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Regeneration of Campbeltown
2007-2021
�������������Why was regeneration required?��RAF Base, Shipyard and Jaeger factory closed �
Tackling 60 years of under investment
Something had to be done
Aqualibrium Leisure Centre
Kintyre Renewables Hub and CII £12m
Infrastructure Improvements with CHORD Funding�
Affordable New Housing
Public Realm Improvements
Kinloch Road, Hall Street and the esplanade:
CHORD - Enhanced Berthing Facility
2007 to 2012 (Merged with THI in 2009)
2009 to 2015
2015 to 2020
Heritage led regeneration
How £200,000 became £10M
CARS/THI Statistics
(Includes owners contributions and other funders)
Small Grant Works
Initially no demand!
Over 50 small grant works completed
Saved/refurbished 160 timber windows
Community Buildings
Heritage Centre
Church Halls
Red Cross Hall
Social Enterprises
Shopfronts Improvements 2007-2011
New businesses and expanding businesses
Promoting Maintenance – With Housing Services
No Factoring for over 20 years!
Gutter cleaning initiative
Maintenance events and NMW activities
Campbeltown Tenement Guide
Over 30 Owners Associations now formed
Tenement Condition Surveys and Reports
THI Target buildings delivered
27-31 Main Street £25,000 grant
60 Main Street - £70,000 grant
Royal Hotel - £30,000 grant
Old School – Now Campbeltown Backpackers
HIE support
THI/CARS £250,000
ERDF £173,025
2006
2012
13-15 Kirk Street Local Developer
Completed 2013 = Partnership Working & APAG
THI £176,000
Housing £40,000
Owner £119,000
Total Cost £335,000
Vacant over 20 years
Purchased from crown
Scottish Empty Homes Champion of the year award 2014
Dangerous Building Notice - Demolition
Change of ownership via back-to-back legal agreement
THI grant of £390,000 + PSHG + Council contribution
Extensive repair and reinstatement
4 good quality flats and 2 commercial units
50-52 Main St/2 Cross St
50-52 Main Street / 2 Cross Street
Completed 2016
Winner of the `Outstanding Project’ Award at the 2016 Scottish Empty Homes Conference.
National Empty Homes Conference 2017: Winner of the ‘Best Before and After Pictures Award’ and highly commended runner up of the ‘Innovation Award’.
10-20 Longrow South �Completed June 2017
£365k repair project
Key outcomes:
22-30 Main Street/2-8 Longrow South
£655k project
Key outcomes:
Winner of ‘Best Collaborative Project’ at the Scottish Empty Homes Champions of the Year Awards November 2019
Amenity Deck Project
£236k repair project
Council as client
Safeguarding:
3 Longrow South
� Town Hall – Completed Project�
£2million repair & renovation project - SKDT
Campbeltown Town Hall - £2m project
Big Lottery Fund £1m
THI £387,000
Council CHORD £300,000
Historic Scotland £224,800
Who was involved?
Town Hall Management Group
SKDT
Council Input
Argyll and Bute Council�Community Asset Transfer
1. Informal Expression of Interest (70 to date)
2. Formal Asset Transfer Process (3 to date)
Five other arrangements to meet SE’s requests.
Plus other informal arrangements with community organisations.
Shopfront Improvement Scheme 2019-21
The Treehouse, 43 Main Street��Business relocated/expanded April 2021
Taj Mahal Tandoori, Hall Street�� Total Grant £5,000��Kintyre Larder
Future Jobs Fund employees. Including a town centre handyman.
Traditional Skills Training, complementary initiatives and community engagement
Training programme for the entire community including SE’s – over 50 events and courses delivered including exhibitions and traditional skills training
Discover Campbeltown Digital App
Campbeltown: Success Built in Stone
The Campbeltown Heritage Trail Group, made up of volunteers, was formed in 2010 as part of Campbeltown THI and aims to provide people with an insight into the area’s historic past, ensuring our heritage is not lost.
A series of leaflets have been produced, which contain a map of the town and enable you to carry out your own walking tour. Copies are available from local shops, hotels and other town centre establishments.
The group provides free walking tours during the summer months, visiting several of the most important sites within the town centre. There are also Architectural tours where you can gain an insight into some of Campbeltown’s finest buildings and their history.
Campbeltown Heritage Trail
The Picture House
Town Centre Base
Photo taken 2009
Photo credit: Raymond Hosie
What has been the outcome?
for residents and businesses
creating a new vibrancy in the town.
The SURF Awards ‘Most Improved Place’ judging panel team – comprising representatives of Scotland’s Towns Partnership, Scottish Land Commission, Architecture & Design Scotland and the Scottish Government – were struck with the wide ranging programme of activity that has secured the participation of public, private, community and third sector organisations, all working together from the start.
Evaluation of fifteen year scheme