Craobh News

[BlowingOldBoots]

If you’re on ‘A’ Pontoon trot, this winter they will be replacing it. Plans to expand the marina pontoons to the south have been submitted, and they want to extend the office. A new water pump will be fitted this year to boost supply to the village and the marina. They are about to start repairing the slip. The pontoons at the slip have been shuffled about so that there is a new trot running up to the slip and a second trot near the breakwater for fish farm boats. All in all Craobh appears to be heading in the right direction. Hopefully the new slip arrangements will speed up launching, recovery at each end of the season, which is a bit tide dependant.

[Gardenshed]

Good to hear that there is investment and expansion.
“This winter”: I assume you mean 2023/24 and not right now!

[BlowingOldBoots]

Yes, the winter comming.

[BlowingOldBoots]

Craobh office is planned to be expanded. Apparently the building will be extended back towards the carpark where the RIBs are currently parked on their trailers. The chandlers floor space will be extended significantly and there will also be an upstairs added. It was not clear how the expanded office will be used, maybe accommodation for workers as that is an issue, new office space and perhaps a cafe place as well. We shall see.

Also Holt Leisure Parks have applied for temporary planning permission to erect caravans for worker accommodation on the vacant land immediatly south of the village at Craobh. It appears that Holt are serious about the development of the marina.

https://publicaccess.argyll-bute.gov.uk ... VDFCHMO400

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https://publicaccess.argyll-bute.gov.uk ... VDFCHMO400

[wully]

The caravan planning consent has already been refused by the roads Dept…

[BlowingOldBoots]

The caravan planning consent has already been refused by the roads Dept…

Maybe that is why the gossip was on the office extension including accommodation. They own the land to the north of the road to Craobh Watersports. I am sure they could create something there, even if it requires utilities to be run.

I was talking to the lady who was managing Loch Aline when I was there and they have a new harbour master arriving with family. Accommodation is a big issue there as well, as in none!

[wully]

They’re next to he-haw for sale up here, especially in the ‘affordable’ bracket and staff accommodation is as rare as rocking horse 5hit.
As for long term rentals? Forget about it..

[aquaplane]

So has the original planning permission condition that space was left for boats wishing to anchor when making a commercial marina from a beautiful natural anchorage condition that space was left for boats wishing to anchor been forgotten then?

Asking for my Dad.

[BlowingOldBoots]

So has the original planning permission condition that space was left for boats wishing to anchor when making a commercial marina from a beautiful natural anchorage condition that space was left for boats wishing to anchor been forgotten then?

Asking for my Dad.

Is there such a clause in the original planning permission, or is this just a gripe carried forward over the years? An anchoring right may exist at Craobh because Holt does not own the water or space, but the below quote suggests that no right exists. What was originally planned was a staged development up to 500 berths, a significant growth that would have removed or certainly severely limited, any anchoring space: -

https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/moderngo ... 0Haven.pdf

• Phase 1 was for the creation of a marina having 140 berths, accompanied by a development of 136 houses with appropriate commercial development, on 47 acres. The Green development formed part of this first phase.
• Phase 2 proposed to increase the number of berths to 200, and increase the number of houses to 350 on a further 64 acres.
• Phase 3 proposed further expansion to approx 500 berths, and adding further housing and commercial/leisure related development on a total of 330 acres.

The above reference is both old and incomplete and I am not sure how accurate it is. The current status of what can be done at Craobh along with any restrictions will no doubt be fully available to the public at A&B council and some members of this forum may know more and have accurate recollection of what is in place. It appears from the link, that failure to significantly develop further in any short time frame, is a consistent theme over the decades. Why should the future be any different, especially as the UK economy may be challenging over the next decade or so?