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 and may include a range of initiatives from land assembly andasset management programmes through to development and redevelopment proposals and environmentalenhancement.Recommendation 1: Argyll and Bute Council progress a Conservation Appraisal of the town centre to establish thevalue of defining the core central area of George Street and Alexandra Place a designatedConservation Area.Recommendation 2: Argyll and Bute Council need to work closely with other partners and local stakeholders indeveloping and 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 and Action Plan identified a series of objectives to help prioritise investment and projectselection. These included:IronsideFarrarto support and facilitate the planned growth defined within the Argyll and Bute Structure Plan and the emergingArgyll and Bute Local Plan.to address constraints on growth and unlock opportunity for private and public sector partnering with particularreference to: Serviced Business/ Industrial Land & Employment Sites Utilities and Transport Infrastructure Community Infrastructureto facilitate active private sector investment and encourage new entrants/ developer interest with particularreference to: Strategic Level Housing Sites and Infrastructure Business/ Tourism/ Retail/ Leisure/ Other Developmentto identify the priorities for the phased programme of public sector investment and establish key support partnersand potential areas of fundingto review the investment needs and consider the mechanisms that could support public and private sectorinvestmentviiExecutive Summary
Oban Action PlanExecutive SummaryHigher Level Priorities: Development Road Oban WWTW / Water Supply Upgrade Dunbeg Phase Housing Release Development Road Corridor Housing Release Oban Approach Roads A85(T) Route Action Plan Town Centre Traffic ManagementCommitted:SAMS Research Campus Expansion and JunctionRailway Pier / Calmac LinkspanOban AirportMedium Level Priorities: Oban Integrated Transport Timetabling Enhanced Cultural Facilities North Pier Extension Oban Yachts & Dunstaffnage Marina Investments Tourism/ Resort Hotel Development Oban Bay Body Oban Public Realm Oban Visitor Signage Training & Business Development Marketing & Promotion Enhancing Public TransportLower Level Priorities: Development Road Phase 2 & 3 Town Centre Multi-Storey Parking Oban Flood Mitigation South Pier Extension Oban Park & Ride RNLI Relocation Oban Walkway Trail Museum/ McDougall Collection Town Centre Management McCaigs Tower Access/ Enhancement Gateway Signage Public Arts and Graphic Art Harbour BreakwaterEarly Actions that are in progress and can be advanced in parallel with the main report recommendations :A&BC Office RationalisationIntegrated Transport TimetableOban Bay Harbour BodyMarket testing options for the Car Park at Tweeddale StreetviiiIronsideFarrar
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