Lochar Ward 8 Profile Lochar Ward 8 Profile
Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland Fifth Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations Dumfries and Galloway Council area Ward 8 (Lochar)
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0 0 2.51M.52ilemiillees Crown Copyright and database right 0 2 km 2016. All rights reserved. Ordnance ± Survey licence no. 100022179 Key statistics - Settlements Council and Partners Facilities Some details about main towns and villages in the Primary Schools Lochar Ward are given below: Ae Primary School 12 Ae village is located on the edge of a 15,000 acre Amisfield Primary School 31 man-made conifer forest, and is approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of Dumfries, is home to one of Collin Primary School 35 the internationally renowned 7 Stanes mountain bike trails and has an approximate population of Duncow Primary School 31 200. Heathhall Primary School 289
Auldgirth is a village on the A76 trunk road. The Holywood Primary School 49 village features ‘The Auldgirth Inn’, ‘Auldgirth Stores’ and has a village hall. The population of Locharbriggs Primary School 137 Auldgirth and District Community Council area is 437
Collin is a small village just outside Dumfries off Secondary Schools the A75 trunk road. It is located on the Lochar Dumfries High School 755 Water. It lies 5.3 km east of Dumfries, and 20km north west of Annan. A Council managed Gypsy/ Traveller site is located within the village at Thistle Customer Service Centres Grove. The village also has a primary school and Lochthorn Customer Service Centre has an approximate population of 600.
Dalswinton is located about 6 miles north west Burial Grounds of Dumfries and has an approximate population of Holywood 70. To the east of the village a wind farm has been Kirkmahoe built with a capacity of 30MW Portrack (closed) Heathhall and Locharbriggs expanded greatly to St Blane’s, Kirkton become a major suburb of Dumfries. Locharbriggs Tinwald is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Dumfries near the Lochar Water. It was one of several Torthorwald villages that stood on the edge of the Lochar Trailflat (closed) Moss which was largely reclaimed in the 19th Century. Locharbriggs is perhaps best known for the quarrying of distinctive red sandstone which has been used for buildings in towns and cities including Dumfries, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Heathhall has an approximate population of 3,225 and Locharbrigg 1,600.
Holywood is identified as a Local Centre in the Dumfries Housing Market Area. It lies to the north of Dumfries adjacent to the A76 trunk road and has a shop, school and village hall and has an approximate population of 90.
Kirkton is a small village between Auldgirth and Dumfries. It is located near the River Nith and has a church and village hall and has an approximate population of 290.
Torthorwald is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Dumfries on the A709 road to Lochmaben and has an approximate population of 190 Parks and Open Spaces Key Council Projects Edinburgh Road, Dumfries Dumfries Zero Waste Park Marchmount, Dumfries The construction of the Dumfries Zero Waste Park Bloomfield, Dumfries is ready to commence with the approval from Woodgrove, Dumfries Elected Members. The aims of the project are as The Grove, Heathhall follows:
Bushby Avenue, Heathhall • Upgrade and modernise current Nithsdale, Downs Way, Heathhall Annandale and Eskdale public recycling facilities Barnett Road, Heathhall • Procure contracts for new technology to sort Martinton Road, Heathhall and process waste to facilitate reduced landfill Green Court, Locharbriggs tax costs of £2.4 Million / year
Burnscarthgreen, Locharbriggs • Create 25 new permanent green jobs Auchencrieff Road, Locharbriggs • Advance the circular economy locally with the Wellington Crescent, Kirkton aim of achieving high levels of recycling and Amisfield where that is not possible create secondary Ae Village products with a high value
Linns Road, Torthorwald • To receive dry recyclates and food waste Roucan Court, Collin collected through mandatory source separate Rockele Drive, Collin recycling collections and develop reuse services Holywood using local social enterprises Kennedy Park, Auldgirth Key Partner Organisation NHS Facilities Projects Lochthorn Medical Centre Installation of crossing at Locharbriggs Village Hall (expected July 2017) (Transport Scotland)
