Helensburgh and Lomond Area Strategy

HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND AREA STRATEGY

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Revitalising Priorities and Details to be developed on: To reflect strategic development plans Public Sector led Projects Kevin Williams Helensburgh opportunities for for: recommended in and others as Helensburgh Town appropriate Town Centre and change within • Kidston Park Centre and Waterfront Waterfront Helensburgh Town • Council Office development Action Plan (Yellow Book Centre and • Traffic management October 2004) amount to Waterfront • Pier Head a gross cost of £13.8 million over five years. • Waterfront • Town Centre Some projects could • Commercial core generate significant private sector investment.

Kidston Park Kidston Park – Iain Welsh Develop proposals with Scottish additional £160,000 Enterprise , Dumbarton in expectation between 2005/06 and of £250 capital expenditure (c £90 in 2006/07. Seek 50% programme now, so additional £160 match funding from between 2005/06 and 2006/07) SED/others

Council Office Development Council Office – Funds to be ring-fenced from c£6.5 million, dependent Lynn Smillie Blairvadach sale. Costs to be firmed on Blairvadach and other up and design formulated by Facility sales. £40k in Sandy Mactaggart Services with Corporate Services (Lynn programme for 2004/05, Smillie) as client. some of which can slip to 2005/06 for initial development

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Revitalising Priorities and Details to be developed on: Traffic management Traffic Management Stewart Turner opportunities for Employment of agency or £30,000 revenue, but Helensburgh Town temporary staff c £30,000 earmarked from existing Centre and Waterfront change within • Kidston Park towards implementation of Helensburgh • Council Office development initial traffic management Town Centre and • Traffic management scheme. Funded from Waterfront • Pier Head revenue – local parking income. • Waterfront • Town Centre • Commercial core

Pier Head, Waterfront, Town Centre & Commercial core Proposals for these to be drawn up as a development of Yellow Book Study by Town Centre Development Officer. Probable joint venture approach.

Improving Enhancing Provision of High Quality Road Network. Undertaking resurfacing and Existing Capital commitments Craig Moir Transportation Transportation realignment on key roads totalling £1,610,000 from within the Helensburgh and 2004/05 onwards: Infrastructure Infrastructure Lomond Area. A814 – Colgrain Farm £800,000 in Capital Programme 2004/5 to 2006/7.

A814 – Bend at Mollandhu £60,000 in Capital Programme 2004/5 to 2005/6.

B832 - Daligan Bends £450,000 in Capital Programme “Future Years”.

B833 Garelochhead to Peaton £100,000 in Capital Programme “Future Years”. 10

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C12 Rhu Road Higher Craig Moir Improving Enhancing £200,000 in Capital Transportation Transportation Programme “Future Years”.

Infrastructure Infrastructure

Barbour Road, Rosneath Operational Services to Alan Kerr Provision of High Quality Road Network. Peninsula, Rosneath compile a programme of Peninsula Safety Issues reconstruction works during

2004/05 to take account of

most pressing issues in event

of further roads maintenance

funding.

Indeterminate Other Capital projects to be Craig Moir

identified during 2004/06

£300,000 – in 2005/06 Reconstruction of Public Alan Kerr/Craig Transport route on West King Moir Street, etc., as per previous Area Committee Report in October 2004

Support extension of cycle-way and Develop cycleway network £1.9 m expenditure Craig Moir walkways in area within the Helensburgh and approved by Scottish Lomond area as part of the Executive National Cycle Walkway Securing of partnership funding completed £491,000 with award of £234,000 Objective 2 Funding

Revitalising Helensburgh Pier Revitalising Helensburgh Pier Total Cost of project Craig Moir unknown. To be developed during 2004/06 as part of contribution to future capital programmes.

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Enhancing Quality of Life Addressing Short Re-design and development of community Implementations of Home Major re-design of services Stephen Porter Fall in Community care services across all client groups in Care Review to allow for the within the NHS and the partnership with the Health Service and development of a highly Council will allow for the re- Care Services Housing providers. trained staff group to serve investment of existing an increasingly high monies. Potential shortfall dependency client group. will be identified in the 3 year plan to be presented Increase Elderly Day Care during the financial year Services. Model would be 2005/06. This will provide a local integrated services service delivery and financial between the Council and the framework for local NHS based in central managers to work from. Helensburgh and the Rosneath peninsula. Proposal would require a new spend of £50,000 for Increase Day Services for gross salaries and a working clients with learning budget of £10,000 per disabilities. annum.

Increase Day Services for clients with mental health problems.

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Enhancing Quality Enhancing Leisure Provision of a new swimming pool and sports Explore options for the (dependent on outcome of Donald MacVicar of Life and Recreation complex. provision of a new swimming sea front development). pool and sports complex Services

Enhancing Quality Enhancing Leisure Upkeep of children’s play areas. Ensuring all play areas within Play Areas. Currently, only Alan Kerr the Helensburgh and Lomond modest funding is available of Life and Recreation area are maintained for this project. If substantial Services sums are required then they would need to be sought as additional funding.

