Sandown Design Charrette - 30 January - 2 February 2012
23rd January 2012
The Highland Council are pleased to announce further details of a design charrette to be held for the Sandown site in Nairn from Monday 30 January to Thursday 2 February 2012. The charrette, which will be facilitated by architects - Ironside Farrar - will take the form of an interactive design workshop which will allow the community, local authority and a wide range of stakeholders to come together to discuss and agree design ideas which will be translated into drawings to develop a masterplan for the site. The event is also fully supported and aided by Scottish Government.
The charrette will commence with a launch evening at 7pm on Monday 30th January at the Courthouse, Nairn which will be chaired by Jim McKinnon, Chief Planner at The Scottish Government. The Convener of the Council, Councillor Sandy Park, will be in attendance alongside the Chairman of the Council's Planning, Environment and Development Committee, Councillor Ian Ross. Also in attendance will be Nairn Councillors Provost Laurie Fraser, Graham Marsden and Liz MacDonald as well as Council and Scottish Government officials.
Following the launch evening, there will be 3 days of topic-based sessions from Tuesday 31 January to Thursday 2nd February during which the Council will welcome any members of the public who wish the attend. The nature of the event allows for people dropping in and out, participating as little or often as they wish over the course of the 3 days. However, it is hoped that options will have emerged and been determined by close of play on Wednesday 1 February so early input is encouraged.
The topic-based sessions will run from 10am to 6pm each day.
Convener Sandy Park said: "I am delighted that Jim Mackinnon, the Chief Planner for Scotland, has agreed to chair the opening sessions on Monday 30 January. I would like to encourage as many Nairn people as possible to attend the process at some point and have their say on this important future development."
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