Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure

The Harbour Board gave consideration to a report providing an update on the status of plans to establish the Municipal Oban Harbour and the progress of the Oban Harbour Revision Order (HRO). The HRO included proposed external harbour limits that had been justified by an independent Navigational Risk Assessment (NRA) process.

Decision

The Harbour Board agreed to–

1.    note the update provided in the submitted report;

2.    note the comments referenced from the Consultation period and the Council’s response thereto;

3.    approve the draft HRO (under deletion of paragraph 26 (n), being a repetition and the correction of non-material errors) for submission to Transport Scotland as the submission to be confirmed as an HRO;

4.    note that the HRO would be submitted to Transport Scotland in the first case on an informal basis as part of their best practice advice and that should there be any material alterations requested by Transport Scotland then they would be brought back to the Harbour Board for approval;

5.    note the governance arrangements in respect of the Harbour Authority; and

6.    note the technical advice given in the meeting by Officers in relation to the detailed definition of the external limits to Oban Harbour, contained with Appendix 3 of the report. 

(Reference:  Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services dated December 2022, submitted)