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Glengarry Community Woodland Management & Initial Business Plan Glengarry Community Woodland Management & Initial Business Plan This plan is prepared on behalf of the Glengarry Community Woodland (GCW) Steering Group in support of their application in principle to purchase the former ‘Invergarry Depot and Woodland’ from Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) under the National Forest Land Scheme (NFLS). This management plan is written in support of the initial application to Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) and the National Forestry Land Scheme. Any information herein is based on the best knowledge of the GCW Steering Group at the time and within the time available. It is intended to be an outline of potential and is not a full business or feasibility plan. The work so far has been supported by Voluntary Action Lochaber (VAL), Highland and Island Enterprise (HIE), Highland Small Communities Housing Trust (HSCHT) and the Glengarry Trust. The assistance given has included guidance and advice, morale and financial support and for these we are very thankful. We have also been in touch with the Communities Woodland Association (CWA) who support our plans to purchase the woodland and have offered advice and encouragement. Grace Grant, Mac Provan, George Cross and Hector Rogers with the support of the GCW Steering Group. 8 August 2014 1 Executive Summary This report is written in support of the initial application form to, in principle, purchase the depot and woodland in Invergarry under the under the National Forest Land Scheme (NFLS). Since inception in early 2014, in a very short space of time, the Glengarry Community Woodland Steering Group and the community have managed to (amongst many other things): Establish a constitution (unincorporated group -16th April 2014) Set up an information portal for group members and a public web site. Communicated/engaged with all community groups (especially the school). Made contact with a range of key support (HIE, HSCHT, CWA, VAL, FCS). Considered other like projects Sourced local skills Engaged external support to run the community ballot. Achieved a large turnout (nearly 60%) with just under 90% voting in favour. Completed this report and the initial application to NFLS. It is notable that all external visitors with whom we have engaged have stated how committed the group and the community is to this project which they also fully endorsed - and this is fully reflected in the excellent ballot response. We are aware of the work still needed, particularly as it relates to finance, feasibility and the full business plan and these are identified throughout. Implicit in this is the plea that we be given time and support to make this happen - as the community so clearly wants it. The survey has given us a huge amount of feedback to consider and work up into viable options for the feasibility and business planning stages. It clearly identifies that there is a current preference towards the environment and education with a secondary option being into employment/tourism. The least preferred being around building development. But there is no single overwhelming surge of opinion in any direction and all options need further consideration as stated by one survey respondent “I think all these ideas have potential and should be investigated further” 2 Contents Glengarry Community Woodland ........................................................................................................... 1 Management & Initial Business Plan ...................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 2 Contents .............................................................................................................................................. 3 The Lots for Sale .................................................................................................................................. 4 Background ......................................................................................................................................... 4 The Community Speaks ....................................................................................................................... 6 Project Proposal .................................................................................................................................. 7 Project Delivery ................................................................................................................................. 11 Project Finance.................................................................................................................................. 12 Risk Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................... 13 List of Appendices ............................................................................................................................. 14 3 The Lots for Sale The property which forms the subject of this plan comprise two forest blocks on either side of the A87 Trunk Road to Skye from Invergarry, along with a disused depot, and is approximately 1km from Invergarry, opposite the cemetery. Subjects for sale - detail map below 4 There are three lots for sale that are available only as a single purchase and they are described in a valuation report (appended) prepared for FCS and the Highland Small Communities Housing Trust (HSCHT). In brief: Lot 1 extends to approximately 1.34 hectares and comprises the old depot yard that has good direct access off the A87 trunk road. The depot building is a timber frame, timber clad, metal roofed depot building in a run- down condition which contained deer larder, chemical store, office and workshop rooms with mains electricity and water, drainage to a septic tank, all within a tarmacadam area. There are the remains of a concrete servicing ramp for vehicles nearby to the West. The whole area of Lot 1 is generally flat and triangular in shape with the apex to the west where it is mainly course grasses, rushes and Birch woodland. To the East it is mainly rough ground with Birch and Spruce bounded by post and wire fence which is in poor condition fronting the A87 road. An overhead electricity line crosses this part of the site. Sight lines from the entrance are good. Lot 2. An area of commercial and amenity woodland on the hill-side (of varying steepness) to the North and West of Lot 1 amounts to 24.53 hectares planted in 1956. Comprises: Scots Pine, Douglas Fir, Birch, Japanese Larch, European Larch, and Norway Spruce, but yields are generally poor. The area is bounded to the S and W by the A87 trunk road, to the NE by the single track road serving the Faichem community. An electricity power line transects the Lot S to N over a 20/30m wide cleared strip. Regeneration is hampered by the resident deer population both Red and Roe. Movement on foot through the area of Lot 2 is fairly easy and access is from Lot 1. Additionally, there is a small burn in the steep NE corner which runs into an adjoining property that is never known to have run dry. (Also, discussion with FCS reveals they have a national wayleave for power supply that any new owner would take over and this will generate income that would need to be investigated.) Lot3. A small area of woodland of 4.65 hectares lying between the river and the A87 composed mostly of Birch with some conifer, of low commercial value but high amenity value as it enhances the river walk. 5 In the 1990s the site was downgraded to a depot and the office building was demolished and administration was devolved to the Lochaber District office at Torlundy. More recently the Invergarry depot and plantation became surplus to FCS requirements and an attempt was made to lease the site commercially but this fell through at the planning consent stage. Subsequently, through Scottish Government legislation, FCS were obliged to offer the land to the local community to purchase. This led to the formation of the Glengarry Woodland Steering group on 3rd April 2014. Background Description of the Area Glengarry itself is a small, widely dispersed community of a little over 300 people based mostly in the village of Invergarry on the A87 trunk road at its junction with the A82 Fort William/Inverness road. The village was originally built by the Ellice family as a ‘model’ village. Following the collapse of the old village hall, in 2004 the community replaced it (in a new location) with a community hall. The relatively recently built community hall includes a cafe, meeting room, sports/assembly room, heritage centre and public toilets and is sited about 300m to the East of the land currently under consideration. The village hall has an active history section and mounts displays of interest, most recently a World War I presentation. Invergarry is linked to the ‘Great Glen Way’. Although a small community it never- the-less has an active core of participants in activities and committees such as the Village Hall Committee and has annual events of high standing including Highland Games and Craft Fayre. Invergarry has a small primary school of 28 pupils, who have already been actively involved in the discussion for the woodland, having painted logos for the initiative. (See the GCW website at: http://www.glengarry.org.uk/).
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