THE NEXT ORDINARY MEETING OF THE GARVE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ONLINE ON TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2024 FROM 7.30PM
DRAFT AGENDA
Members of the public are very welcome to attend Community Council meetings and take part in the discussions under the guidance of the Chairman. This meeting will be recorded and will be archived and available for viewing for twelve months thereafter.
- Introductions and Apologies
- Declarations of interest
- Approval of the draft minutes of the last ordinary meeting held on Tuesday 23 July 2024 and matters arising
- Treasurer’s report
- AOB from Community Council members
- AOB from members of the public
- Screening reports, scoping reports and consultations
8. Building warrants, planning issues and licensing issues
9. Dates of future meetings
The 2024 Annual General Meeting and an ordinary meeting of the Garve & District Community Council (whose area covers from Garve to Aultguish and from Garve to Achnasheen) was held online on Tuesday 23 July 2024. Office Bearers remain as before. Updates at the ordinary meeting included Local Place Plans, windfarms, proposed powerlines, Achnasheen Public Toilets and Hall, various road issues and traffic calming measures. Grass cutting, signs, rubbish and the mobile library service were also discussed. We noted two consultations and five new planning applications. If anyone in our area would like to be co-opted onto the Community Council, do please get in touch. Our website - http://www.community-council.org.uk/garveanddistrict/ and our social media page where you will find further updates - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552992414355 The meeting(s) can be viewed over the next 12 months here -bit.ly/GDCCmeeting23July2024incAGM (The AGM is within the first 15 minutes of the recording).
Since our last meeting ...
A reminder the EDF Education & Training Fund is still available to residents in this area. More details at https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/corriemoillie-education-training
Garve & District Community Council currently has vacancies on the Community Council. The Community Council members consider it to be very important to have as broad a representation of our community as possible, as we cover a wide variety of community issues and to do this well, we would like members from all corners of our large area. We usually meet on the first Tuesday of the month. If you are aged 16 or over, live in the Community Council area and are on the electoral roll and would like to be considered for co-option onto the Community Council, please email garveanddistrictcc@yahoo.com with your name and contact details.
A notice to possibly remove the Achnasheen, Achanalt and Garve Phoneboxes has been placed inside each Phonebox. We have not been made aware of this consultation. Any comments or questions must be sent directly to The Highland Council by Saturday 31 August 2024.
We have received notice of works on the base station above Garve. Cornerstone and Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) are undertaking works to the existing radio base station above Garve. The works will include proposed VMO2 1No. 600 Transmission Dish, fixed to new offset bracket, proposed VMO2 equipment to be installed within existing VMO2 equipment cabin and to provide improved technical provisions, greater capacity and coverage in the area. It is intended that the works will take place shortly and they will endeavour to keep any disruption to a minimum.
Proposed Tarvie windfarm – www.tarviewindfarm.com Koehler Renewable Energy (KRE) were founded in 2012 and KRE is part of the Koehler Group, an eighth-generation family business in the paper industry. Proposals for a Tarvie windfarm remain early and evolving and have altered since last year. KRE is committed to early and consistent engagement with local communities and hope to organise a meet the developer event in September, with a date and location to be confirmed. KRE have been invited to our September ordinary meeting.
CONCRETE REPAIRS PLANNED FOR A835 AT INCHBAE BRIDGE. Traffic lights will be in place from Monday 8 July 2024 for six weeks. BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, is set to start essential concrete repair works on the A835 at Inchbae bridge. The essential repair works is scheduled to start on 8 July for an estimated duration of six weeks. Throughout the duration of the works, the A835 at Inchbae will have temporary traffic lights to give safe access to allow BEAR Scotland to carry out crucial repairs.
The Highland Council has launched a consultation to gather early learning and childcare experiences to help shape future provision in Highland. Survey closes Wednesday 31 July 2024 - https://forms.gle/BX94iaRKMoaRMCpV7
As ever, any questions or comments on anything we are doing, please contact us directly at garveanddistrictcc@yahoo.com
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