Executive Summary - Argyll and Bute Council
Executive Summary - Argyll and Bute Council
Executive Summary - Argyll and Bute Council
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Oban Action PlanTown Centre AFAsThe Local Plan identifies a number of areas within the centre of Oban as Areas for Action or AFA’s. These are potentialdevelopment areas for partnership or community action <strong>and</strong> may include a range of initiatives from l<strong>and</strong> assembly <strong>and</strong>asset management programmes through to development <strong>and</strong> redevelopment proposals <strong>and</strong> environmentalenhancement.Recommendation 1: <strong>Argyll</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Bute</strong> <strong>Council</strong> progress a Conservation Appraisal of the town centre to establish thevalue of defining the core central area of George Street <strong>and</strong> Alex<strong>and</strong>ra Place a designatedConservation Area.Recommendation 2: <strong>Argyll</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Bute</strong> <strong>Council</strong> need to work closely with other partners <strong>and</strong> local stakeholders indeveloping <strong>and</strong> promoting enhanced Town Centre management. A Town Centre Managementcompany is often recommended as a mechanisms to take these issues forward but we have notidentified a scale of need that would justify a discrete organisation or fully dedicated resources ofa TCMC in Oban.Developing a Deliverable Project PackageThe Development Plan <strong>and</strong> Action Plan identified a series of objectives to help prioritise investment <strong>and</strong> projectselection. These included:IronsideFarrarto support <strong>and</strong> facilitate the planned growth defined within the <strong>Argyll</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Bute</strong> Structure Plan <strong>and</strong> the emerging<strong>Argyll</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Bute</strong> Local Plan.to address constraints on growth <strong>and</strong> unlock opportunity for private <strong>and</strong> public sector partnering with particularreference to: Serviced Business/ Industrial L<strong>and</strong> & Employment Sites Utilities <strong>and</strong> Transport Infrastructure Community Infrastructureto facilitate active private sector investment <strong>and</strong> encourage new entrants/ developer interest with particularreference to: Strategic Level Housing Sites <strong>and</strong> Infrastructure Business/ Tourism/ Retail/ Leisure/ Other Developmentto identify the priorities for the phased programme of public sector investment <strong>and</strong> establish key support partners<strong>and</strong> potential areas of fundingto review the investment needs <strong>and</strong> consider the mechanisms that could support public <strong>and</strong> private sectorinvestmentvii<strong>Executive</strong> <strong>Summary</strong>
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