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Welcome to the Tiree Community Council website

What do we do?
As a Community Council we are the  first, or the grass-roots, tier of statutory representation in Scotland.
We  bridge the gap between local authorities and communities, thereby ensuring that public authorities are aware of the opinions, and needs, of the Tiree community.
How do we do it?
We articulate the views and concerns of Tiree’s residents on a wide range of issues of public concern, and making representations to Argyll and Bute Council, Scottish Government and other public sector bodies within or affecting Tiree Community Council’s sphere of interest.
How do we gather the Community’s  views?  
Public meetings of Tiree Community Council are held regularly throughout the year, alternately in person and by Zoom. Our AGM will be held in person. You can find the digital joining details of our meetings under the ‘Meetings’ section of our website, along with the draft minutes of the previous meeting.
All members of the public are welcome.
Public meetings, and their agenda, are advertised a week in advance.
We are always happy to receive correspondence by e-mail with questions or issues to be raised.
Our website has a comments facility which requires you to register a named account to post.
We also operate a Facebook Page where routine issues are often flagged and comments can also be made there with a Facebook account.
Our public meetings are streamed on our Facebook page.
Both of these forms of comment are governed by a Moderation policy.
For those not wishing to use those mechanisms to comment on a page or a Facebook post, the option is always available to comment separately to us directly by email.
Planning Applications:
If you are interested in seeing what planning applications are currently being considered for Tiree, you can find the weekly lists of applications published here: https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/planning-and-environment/weekly-list-valid-planning-applications
You can search these PDF documents (Keyboard shortcut Ctrl-F) for “Tiree” to find any application within our area.

Our Facebook Page feed:

Our four Argyll and Bute councillors will be voting on the shape of the proposed Visitor Levy on 20 December. The Levy is a new 5% surcharge for people staying overnight in Argyll and Bute: for example, in hotels, bed and breakfasts, self-catering accommodation and campsites. The Council reckons it could raise as much as £9 million a year. This money has to be spent on improving facilities used by visitors. The community council has already told our councillors about our concerns. Islanders will pay any Levy if we stay in a hotel in Oban. And it will be added to our bills from any workmen travelling to the island. But our main concern is this. The present suggestion is for all the money raised by the Levy to be sent to Council headquarters. They will decide what to do with it. This would mean that Tiree, as a prime tourist destination, would be raising a lot of funds for the Council, and potentially not getting much of it back. We want money raised on Tiree to stay on Tiree. There will be a full three-month consultation on this matter, starting in January. But the community council would like to hear from you now if you have any suggestions about the shape of the Levy. We will pass these on to our councillors before the vote. Contact Dr John Holliday on 07786 496 275 or doc.holliday@tireecommunitycouncil.co.uk ... See MoreSee Less
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This is the video from last week's Openreach presentation. Sorry for the poor audio quality. ... See MoreSee Less
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We failed miserably to stream Tuesday’s presentation. However, we will post the slides and a video of the presentation shortly.In the meantime if you are interested in fibre broadband, please register your interest as detailed below. This will show demand and help Openreach with planning. ... See MoreSee Less
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Openreach will be holding a public meeting about fibre broadband roll out tomorrow, Tuesday at 2-3pm at An Talla.We hope to live stream it on Facebook for those that cannot manage. ... See MoreSee Less
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The visitor levy was discussed at TCC's meeting last night and we attended the last of the on line consultations aimed at businesses."Argyll & Bute Visitor Levy" Facebook page was mentioned. It may be worth tourist orientated businesses joining as it has a lot of information on the levy and seems a lively group. ... See MoreSee Less
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Tiree Community Council's Personal Meeting Room ... See MoreSee Less
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