Capital Budget additional upgrading of play areas £100k.

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Enhancing Quality Enhancing Facilities Develop business case to enhance facilities of Business Case to ensure that Awaiting outcome of Donald MacVicar of Life of the Victoria Halls the Victoria Halls as a community asset. the hall continues to be main building survey to inform focal point for local Capital Budget and the development community based activities. of a new community centre Supporting the development of a new Support Community Centre Proceeds of sale of Lorna Campbell Community Centre. Development Trust to Templeton Library agreed in develop a new community principle and subject to centre facility production of acceptable business plan: £250,000

Enhancing Quality Arranging Quality Provision for regular beach cleaning throughout Provision of Beach Cleaning. Budget provision is two Alan Kerr the Helensburgh and Lomond Area employees and transport for of Life Delivery of Amenity twenty weeks, additional Services manpower resources in conjunction with the Environment Task Force, allows, two employees and transport for a forty week period.

The additional cost of transport is at the expense of Amenity Services.

Enhancing Quality Arranging Quality Improving public areas and gardens. Improvement of public areas Additional Resources will be Alan Kerr of Life Delivery of Amenity and gardens. required to pursue these aims. Services Additional requirements will become clearer following

the revision of the existing contracts and work schedules.

Additional training may be required to achieve the necessary aims.

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Enhancing Arranging Quality Enhancing Hermitage Park Enhancement of Hermitage Additional funding is Alan Kerr Quality of Life Delivery of Amenity Park, Helensburgh essential to take forward the enhancement of the Services facility.

With the proposed Funding to be identified by development of a community undertaking costing scheme centre on the site ensuring exercise. the remainder of the park is adequately resourced

Enhancing Arranging Quality Improvement of Amenity and Recycling Site Improvement of Amenity and Phases one and two in the Alan Kerr Quality of Life Delivery of Amenity Recycling Site. improvement programme have been completed. Services Further funding from the Scottish Executive through the Strategic Waste Fund has been obtained and changed working practices have been introduced.

Additional resources required for the further separation of waste in the long term.

Maintenance and improvement of public Maintenance programme for The current allocation of Alan Kerr conveniences. all public conveniences resources for the property facilities. maintenance is extremely small. To improve the maintenance and standards of public conveniences – will require funding. 15

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Enhancing Arranging Quality Integrated link Social Workers to Primary Schools Integration of Social Work Proposal would require a Stephen Porter Quality of Life Child Care Services in the Helensburgh and Lomond Area. post with Primary Schools in new spend of £50,000 for Helensburgh and Lomond gross salaries and a Area. working budget of £10,000 per annum.

Enhancing Arranging Quality Increase Social Work Services for children with Increase the number of Proposal would require Stephen Porter Quality of Life Child Care Services disabilities. Social Workers dealing with additional funding of children with disabilities. £75,000 per annum for staff wages plus an additional £2,500 per annum for travel.

This would be 0.5 fte Social Worker.

Plus 3 fte Social Work Assistants.

Enhance services for children £200k BNSF Moira Macdonald with disabilities.

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Enhancing Quality Arranging Quality To co-ordinate and develop an effective multi- Improving provision of Homeless Task Force Moira Macdonald of Life Homelessness agency approach to meet the needs of homeless temporary accommodation Funding, Supporting persons, taking into account the added for homeless families. People, Council budgets. Services responsibilities for the Council in respect of the Details in Outcome Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. Agreement. Not broken down into areas.

Addressing Community Safety issues within the Implementation of building £80,000 Scottish Alan Kerr Addressing Helensburgh and Lomond Area. Strong Safe and Attractive Executive Funding. Community Safety Communities Initiative by the Issues deployment of Community wardens in Helensburgh and the Peninsula

Addressing anti-social behaviour problems. Supporting the Helensburgh £5,000 local budget Lynn Smillie and Lomond Area Community Safety Forum to address Community Safety issues within the Helensburgh and Lomond Area.

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Enhancing Addressing Ensuring stock across all tenures achieves the Target Improvement and 2003/4 Ian Davidson Quality of Life Helensburgh and Scottish Housing Quality Standard, including Repair grants to private - £279,188 Council’s improving the quality and management of private properties in most serious Improvement & Repai Lomond Housing rented housing – particularly tenemental disrepair and to those Grants Market Survey Issues properties in central Helensburgh and requiring adaptations (via -£345,000 Council’s HRA Malcolm (Proposed developing a strategic approach to the allocation Argyll & Bute Care & Repair). Capital Programme Macfadyen Amendment: of Improvement and Repairs grants. 2005/6 Target Council’s housing It is envisaged that up to Implementing Local investment via HRA capital £500,000 will be available Housing Strategy programme for Improvement & Repair Issues for the Grants, subject to approval Helensburgh and of individual projects, and £375,000 from the Council’s Lomond Housing HRA Capital Programme will Market Area be allocated in this area. Similar levels of investment envisaged in later years.

