Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director with Responsibility for Development and Economic Growth

The Committee gave consideration to a report providing Members with a review of the Campbeltown Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) Round 6, the project having ended on the 31^st of March 2021, and providing a final report on the overall programme of heritage led regeneration in Campbeltown town centre from 2007-2021 that led to Campbeltown being named as the Most Improved Place in Scotland at the 2020 SURF Awards.  

The Project Officer highlighted an error in the report at paragraph 4.13, clarifying that there were 182 grants awarded totalling £3.25 million.

Decision

The Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Committee:

1. considered the contents of the report and agreed that Campbeltown CARS Round 6 had been successfully delivered as detailed in section 4 of the report;
2. noted the additional building projects that had been delivered in addition to the original CARS projects as detailed in paragraph 4.4. of the report;
3. noted the critical funding role that Historic Environment Scotland had played in supporting the regeneration of Campbeltown;
4. noted the critical role that the Campbeltown CARS priority building owners associations had in the successful delivery of Campbeltown CARS Round 6;
5. noted the critical role that all stakeholders had who had been involved in the heritage led regeneration of Campbeltown town centre since 2007; and
6. noted that Campbeltown had been named as Scotland’s Most Improved Place at the 2020 SURF Awards.

(Reference: Report by Executive Director with Responsibility for Development and Economic Growth, dated April 2021, submitted)