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Argyll and Bute Council · 4 November 2025
Back to Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group — 4 November 2025 and its agenda
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Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 605522 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 28 October 2025 NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of the BUTE AND COWAL AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP will be held by MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2025 at 10:00 AM, which you are requested to attend. Douglas Hendry Executive Director BUSINESS 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3. MINUTES (a) Meeting of the Bute and Cowal Community Planning Group held on 12 August 2025 (Pages 5 - 12) 4. APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIR FOR THE BUTE AND COWAL AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP (Pages 13 - 14) Report by Committee Manager, Argyll and Bute Council. 5. COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING HIGHLIGHTS (Pages 15 - 18) Report by Partnerships Lead, Argyll and Bute Council. 6. COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP PRIORITIES (a) Transport Update Update by Community Planning Team, Argyll and Bute Council. (b) Housing Update Update by Community Planning Team, Argyll and Bute Council.
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(c) Community Wellbeing Update by Community Planning Team, Argyll and Bute Council. 7. ARGYLL AND BUTE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM (a) Partner Update - Public Health (Pages 19 - 24) Report by Health Improvement Senior, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership. (b) Working with Communities Presentation from Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership Public Health Team. Please find here the link to the video component of the presentation to be delivered by the Public Health team. 8. PARTNER UPDATES (a) Police Scotland Update (Pages 25 - 30) (b) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Update (Pages 31 - 38) (c) UHI Argyll - Rothesay and Dunoon (Pages 39 - 40) (d) Live Argyll Community Learning Services Update (Pages 41 - 42) (e) Community Development Update (Pages 43 - 44) (f) Transport Scotland Update (Pages 45 - 46) (g) Opportunity for Verbal Updates 9. COMMUNITY FOCUS (a) We Are With You (Pages 47 - 72) Presentation by Team Leader, Argyll and Bute Community Link Worker Service 10. CLIMATE CHANGE (a) Climate Change Update (Pages 73 - 82) Report by Climate Change Project Manager, Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust. (b) Opportunity for verbal updates on community based initiatives 11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
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The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 3 February 2026. Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group Jean Moffat (Chair) Contact: Stuart McLean, Committee Manager - 01436 658717