Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, NHS Western Isles and Hebridean Housing Partnership are proposing to submit a planning application for the erection of a community campus to serve the Barra and Vatersay communities comprising early learning, primary school and secondary school facilities, social care housing, primary health centre, hospital, blue light facilities, community space and office space with associated parking, bus drop off and provision of external landscape and sports spaces in the Castlebay area of Barra on the site of the existing Castlebay Community School and land south of the A888.

Following submission of a Proposal of Application Notice to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Economic Development and Planning on 7th October 2020 (REF 20/00400/PAN) and as part of the pre-application consultation process the applicants will host a public virtual interactive consultation event in connection with the development which the public are invited to participate in. As the outline designs start to develop, it is important that the project team take the opportunity to hear feedback from the community to help inform the next stages of design development. The public consultation event will take the form of a brief online presentation from the design team on the early stage designs, and then a question and answer session where you will have the opportunity to ask questions of the team.

To give the greatest possible range of people to have their say, a series of sessions will be held throughout the day from 16:00 – 20:00. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you at the event.