Huge effort to save larch
Forestry and Land Scotland is to step up its efforts to manage the larch killing disease Phytophthora ramorum in a bid to get on the front foot in slowing the spread of the disease
Forestry and Land Scotland is to step up its efforts to manage the larch killing disease Phytophthora ramorum in a bid to get on the front foot in slowing the spread of the disease
The original starting price was £150,000 for the job lot including foreshore, the village green and alleyways between some houses.
Community councillors and members of the public at last week’s CC meeting heard the price had dropped to £30,000 but now the family selling it had offered to gift it all
Anyone living in and around Oban is invited to give their views on a proposed ten-year management plan for Cologin Forest, two miles south of the town
Seil islanders will be asked what they think about an unofficial twinning with a town in Northern Spain that shares similarities – including its own heritage centre and bagpipes
Two ACHA properties built in 2017 are on the land affected but the housing association says the transfer does not relate to them.
Seil Community Council meeting heard land for sale at historic Ellenabeich is still on the market while seafaring businessman Stefan Fritz, who has expressed an interest in buying it, continues to weigh-up his plans to develop a heritage harbour and floating glamping pod site.
National interest is expected – as well as closer to home.
Breege Smith, Chairperson of Ardchattan Centre, said: ‘We are overjoyed with the award, our ambition to transform this building into the cultural and social hub that our community desperately needs has taken a major step forward.’
After years in the planning, the island’s community development company has finally bought two land sites from the Colonsay Estate.