Tag Archives: Stronafian

Our Community Forest Project Officer is here!

Posted on April 2, 2013 by admin

We’re delighted to welcome Mark Chambers to our community. Mark will be working with us for at least two years bring forward all the elements in our Business Plan for Stronafian Forest. Mark will be spending the first couple of … Continue reading →

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Updated Stronafian Business Plan Available

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

For those of you keeping an eye on our developing plans for Stronafian, we have just published the updated Business Plan on our publications page.

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Presentation to LACPG in Cowal Courier

Posted on November 3, 2011 by admin

New local news website Cowal Courier has a report on the presentation CGDT’s chair Charles Dixon-Spain recently made to the Local Area Community Planning Group regarding our plans for Stronafian Forest and a medium scale community Windfarm. The presentation, which … Continue reading →

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We Can See The Wood For the Trees!

Posted on June 13, 2011 by admin

The Community of Colintraive and Glendaruel wins the right to buy Stronafian Forest in south-west Cowal. Community ownership of one of the most ambitious community buy-outs came a step further this week when the Forestry Commission granted the right to … Continue reading →

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Progress on the Application to Acquire the Right to Buy Stronafian

Posted on April 11, 2011 by admin

At the last NFLS panel meeting in late January, at which the decision on our application was to be taken, important questions were raised regarding the timescales of the purchase and how that would affect our business plan for the … Continue reading →

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Next Stage in the Acquisition of Stronafian

Posted on January 7, 2011 by admin

Today myself and John McEwan met with Penny Cousins, the panel member for the NFLS, Malcolm Wield and Gordon Donaldson, as part of the process towards a determination on whether the right to buy Stronafian Forest should be granted to … Continue reading →

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St. Modan

Posted on November 14, 2010 by admin

One of the privileges of working on some of the projects that the Development Trust have in view, is that sometimes you come across really unexpected slices of information or history. Once such happened today as we examined deed maps … Continue reading →

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Wider Consultation on Stronafian Forest has begun!

Posted on November 5, 2010 by admin

Our application to acquire the right to buy on Stronafian Forest is presently receiving a wider public consultation via the Forestry Commission website here as a ‘Sponsored Sale of Surplus Land’. To view all the pertinent documents, click on the … Continue reading →

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Our Application to the NFLS is Eligible

Posted on October 22, 2010 by admin

Another small step towards achieving the right to buy, and eventually the forest itself, was made today. We had confirmation that our application is eligible for the scheme. Our application and our supporting documents (also published here) will be placed on … Continue reading →

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Full Business Plan Submitted for Stronafian Forest

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

Written by Munro Gauld, the business plan has now been submitted as part of our application to the National Forestry Land Scheme. Our thanks to Munro for all his hard work. To read the document, please download it from our … Continue reading →

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