CHORD Background Reports - Oban

Oban

In early 2010, Argyll and Bute Council appointed Ekos, a leading independent UK consultancy specialising in economic and social development, to carry out socio-economic baseline reports and perception surveys for each of the 5 towns in the CHORD programme.

The studies were carried out throughout 2010, and the final reports are now available.

Socio-economic Baselines

The socio-economic baselines provide an overview of each area, looking at population, employment base, business base, claimant count (Job Seekers Allowance), property base etc.

Perception Studies

The perception studies were carried out with a range of residents, businesses and visitors.  The idea behind these surveys is to obtain a baseline position for each town, so that changes in future public perception can be measured.

EKOS studies carried out for Oban:

• Oban Socio-Economic Baseline
• Oban Perception Study

Other reports and information -

The Oban Action Plan

The Oban Action Plan is currently being updated, as part of the Oban Bay/Harbour project.  The consultation draft is now available online -

Oban Action Plan - Consultation Draft 

  You can see the version from 2006 here -

• Part 1 - Executive Summary
• Part 2 - Contents and Chapters 1-2
• Part 3 - Chapter 3 (first part)
• Part 4 - Chapter 3 (last part)
• Part 5 - Chapters 4 & 5, Conclusion and Appendices

The Oban Interchange Study

Executive Summary - If you would like to view the summary of the document only - use this link.  For the full document, please use the links below.

• Part 1 - Chapters 1-6 (including executive summary and contents)
• Part 2 - Chapter 7
• Part 3 - Chapter 8
• Part 4 - Appendices

Drawings Folio - If you would like to view all the drawings in the study, without going through the whole document, use this link.

• Part 1 - Drawings
• Part 2 - Drawings