Addressing the identified need for social rented New build provision (via RSL) - £2,962 Communities Malcolm homes, mainly in Helensburgh but also in certain Development Programme) to Scotland Investment Macfadyen outlying villages, by 2009. include – 10 units, Programme for initial years Increasing provision of life-style accommodation Feorlinbrek; 6 special needs, (excluding Kirkmichael suitable for the elderly and those with particular Cardross; and approx. 20 requirement). Envisage needs. Creating a closer link between housing units, Kirkmichael; and 4 in similar levels of investment and care provision and improving the level of Helensburgh Work in in later years. support available to older and vulnerable people, partnership with Dunbritton including the provision of information and advice. Housing Association to Enabling provision of affordable private homes, produce improvements in mainly in the mid and lower range of the market, housing stock and in by 2009. environment/Churchill Estate. Site preparation work, with potentially 10 new build units, Silverhills, Rosneath.

Maximising the impact of the proposed local Secure increased housing Scottish Executive £60,000 Malcolm authority housing stock transfer on the area’s investment via stock transfer ring-fenced grant allocation. Macfadyen economy. Business Plan

Developing closer working practices between Undertake scoping exercise Malcolm social landlords, including the feasibility of a & develop project in Macfadyen Common Housing Register. partnership with Dunbritton HA.

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Social and Developing Social Sustainability of Kirkmichael/ Craigendoran SIP ERDF funding for Social ERDF and Matched Lorna Campbell project and Kirkmichael Centre. Economy Development Project Funding.(£239,850 Economic Issues Inclusion Provision and for a contribution towards over 3 years) within the in the Kirkmichael/ Development of Community Access of Lifelong the running costs of Helensburgh and Craigendoran (SIP Learning in Kirkmichael/Craigendoran and other Kirkmichael Centre securing Lomond area area) targeted output areas within the Helensburgh and funding until October 2006. Lomond Area. Action Plan for future funding beyond that date to be Development of Commununity Access of life long developed. learning in Kirkmichael/Craigendoran New Opportunities Funding for NOF and Matched Lorna Campbell Community Access to Lifelong Funding (£33,000 in Learning secured until 2005. total until March 2005)

Social and Expansion of SIP Expansion of Social Inclusion work to other Funding secured for Senior SIP funding and Lorna Campbell Economic Issues within the output identified ‘Output Areas’. Community Learning and Communities Scotland within the areas identified in Development Worker until (£30,854 SIP and Helensburgh and the Deprivation June 2005 to assist with the £8,000 Communities Lomond area Study commissioned expansion of the Social Scotland). Inclusion work. Standards of by the Argyll & Bute Community Engagement being Community Planning piloted in carrying out the Partnership expansion and producing the Regeneration Outcome Agreements.

Develop plans to address Resources to be issues highlighted within study costed and sources of with identified communities funding sought from initially within Rosneath and Community Planning Garelochhead Partnership

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Social and Economic Te Draft Local Plan sets out the context for the Continue to work through £10k budget to support Ian Downie Economic Issues Development development of Economic Initiatives through Dunbartonshire Economic Dunbartonshire within the Initiatives Areas for Action which are: Forum to maximise partnership partnership programmes Helensburgh and initiatives and economic staffing resources. Lomond area • Helensburgh waterfront strategies to promote the • economic development of the Helensburgh town centre • Helensburgh – Rosneath Bay area. • Cardross – Craigendoran • Cardross – Helensburgh – Garelochhead and Greenbelt • Kilmahew – Cardross • Garelochhead – West Area • Cove village centre

In addition, the provision of land for business/commercial use has been examined through the Local Plan preparation process and ongoing discussions will need to set priorities in this area.

Through the Employability Unit, work in partnership to improve skills and employment opportunities.

Promote Business Information, Business Start- Up, Business Growth, through Dunbartonshire Economic Forum and Business Gateway Dunbartonshire.

Continue partnership working with Loch Lomond and Trossach National Park.

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Developing the Supporting Lifelong Supporting Lifelong Learning Initiatives. To secure funding and develop ESF and Matched Lorna Campbell/ opportunities for training and Funding (£251,174) Employability Skills and Learning Initiatives Development of Employability Training and employment within Manager Qualifications of Opportunities. Helensburgh and Lomond. the Helensburgh and Lomond Securement of ESF funding to develop the pilot Helensburgh Workforce and Lomond Employability Project.

To further develop local opportunities for unemployed people to undertake Literacy and Numeracy, ICT, Educational and Careers Guidance, Accredited Training Work Placements locally.

Development of Provide appropriate Rationalise all Council office/workshop Office Rationalisation Business Initial £40k Capital Lynn Smillie/Sandy Accessible Public Council Office accommodation in the Helensburgh and Lomond Case, together with an Budget for feasibility Mactaggart area and provide purpose-built new office approach to ensure integration and design works, but Services Accommodation accommodation for all Council staff in and efficient working and see also item on Counicl Helensburgh Town Centre. delivery of local services. Office Development on This to include potential first page of this contact centre and shared document common services.