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This website is currently the repository for our next registered charity project and will be where our group can find the appropriate notes, paperwork and agenda items as we progress the new…
“National Lighthouse Preservation Trust“
The main company that has project managed the previous 5 lighthouse stations (and 28 lighthouse buildings within the and close to the five compounds) is Unique Property Bulletin Ltd., (and previously via our Argyll Group plc network).
However, the Land Reform Act 2003, and particularly the amendments from the Community Empowerment Act 2015 means we require to establish a ring-fenced “Community Interest Company Limited by Shares.”
With respect to tis process, the pro forma documentation is progressing well. Particularly after the dedicated members of staff at the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator in Dundee and Registrar of Companies in Edinburgh have been identified and taken ownership of our case.
Fortunately the previous two registered charities have provided some comforts to the regulatory elements at each organisation.
Members assisting with the new…
“National Lighthouse Preservation Trust“
…should be aware that the new Land Reform Bill 2024 will have a function in ensuring our nascent organisation s following the proper and appropriate direction.
Of course, the Land Reform Bill 2024 has not progressed through the various stages parliamentary stages yet, nor has it received Royal Assent.
However, members should be mindful that the Land Reform Bill 2024 has cross-party support and is inexorably headed to become part of the UK statutes and governing laws. Therefore please can members keep an eye on progress of that evolving legislation…
Land Reform Act 2003 As Amended: Click Here & Here & Here.
In our case, this is particularly comforting as the current legislation in force and the imminent Land Reform Bill 2024 all harmonise with what our group has been seeking to do since we started bringing dilapidated lighthouse buildings back to life in 1984 and 1987, right up to the latest purchase of Tod Head Lighthouse Station in April this year (2024).
The aim can be visually stated…
Community Interest Company
Purchase and Renovation
of Lighthouse Stations
Such As Ailsa Craig Island
^^ Less of This Tragic Ruination ^^
Many “tired” lighthouse station buildings are well within the skillset and financial resources of their owners to bring back to top-grade condition.
But for those where it is economically fragile of dubious and the warning signs of dilapidation are obvious (as with Ailsa Craig and also Neist Point), then we will have the Community Interest Company and crucially the statutory authority to seek proscribed ministerial approval to exercise compulsion in sale of ruinous buildings.
So with the existing Land Reform Legislation and new land reforms, there is hope and ability to rescue lighthouse stations such as Ailsa Craig and Neist Point.
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Example of Our Previous
Lighthouse Station Renovations
At Noss Head Lighthouse Station
^^ Our Previous Lighthouse Station ^^
The photo directly above this text was taken before the 23rd May 2017 which is pretty much the condition in which we bought Noss Head Lighthouse Station on 23rd May 2017.
After a lot of money was happily spent on this far northern sanctuary of a lighthouse station at Noss Head overlooking the Orcadian archipelago, here is what he previous lighthouse station was transformed into…
^^ Our Previous Lighthouse Station ^^
After 7 years at Noss Head Lighthouse Station and with all the buildings by the John O’Groats locus are fully restored (or well on their way) we have moved south for the next restoration project to Tod Head by Montrose.
It is important to emphasise the restoration Schedule of Works is well within a slf-financing and private ownership protocol (no CIC assistance is needed).
^^ Click This Video To Watch Tod Head Location ^^
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^^ Tod Head Lighthouse Station ^^
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