate the role they undertake in these difficult times and have every confidence in their team to deliver.
In the meantime, we respectfully ask that residents continue to pick up after dogs and dispose of waste, along with litter, in a bin where one is available. If no bin is available or is full, please take it home and dispose of it there.
We appreciate your patience whilst we work through these teething problems however, we believe that £9,000 per year can be better spent, or saved, by implementing a Renfrewshire Council-led litter bin strategy.
Minutes from the meeting of the Residents Committee held on 15 July 2020 are now online and can be accessed from the Meeting Minutes page along with a copy of RMG’s Property Managers Report.
Minutes from previous meetings can also be downloaded but please note that you must log in to be able to access this content.
RMG have recently issued the attached site plan for the H2 parcel showing all areas that are currently maintained by the factor.
Any area highlighted in green is a communal area within the parcel that is currently maintained by DSMcG. Any areas that are not highlighted in green are private to the homeowner to maintain. The roads, pavement and street lights are under the responsibility of the developer until the road is adopted by the council. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your Property Manager, Rebekah Clark at
The Residents Committee have received a communication from RMG to confirm that, following guidance from both the government and Renfrewshire Council, BAE Systems have taken the decision to close the two estate playparks within Dargavel to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. As the playparks are not cleaned or disinfected in any way they represent a potential infection risk to the children using the playparks.
As a result the smaller playpark next to the playing fields opposite Taylor Wimpey H3 has been locked and the playpark on Birch Road next to the Persimmon/Charles Church H2 parcel has had heras fencing placed around it to prevent access.
Given current government guidance this is sensible and will help to ensure that the risk of infection to young children, their families and friends is minimised as far as possible.
Extract from recent BAE Systems update:
- During the recent road works around Bolerno Crescent, we received a small number of calls about mud on the road. These works are now complete and the road has been fully cleaned.
- We have recently awarded the contract to build Dargavel Primary School and its access road to Robertson Construction. Work started on the access road in January and construction on the school will commence in April 2020. The school is due to be completed in June 2021.
- We are pleased to see new businesses opening and thriving in the new Dargavel Village retail units. The latest openings include: Scoff and Patter, Station Barbers, Enzo’s and Dargavel Dental Care.
- A new point of interest board will soon be installed near Bishopton Train Station at the site of what was the main entrance to ROF Bishopton. Please feel free to visit this board, as well as other boards which are situated by the Bishopton Cannon Viewpoint and the Dargavel Ponds viewing platforms off Craigton Drive.
- Several bat boxes have been installed to the north of Dargavel Village as we continue our commitment to supporting and sustaining local wildlife.
If you have any concerns or would like to speak to a member of the Programme Team about Dargavel Village, please call BAE’s freephone hotline on 0800 130 3302.
Further to the AGM process carried out by RMG in October, we’ve recently been advised that the second AGM meeting dates have now been finalised. These meetings will now be held on Wednesday 12th February 2020 at Mar Hall and will last approximately 30 minutes per parcel as follows:
5.30pm: H6 Cala
6:00pm: H2 Persimmon/Charles Church (North)
6:30pm: H3 Taylor Wimpey (North)
7:00pm: E4 & E4B Persimmon (South)
7:30pm: H5 Taylor Wimpey (South)
If you are able/unable to attend your parcel’s meeting, we ask that you please complete the attached
attendance/proxy form or the attached mandate form and send these to your property manager,
Rebekah Clark by email at or by phoning RMG’s contact centre at 0345 002 4499, or handing them over to a neighbour who is able to attend.
For your convenience a copy of the proxy form is available here: http://www.dargavel.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Attendance-Proxy-Form-2-pages.pdf
The Dargavel Residents Association would like to express our thanks and congratulations to all at BAE Systems and their contractor Morgan Sindall for delivering the new motorway junction three months ahead of schedule. It is a significant milestone in the overall Dargavel project and we’re sure it will be welcomed by the local community.
Read BAE System’s press briefing here
Extract from recent BAE Systems update:
Welcome to our November update on Dargavel Village. Our key updates for the month are noted below.
- Work on the new M8 junction is nearing completion with the finishing touches taking place this month. We remain on schedule to open the new junction in December 2019.
- At the end of October, new, permanent speed limits were introduced by Renfrewshire Council on the A8 (Greenock Road). These are in advance of the new M8 junction opening next month. The new speed limits are 50mph from Red Smiddy Roundabout to the new Commonside Roundabout, and 40mph from Commonside Roundabout to the Bishopton Filling Station. However, we would like to remind drivers that the section between the two new M8 roundabouts will remain at the temporary speed limit of 30mph until the works are completed.
- As we approach the winter months, we can confirm that we have recently re-appointed our gritting contactor, Balfour Beatty, who will be gritting Craigton Drive, Barrangary Road, Crosshill Road, Mosshall Drive, Birch Road, Aberlady Way and the park-and-ride car parks as required.
If you have any concerns or would like to speak to a member of the Programme Team about Dargavel Village, please call BAE’s freephone hotline on 0800 130 3302.
Minutes from the meeting of the Residents Committee held on 2 October 2019 are now online and can be accessed here along with a copy of RMG’s Property Managers Report:
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Minutes from previous meetings can be downloaded from the Meeting Minutes page which is accessible to logged in users only.