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Portsonachan Hall Rennovation & Modernisation Project
Proposal code: AP-2025-05-86
We will be modernising and improving our beloved village hub so that it can continue to bring our unique community together for many more years to come.
Estimated Price
Not yet known
We want to modernise and improve our village hall which has remained unchanged for almost 100 years so that it can remain at the heart of our unique loch-side community for another century.
We are a close-knit community, but geographically remote, stretching 18 linear miles down Loch Awe-side. Ensuring we have a Village Hall that is fit for purpose is essential to keep us together, especially through the long autumn and winter months. The Hall provides us with a way of keeping in touch, offering people company and activities when there are so few amenities within the proximity of our community. Our Hall is home to about 13 different community groups, each with approximately 10-20 members. The Hall also provides an important resource for meetings for the South Lochaweside Community Company and the Glenorchy and Innishail Community Council as two examples. Having this space is vital for ensuring we can maintain such activities which allow our community a voice within the democratic process. We also hold many social evenings, which bring together new members of the community looking to integrate as well as many of the established community who would not get to see each other without the Hall. Our most recent BBQ brought in 90 people and our Sunday lunch catered for 30 people, and many of whom said without having this event, they would have spent their weekend alone.
The closure of the local bar recently has left a void in the community with the hall now the only communal space where members of the community can come together.
Having a space that is safe, warm and usable is a lifeline for rural communities like ours, and has wide-reaching impacts, including on our community's health and wellbeing. Given the age of our existing hall we need to refurbish our Hall to ensure it can continue to serve our community and for it to become more environmentally-considerate.
Full planning permission was granted for the rennovation project in May 2025. We can now begin work on the creation of our project management plan which is likely to be divided into distinct phases.
We anticipate that this project will take a year to a year and half to complete, during which time we will partner with Glenorchy & Innishail Community Council, South Loch Awe Community Company, Dalmally Community Company and Orchy & Awe Community Trust.