Business improvement partnership is backed

A meeting last week of the comhairle’s Sustainable Development Committee saw members endorse the formation of a Community and Business Improvement Partnership for Stornoway.

During 2017, the comhairle drew together the various studies which had been carried out into the regeneration of Stornoway.

Concurrent work by Stornoway Port Authority on their port plan and Stornoway Trust on their Parks for People (Lews Castle grounds) project presented the opportunity to tie together all these town centre work streams into one cohesive masterplan.

The potential for an integrated vision for the entire centre of Stornoway was recognised and 360 Architecture was commissioned by the comhairle and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to undertake this work.

A Stornoway Vision working group has been established and has now met three times, most recently in May.

The comhairle is leading on developing and supporting the working group.