HEADLINES...
Next meeting
The next meeting will be on Thursday 28th January 2010 at 7pm in Victoria Hall. There is a full agenda .
By-Elections
There are 2 vacancies on the Community Council. A by-election will be held on 5th March 2010 to fill them.
If you would be willing to devote some time and expertise to improve our town please consider standing for the community council. If you wish to learn more about the Community Council then contact our Chairman, Nigel Millar.
Keeping in Touch
If you would care to receive a copies of the agenda and minutes of meetings by email, just send an email to the webmaster.
Helensburgh Heroes
The Helensburgh Heroes website is well worth a look -.the video is brilliant.
Community Council Constitution and Rules
Argyll and Bute Council have published full documentation for the new scheme for community councils and they are available here:-
Vision For Helensburgh
A few years ago the community council published a vision statement for Helensburgh. It looked at the town from various angles and set out a vision of how the town could be improved. It is a document that is often referred to in discussion of planning issues. The whole document is available here.
Helensburgh Design Statement
The Community Council has prepared a Design Statement for the guidance of planners, architects and developers. It aims to be practical document which will encourage good design for new construction and alterations to existing buildings in the town. The Design Statement is available here.. Accompanying references are here...
The Next Local Plan
Argyll and Bute Council are inviting land owners to submit expressions of interest in proposals for development of the next Local plan. They can obtain the form from the Argyll and Bute webiste and submit them by 31st March 2010.