Community council round-up
A meeting will be called to try Dunbeg Development Group, councillors have heard.
The group looking at the area’s future seems to have disbanded because of many of the committee moving away from the area, this month’s community council meeting was told.
Planning permission will be needed to put up community noticeboards.
Five sites have been identified. The original board opposite Etive Road already has permission but needs repaired.
Other sites for new boards are near the school, where MacLeod’s current notice board is at the entrance to the new development, at the top of the new development and at the start of the original cycle track.
Housing developers Link will be asked to include a notice board in its planning application for phase four of the housing scheme.
A funding application to connect the Ganavan to Dunbeg cycle track to the proposed Dunbeg to Connel track will be re-applied for this summer.
Community council reported back from
Working Group.
She said buses will not go into the new development until the roundabout at the top of Dunstaffnage Way is completed. The commercial area and access road has been re-positioned towards Oban as the original site was considered a flood risk and there were heavy peat deposits which are now protected.
It is hoped the proposed 400 houses in phase four will include provision for key workers and students.
The education department is confident the current primary school can cope with children from phase three housing but would need to know how many bedrooms would be in phase four before they could calculate if a new school was needed. There will be a public meeting to assess community needs, she said.
Street lighting at the end of Lochnell Road and Hillside has been fixed and the swings have been returned to the playpark, the meeting was told.
Link says 117 of the new houses have been handed over, ready for occupation, although labour and material shortages have impacted on progress. It is estimated phase three of the development should be finished by spring 2023.
The meeting asked its Argyll and Bute counto resurrect community secretary Linda Robb the Dunbeg Corridor cillors to look at problems getting on the bus that is shared by children going to St Columba’s and Oban High School as well as adults going to work.
The Community Payback Scheme is being contacted again to see if it can help with clearing up the mess left after the bonfire.
The next community council meeting will be on Monday September 12 at 7.30pm at Dunbeg Church Hall. weaver, although Balure is said to have had linen weavers too.
‘The ruined cottages date back about 200 years earlier to the slate quarries there. The rusting piece of farm machinery inside a cottage gave us a chance to do some research later using the manufacturer's details. Leaving this calm and pleasant place behind to the birdsong and wildflowers, we walked along the shore, past a herd of Luing cattle towards Toberonochy village then back to the graveyard. We are now making plans for the next walk.’