Issue - meetings

The Community Transport Officer advised the land owner has agreed to sell the piece of ground at the edge of the car park to provide the turning area.  The Council have started on the Planning Application and will submit a pre-application to the National Park.  On being asked about timescales the Community Transport Officer advised that it would depend on the Planning Process but hoped the job would be finished by March 2014.

The Community Transport Officer advised that there is no firm progress to report on the land purchase although the Estates Department continue to negotiate with Bidwells in Perth who are the agents for the owners, Mr & Mrs Howe, Ardno Estate.

The Council have established an estimate of likely costs including all professional and legal fees and this will be set aside from this year’s grant funding received from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT).

In a further development we have checked with Transport Scotland that the work they are undertaking on the old road as an emergency diversion route will not interfere with the turning circle and they have confirmed there is no conflict.