Police Scotland Facilities Community Councils and Community Associations Dumfries and Galloway divisional Headquarters, Ae Community Council - Established Cornwall Mount, Dumfries Auldgirth & District Community Council - Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Facilities Established There are no facilities based directly in the Ward, Heathhall Community Council - Established the nearest Stations would be: Holywood & Newbridge Community Council - Dumfries, Lockerbie or Thornhill Established
Kirkmahoe Community Council - Established
Locharbriggs Community Council - Disestablished
Tinwald Parish Community Council - Established
Torthorwald Community Council - Established
Locharbriggs Community Centre Association - Established Community Resilience Groups Elected Members Auldgirth John Charteris Collin Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Heathhall Ivor Hyslop Scottish Conservative and Unionist Kirkmahoe Jeff Leaver Tinwald Scottish Labour
Torthorwald Tracey Little Scottish National Party Community Asset Transfers Heathhall Community Centre - 1 August 2017 MPs, MSPs and MSYP MP David Mundell Scottish Conservative and Unionist Windfarms and Community Benefit Monies Dalswinton Windfarm MSP Oliver Mundell Scottish Conservative and Unionist Approx. £3,900 each for Ae, Auldgirth & District, Dunscore, Holywood & Newbridge, Kirkmahoe, MSYP Mel Main Dumfriesshire Locharbriggs Community Centre Association. Emily Davies Dumfriesshire Harestanes Windfarm
Total fund of £300,000; open to bids from the majority of Nithsdale and A&E
Minnygap Windfarm
Currently has planning permission but no community benefit being paid at present.
Ward Officer Derek Hextall
Tel 07834 567 869 [email protected] www.dumgal.gov.uk Lochar
Electorate does not equal Electorate 10,140 population. Source - Boundary Commission
Employment and Economic Growth
% of adults % of children Rate of depopulation receiving out of living in poverty work benefits 10 year trend 4 year trend (inverse indicator) Adults aged 16 to 64 - 3 year trend
Current Trend Current Trend Current Trend Locharbriggs 8.00% +0.0% 4.40% -0.60% 91.50% -2.40% Nithside and Nunholm 27.20% +0.8% 20.50% +2.50% 99.20% -0.10% Dumfries East 16.70% +2.3% 14.40% +2.60% 85.20% -13.40%
Positive Destinations S4 Tarrif National benchmarking focusing on attainment Positive destinations Scottish average 298 of pupils following S4 The percentage of school leavers who, within three S5 or S6. Qualifications months of leaving school, enter higher education, are awarded tariff points further education, employment or training - 5 year trend based on its SCQF level, credit points and the Current Trend Current Trend grade achieved by the Locharbriggs 91.70% -8.30% 300 +105 pupil -10 year trend Nithside and Nunholm 88.70% +5.40% 229 +50 Dumfries East 95.00% +16.40% 262 +67
Health and Early mortality rate Unplanned hospital admissions Wellbeing Rate of death for Accident and Emergency persons under the age attendances per 100,000 head of of 75 - 5 year trend population - 10 year trend
Current Trend Current Trend Locharbriggs 247 -59 18739 -8789 Nithside and Nunholm 622 -38 31823 +7915 Dumfries East 479 -31 26611 +853
Safer, Stronger Communities Crime Rate Current Trend Locharbriggs 108 -19 Number of crimes per 10,000 head Nithside and Nunholm 1734 -649 of population - 3 year trend Dumfries East 323 -67 The statistical information presented for each of the detailed outcomes is sourced from the Community Planning Outcome Profiling tool (CPOP). Slight anomalies may exist as intermediary data zones do not match identically the geographic nature of electoral wards. In such cases, the statistical information cannot be disaggregated further to allow the information to be presented differently. The statistical information may therefore include areas which are out with the Ward boundary. Lochar
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Contact: Community Planning and Engagement Municipal Chambers, Buccleuch Street, Dumfries DG1 2AD Telephone: 030 33 33 3000
Agreed October 2017