Crofting tales – lambs taken by sea eagles, new powers, new crofts, fewer...
The White-tailed sea eagle has been successfully re-introduced into Scotland after being driven to extinction by illegal killing in the early part of the 19th century. Argyll’s Isle of Mull has scored...
View ArticleEnvironment Minister offers all MSPs discussions on crofting reforms
Faced with ‘confused alarms of struggle and flight’, Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham is to host a series of meetings with MSPs next week in the next stage of the Scottish Government’s plans to...
View ArticleRural tourism at risk from UK tax change
The UK Government is to abolish Furnished Holiday Lets Relief. This effective tax hike will hit the rural tourism industry and could actually lead to an increase in the number of second homes in...
View ArticleArdyne Point development issues
A planning application first lodged in 2007 by Sir Robert McAlpine’s business for a major development at Ardyne Point in southeast Cowal has been delayed. Argyll & Bute Council’s Planning Committee...
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Cunningham blinks first – no occupancy requirement for Crofting Bill
Maybe this is the real politique of a minority administration. Maybe it’s a new Minister getting out from under aspects of a Bill effectively bequeathed by a previous administration and carrying...
View ArticleShucksmith predicts no reforms in crofting
Professor Mark Shucksmith, who Chaired the Commission of Inquiry into Crofting and prodiced the widely respected Shucksmith Report, has looked in to the future.He predicts that the result of the...
View ArticleDoes Argyll not need affordable homes?
(Please read apology below and the comments on this article for the correct position.) The Scottish Government has just made £45m available to build around 800 affordable homes across Scotland.The...
View ArticleSecond homes and council tax
Councillor George Freeman’s proposal to set council tax on second homes at double the standard rate for the band they belong in opens up a debate Argyll – and Scotland – needs to have.The issue can,...
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