Archive for the ‘Barcaldine’ Category

Barcaldine Forest Rhodie control and fires

The Forestry Commission will be starting more Rhododendron control in Barcaldine in the next few weeks . This will be focussed along past the Forestry Commission shed and out along the Sustrans to the main road just opposite Beaver Timber. Part of the work will be managed fires which will be well sited and managed […]

February 10, 2017   Posted in: Barcaldine  No Comments

Barcaldine Scottish Seafarms Hatchery event 30th Jany 2017

Proposals for new salmon hatchery, Barcaldine Monday 30th January 2017 Barcaldine Primary School  6.30pm Barcaldine Community Association invites local residents to attend a meeting to learn more about the proposed new salmon hatchery on the Marine Resource Centre site. Scottish Sea Farms representatives will be in attendance to provide information, answer any questions and hear […]

January 19, 2017   Posted in: Agriculture, Barcaldine, Business  No Comments

Lorn Arc (TIF) manager to attend February Community Council meeting

David Gunn, Argyll and Bute Lorn Arc programme manager, will be at the next Ardchattan Community Council meeting on 23rd Feb 2017. In recent months there has been increasing concerns about the situation at Oban Business Park at the airport at Connel, which has been cleared and surfaced but has no services fitted so is […]

January 17, 2017   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Business, Community Council  No Comments

NEW superfibre boxes coming around Ardchattan

If you look at this site .. and put your post code in the options box you should be able to see where the new Superfibre boxes are coming .. the map does not always show where they are but there is more information in the page below the map. https://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm?xid=793168&cabinets=12989 here are some of […]

August 1, 2016   Posted in: Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, North Connel  No Comments

Scottish Seafarms to invest £35 million in hatchery at Barcaldine

http://www.scotlandfoodanddrink.org/news/article-info/6974/scottish-sea-farms-to-invest-%C2%A335m-in-argyll-freshwater-hatchery.aspx Leading salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms is to invest £35 million in a major freshwater site near Oban. This investment is part of a total £70 million spend anticipated over the next few years and will create up to 25 permanent high-value skilled jobs. The company – which recently won ‘Business of the Year’ […]

July 6, 2016   Posted in: Barcaldine, Business  No Comments

Barcaldine Road works for upgrading

A828 St Columba Bay to Barcaldine Resurfacing works 15th May to 27th May 2016 Full closure of whole extent 7 pm to 7 am Monday to Friday (not weekends) hourly vehicle access only (or when safe) with vehicles stacked to wait. Outside of these hours 30 mph limit applied. It is expected there will be […]

April 2, 2016   Posted in: Barcaldine, Community Council, Roads  No Comments

Barcaldine Fright Night

Fright Night will be on Saturday November 14th at Sutherland’s Grove, 7.30pm From Barcaldine Community Association The long-awaited return of our Fright Night will be on Saturday November 14th at Sutherland’s Grove, 7.30pm. As well as the scary walk there will be hot food and drinks and horror-themed cakes. We hope that the walk will […]

November 3, 2015   Posted in: Barcaldine, Event, Family  No Comments

2015 Planning applications for Ardchattan Parish : July to date

Ardchattan parish Planning Applications July 2015 to date Modification to existing fish farm site, including increase and alterations to moorings extent, addition of 2 x 80 metre circumference cages and siting of feed barge – Airds Bay (Etive 4) Loch Etive Argyll And Bute Ref. No: 15/01814/MFF | Received date: Thu 18 Jun 2015 | […]

October 22, 2015   Posted in: Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, Community, North Connel  No Comments

Horticultural Show 2015

              Some photos from the Show  

August 31, 2015   Posted in: Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, Children, Community, Hobbies, North Connel, Schools, Village Halls  No Comments

Work to start on the Airport Business Park

but not until next month. According to the planning application, work was meant to start on clearing the ground at the airport at Connel on the 3rd of August, but things have still not started. If they do not start by a certain date in September then the whole TIFF finances for all the Lorn […]

August 13, 2015   Posted in: Barcaldine, Benderloch, Business, Community  No Comments