Issue - meetings

Update by Campbeltown Community Council

The Group considered an update from Campbeltown Community Council. The update provided information in relation to additional funding for Town Centre Maintenance Officers to assist with their work upgrading and restoring local benches, and included a status update on the runway refurbishment works at Campbeltown airport. The update also highlighted concerns around the road surface on the Esplanade and concerns that windfarm companies were not following the Scottish Government Guidelines on Good Practice in relation to community benefit works. 

Valerie Nimmo also provided an update on work which was being carried out with Inspiralba, South Kintyre Development Trust and Architecture and Design Scotland following Campbeltown’s designation as a Climate Action Town.

Valerie raised concerns around the Education Change Programme and ongoing consultations, noting that the consultations did not seem to make reference to community input and she had been unable to locate the relevant timescales for the consultation. Shona Barton confirmed that it was hoped that an Education representative would be able to attend the next Group meeting in February to discuss the plans as part of the consultation, and in the interim she would raise Valerie’s concerns with the lead officer for the project and ask for information to be made available for circulation to the Group.

Decision

The Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group considered and noted the information provided.

(Reference: Update by Valerie Nimmo, Campbeltown Community Council, submitted)