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2 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
Plans for the site at Glenlonan (Image: Glampitect/Argyll and Bute Council) PLANS have been submitted for a glamping pod to be sited near Oban which would expand an existing holiday let facility. Argyll and Bute Council planning officers are considering the application made by Jamie Colewell for the site adjacent to Lonan Cottage, at Glenlonan.
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2 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
Cardross Library is one of four which do not feature in Live Argyll's business plan (Image: Google Street View) MORE than 350 people have already signed a petition to save Cardross Library after it was revealed to be facing an uncertain future. The facility is one of four libraries in Argyll and Bute, together with Rosneath, Tarbert and Tiree, that do not feature in Live Argyll’s business plan for 2025 to 2027.
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3 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
The village of Arden was the site of the application (Image: Google Street View) PLANS for a house to be built in a village on the shore of Loch Lomond have been refused by National Park officials. Calum Sullivan wanted to construct the home on land south of the old schoolhouse at Muirlands in Arden.
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3 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
Plans showing the location of the site (Image: Argyll and Bute Council) PART-RETROSPECTIVE plans for a Garelochhead car park will be considered by councillors for a third time at a public hearing next week. The bid by Lorne Thomson for the site west of the village’s BT telephone exchange will be the subject of a special meeting of Argyll and Bute Council’s planning, protective services and licensing (PPSL) committee on Wednesday, April 9.
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3 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
The Accounts Commission has published the report (Image: Accounts Commission) COUNCIL officers have been recommended to take a “more strategic approach” to transformation and redesign services in Argyll and Bute. The Accounts Commission has published its report into the local authority, saying that there are “no significant areas of concern”.
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3 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
Cardross (left) and Rosneath Libraries do not feature in a plan for the future by leisure chiefs (Image: Google Street View) A PAIR of Helensburgh and Lomond libraries are facing an uncertain future after a leisure official admitted there are insufficient resources to continue a full service. Cardross and Rosneath are two of four libraries in Argyll and Bute, along with Tarbert and Tiree Libraries, which are omitted from Live Argyll's business plan for 2025 to 2027.
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3 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
The proposal for the site near Luss (Image: Gordon Harrison/Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority) PLANS to site a house near Luss have been refused by national park chiefs. Alexander Sullivan submitted the proposal to Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority for the site northeast of Oakbank Cottage.
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3 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
Argyll and Bute Council's Kilmory HQ, with chief executive Pippa Milne pictured inset. (Image: NQ staff) EIGHT Argyll and Bute Council officers received a salary of more than £89,000 in the 2023/24 financial year, research has revealed. The authority’s chief executive Pippa Milne headed the list of its earners published in an annual report by the TaxPayers’ Alliance, with a reported salary of £143,625. With pension payments included, she took home more than £171,000 last year.
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3 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
Back Road in Clynder, the site of the application (Image: Google Street View) PLANNING permission in principle has been granted for two new houses in Clynder – more than two years after the application was submitted. Margery Osborne submitted the proposal to Argyll and Bute Council for the site, south of Spindrift on Back Road, in December 2022.
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4 weeks ago | 
helensburghadvertiser.co.uk | Andy Galloway
Plans for the site in Lochgilphead. (Image: CP Architects/Argyll and Bute Council) PLANNING permission in principle has been granted for up to 38 new homes to be built at a Lochgilphead site. Fyne Homes’ proposal for land at Blarbuie has been approved by Argyll and Bute Council officers after only one representation was received from the public.
