Learning Estate Investment Programme (Leip) - Mull Campus - Preferred Site Recommendation
Argyll and Bute Council · 7 March 2025
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL COUNCIL COMMERCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION 7 MARCH 2025 AND FINANCIAL SERVICES LEARNING ESTATE INVESTMENT PROGRAMME (LEIP) MULL CAMPUS – PREFERRED SITE RECOMMENDATION SUPPLEMENTARY PAPER 1.0 Supplementary Paper Mull Community Council survey 1.1 Mull Community Council advised Council Officers on 24th January 2025 that they had decided to conduct their own survey which they intended to inform Councillors’ decision making. 1.2 This survey ran from 31st January to 9th February 2025 and sought community views on location options for a campus and for a split site (two new schools). The survey findings outline that 665 responses were received. The split site options are not within the agreed scope of the Mull Campus project following the decision made by the council on 20th December 2024 to progress the project on the basis of one school campus on a single site. 1.3 Members are invited to review the results of the survey – which include both qualitative and quantitative information - to inform their decision making, this is available on the Mull Community Council website: Mull Campus Survey - Summary of Findings 14th February 2025 Feedback from Landowner – Site 2 Craignure 1.4 A letter dated 26th February has been received from the owners of ‘Site 2 – Craignure’ outlining their intention to gift the entirety of the proposed site to the Council. The offer is conditional upon the delivery of commensurate infrastructure to deliver an adjacent housing site. This aspect is already referenced to as a ‘strength’ of the Craignure site at Para 4.7.2 of the report and has been taken into consideration in the technical assessments. The offer must
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also be considered by Members in the context of Appendix 1L ‘Valuation Reports’ (January 2025 – Publicly Exempt) noting that detailed land purchase negotiations (if required) with landowners will be undertaken once a preferred site has been selected and Full Business Case is progressed. 1.5 Following a review of the survey and landowner letter, Council Officers advise that there is no change to the recommendations contained within the site recommendation report. Officers do draw attention to the community survey which Members have been invited to review. Douglas Hendry, Executive Director with responsibility for Commercial Services and Education Kirsty Flanagan, Executive Director with responsibility for Financial Services Audrey Forrest, Policy Lead for Education 28th February 2025