Argyll And Bute

James Lafferty, Shaheena Din, Kelly Ferns and Councillor Robin Currie An Argyll and Bute Council project to save an historic Campbeltown tenement from the brink of demolition has received a UK National Empty Homes Award for the work.

Ministers have granted planning consent for a 30 turbine tidal park situated off the south-west coast of Islay. West Islay Tidal Energy Park will have a generating capacity of up to 30 MW, enough to power around 18,000 homes.

Artist’s impression of how the development would look Argyll and Bute Council has approved Link Group Ltd’s 'Dunbeg Development Corridor Masterplan' of 600 new homes.

A successful turf-cutting event has signalled the start of construction work to regenerate Hermitage Park in Helensburgh. The event was attended by representatives of the community, funders, local councillors and officers associated with the £3.3 million restoration and redevelopment of the urban p

Artist’s impression of how the development would look Link Group has submitted plans to Argyll and Bute Council to transform the Dunbeg Corridor area with a development of 600 new homes.

Work on the UK’s first offshore wind tower factory will officially start in Argyll today. CS Wind UK’s base in Campbeltown, which employs 175 people, is set for a £27 million investment after its acquisition by South Korean manufacturer CS Wind Corporation in April.

Councillors have agreed to appoint a design team for the £17 million Helensburgh Waterfront development in Argyll and Bute. The selected team will be tasked to refine plans for the project near West Clyde Street.

Lochgilphead is in line for new industrial, tourism and community developments after councillors agreed a strategic masterplan for Kilmory Park. Part owned by Argyll and Bute Council and MacLeod Construction Ltd, the site will be split into five zones to be developed for industrial, business, touris

Two schools in Argyll and Bute are in need of repairs after the local authority conducted checks in light of the closure of schools in Edinburgh, it has emerged.

Fresh after the signing of contracts for new schools in Campbeltown and Oban, Argyll and Bute Council has completed the contract for a £9 million new primary school in Kirn. To be built by Morrison Construction, the new Kirn Primary School has been designed to cater for 320 primary pupils together

An artist's impression of the new Oban High School A £60 million scheme to build new secondary schools in Campbeltown and Oban is set to start construction in July after the contract with project partners was signed last week.

Progress was made towards a new Argyll and Bute housing development yesterday. Councillors have approved a planning application for a new bonded warehouse, the first step in a distillery and residential housing development, at Polphail village, Portavadie, as well as a masterplan which will guide th

Argyll and Bute Council is to issue a tender for a contract in the region of £2 million for the major redevelopment of Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park. Firms interested in bidding for the contract itself or sub-contracting for smaller works are invited to a meet the buyer event where they can speak

Glasgow-based Hunter Laing & Company has submitted an application with Argyll and Bute Council to build the first new distillery on Islay in a decade. The £8 million malt whisky distillery, to be built on a four-acre site at Ardnahoe near Port Askaig, on the North East coast of the island.

Gareth Hoskins Argyll & Bute Council is to dedicate Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park to late architect Gareth Hoskins following the award of a £2.3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.