Ardentinny Community Council Meeting 1 June

The regular Community Council meeting will take place in Ardentinny’s Glenfinart Hall at 7.30pm. on Tuesday 1 June.  The agenda is as follows:

1. Welcome

2. Apologies

3. Declaration of Interest

4. Minutes from meeting held 6 April, 20106.

5. Matter arising from minutes

6. Police Report

7. Secretary’s Report

8. Treasurer’s Report

9. Councillor’s Report

10. Joining of local communities in activities/projects

11. Animal Act (1987) Scotland

12. Update from Proposed Housing Development Working Group

13. Update from Walled Garden Working Group

14. All other community business

All residents are most welcome to attend.

Ardentinny to Carrick Castle walk

The walking group at Carrick Castle
The walking group at Carrick Castle
The Ardentinny walkers at Carrick Castle

At the invitation of the Lochgoilhead Community Council, 29 intrepid walkers from Ardentinny walked the 7-mile route from the village to Carrick Castle on Sunday 9 May to celebrate the opening of the new forest path.

On arrival, they were treated regally to a champagne reception at Carrick Castle and then transported to Lochgoilhead for lunch in a local hotel. There Leslie Cuthbertson on behalf of the Lochgolihead community, thanked them for their participation as well as Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park for the major funding as well as Argyll & Islands Leader for the balance of the funding. Leslie went on to thank landowners Duncan McPhail and Donald Ferguson for their cooperation in allowing the use of parts of their land for the path, as well as Carrick Castle Amenities for organising the welcome reception.

In turn, Ardentinny Community Council Convener, Val Kennedy thanked the hosts for their kind hospitality and invited a reciprocal visit later in the year. It is now thought that this will take place in September with a barbecue and ceilidh after the walk.

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Walled Garden Working Group created at Community Council AGM

Ardentinny Community Council held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 6th April. Council Convener and Meeting Chair, Val Kennedy, declared this past year as being the busiest she had ever known for the Community Council. In her report, she outlined the main issues that had occupied them over the year, i.e.,

–  the National Park’s Local Plan consultations and the Working Group’s efforts on that subject.
–  the restoration of Baron MacInturner’s Cairn
–  plans to design Coronation Wood as an attractive spot for residents and visitors.
–  research in to the possibility of introducing a small hydro power scheme at the back of the village

The committee also reported that it had registered interest in the potential purchase by the community of the Walled Garden and it was decided that a separate Working Group be set up first,  to look in to whether or not the village would support such a purchase and, if so, to take this project forward. Several committee members and attendees volunteered to form this Working Group

The meeting was due to be followed  by a presentation by Stuart Chalmers of the Forestry Commission on ‘Forests for People’. However, Mr. Chalmers failed to arrive.

The next Community Council meeting will take place on Tuesday 1 June, in the Village Hall.

Community Council Archive

During the move to the new website, please view Community Council archive here.

Community Council Draft Minutes 02/02/10

2 February, 2010:  community council minutes 020210