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The group gave consideration to a report which outlined the Lomond School Ìýproposal for a Forest School site in Duchess Wood.

Charlie Cairns highlighted that the proposal had previously been approved in principle by the Duchess Wood Committee and reported that a good response had been received from Luss Estates. He added that the next stage would be an exchange of letters between Lomond School and Luss Estates.Ìý Charlie Cairns confirmed that the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Council Legal Department had determined that the existing management agreement in place was adequate and that approval from the Duchess Wood Committee would suffice.Ìý

Joanna Urquhart informed the Committee that staff training was underway and that assessments would soon be undertaken. She thanked both Charlie Cairns and Stuart McCracken for all the help and advice they had provided.

The Chair requested clarification from Stuart McCracken that there were no major maintenance issues which needed to be addressed and he affirmed there were none.

Decision

The Committee agreed:-

1.    To approve the proposal from Lomond School for a Forest School in Duchess Wood;

2.    That Lomond School and Luss Estates would instigate an exchange of formal correspondence in regards the procedure to implementÌý the Forest School; Ìý

3.    That the Chair would notify Network Rail of the change in site usage at Duchess Wood by the implementation of the Forest School;

4.    That a review of the site would be undertaken once the Forest Schools is operational and a report come to a future Duchess Wood Committee meeting.ÌýÌý

The group gave consideration to a report from Lomond School which outlined their proposal for a Forest School site in Duchess Wood.

Johanna Urquhart spoke to the proposal and Mr Macbeth drew attention to the site of the proposed Forest School and stated that this was a different site to the original one. Charlie Cairns affirmed that if this was in fact the case, then the Committee may require to give this further discussion.

Decision

The Committee agreed:-

1.                  To support the Lomond School proposal for a Forest Schools site in Duchess Woods, in principle, subject to confirmation from Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Legal Department and Luss Estates.

2.                  That a visit to the proposed site would be undertaken by the Duchess Wood Committee early in Spring 2015.

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