Community Council

Barr Community Council

Community Councils give local people a real say in matters such as local service delivery and other issues which affect daily lives. The Barr Community Council is constituted and administered through South Ayrshire Council.

South Ayrshire Council expresses its commitment to ‘inclusive democracy’ through the Community Council scheme, stating: “The general purpose of a Community Council is to ascertain, co-ordinate and express the wider views of the entire community within its agreed boundaries. Community Councils will seek to represent and include all sections of their communities. It is the responsibility of a community Council to Satisfy South Ayrshire Council, that they have taken positive steps to ascertain the views of the wider community within their area, before making representations on any matter, on behalf of the community.”

Barr Community Council meetings are normally held in the Barr Village Hall on the second Thursday of the month at 7.00pm. Members of the public are most welcome to attend. Once members have approved the draft minutes as a true record, the minutes are passed to South Ayrshire Council. If you wish to contact the Community Council please address all communications to the Secretary at communitycouncil@barrvillage.co.uk

The current Barr Community Councillors are:
Chair
Tom Walker

Secretary
Maggie Bunnett

Treasurer
currently vacant

Other councillors are:
Lesley McCleary
John Bunnett
Hamish Denham

South Ayrshire council

Alec Clark

Meeting Schedule

May cancelled

New Date 18^th June 2026 funding applications by 5^th June 2026

July no meeting

13^th August 2026 funding applications by 7^th August 2026

10^th Sept 2026 funding applications by 4^th Sept 2026

8^th Oct 2026 funding applications by 2^nd  Oct 2026

12^th Nov 2026 funding applications by 6^th Nov 2026

Dec & January No meetings

11^th Feb 2027 funding applications by 5^th Feb 2027

11^th Mar 2027 funding applications by 5^th Mar 2027

8^th April 2027 AGM funding applications by 2^nd  April 2027

Election 2024

Our new councillor is Rev Beth McDowell

Report endorsed at February 2023 meeting

Barr Community Council is deeply concerned about the situation in the village. Recent events have exposed and worsened divisions between groups and individuals and this has begun to affect the well being and cohesion of the community as a whole. 

While we recognise that all groups have at heart what they believe to be the best interests of the community, the discord has had real effects on the health and wellbeing of residents.

The community council believes it is vital that we understand what has led to the current situation and that we focus our efforts on living, working and socialising happily together again.

As part of this effort the Community council has endorsed a report which makes three recommendations.

The first recommendation is for a pause for at least six months as a “cooling off period.”

Second, that an outside expert or organisation is brought in to mediate and to bring the current discord to a close.

Finally the same consultant would  investigate a range of options for the use of the available funds by all community organisations including their use for the hall and other projects. 

The full report can be read below:

SCIO resignation by Hamish Denham