Ardentinny Community Council Archives - Page 2 of 21

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021

Changes at Community Council and Renewables Trust

Ardentinny Community Council Ardentinny Community Council and Ardentinny Renewable Trust both held their Annual General Meetings recently. Changes to the community council committee included long-serving member Marian Norris who stepped down from her Secretary role and new members Claire Florence and Mark Rowthorn who were co-opted on to the committee. Draft Minutes of the meeting …

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October 16, 2021July 19, 2022

Forestry operations update

Report provided by Forestry & Land Scotland/Ardentinny Community Council. Car park and picnic site Forestry and Land Scotland employed 2 seasonal rangers over the summer months to have a visitor presence at key locations in Argyll Forest Park. It would be very useful to have the communities views on the impact of these staff on …

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October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

Community involvement post-pandemic – How do you want to participate?

Argyll & Bute Council has announced an 8-week consultation for the public to consider how they participate in their local Community Council meetings. During the pandemic, the Council allowed community councils to hold meetings remotely, online. However, as this was a temporary measure, meetings should now be reverting back to face-to-face. The consultation is for the …

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March 27, 2021March 31, 2021

FLS reveals plan to create two Ardentinny campsites (updated 31 March)

In a letter to Ardentinny Community Council, Stuart Chalmers of Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) outlined plans to seek planning permission to ’temporarily formalise’ the use of the area as a campsite. The proposal would be to create a campsite at the beach (Glenfinart Bay) and a second in the ’nursery field’ (a field west of …

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March 12, 2021July 13, 2021

Beach parking and signage

In October 2020 Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) undertook a community consultation on its proposals for the beach area. Since then the only hint of an outcome has been the recent renewed signage which indicates that there will be a charge for beach parking. In response, Ardentinny Community Council (CC) secretary, Marian Norris, wrote to …

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What's On in Ardentinny?

Sunday, April 9, 2023. 1:00pm.
Easter Fun Day
Glenfinart Walled Garden
Easter Egg Hunt, Stalls & Burgers. Free Entry. Fun for all the family.

Saturday, July 29, 2023. 11:00am.
Village Hall/Outdoor Centre Summer combined event
Outdoor Centre & Ardentinny Beach.
The village hall has been liaising with the outdoor centre prior to the Christmas break, for those that are unaware the outdoor centre is celebrating its 50^th anniversary this year with this in mind we have decided to band together and run a large summer event over one day at the outdoor centre and on the beach area. More details for this will follow, however to make the event happen we do require a number of volunteers to help us coordinate and run certain parts of the day. If you would like to volunteer, then please email dee at ardentinnyvillagehall8@gmail.com .