7 FEEDBACK ON THE RURAL SCOTLAND IN FOCUS 2014 REPORT PDF 83 KB
Report by Executive Director – Development and Infrastructure Services
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Minutes:
The 2014 Rural Policy Centre’s Rural Scotland in Focus report was published on the 2nd of June 2014, the Committee considered a report that concerned these findings and detailed the proposed areas that Argyll and Bute Council request the Rural Policy Centre to look into in further detail. The Committee held a discussion on the link between these findings and recent Economic Summit and Rural Parliament which had recently been held in the area.
Decision
· Examination of the distribution of new infrastructure funding in rural Scotland and what impact this investment is having on population growth or loss.
· Examination of population loss in the West Coast of Scotland, the specific reasons for this and the necessary measures required to reverse this negative trend.
· Examination of the particular economic and social issues affecting island and remote peninsular communities.
(Reference: Report by Executive Director - Development and Infrastructure Services dated 17 October 2014, submitted)
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