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BBC News
16 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Former national water sports centre on Cumbrae to be auctioned off
A former national water sports centre on Cumbrae is to be auctioned facility has been closed since September 2020 and will now go under the hammer later this month with an asking price of £275, to transform the building into a luxury lodge with glamping pods was approved earlier this governing body Sportscotland, which owns the site, said it had not received any formal offers. The auction is being organised by Shepherd Chartered Surveyors in Ayr. Kevin Bell, partner at the company, said: "This is a unique opportunity to acquire a purpose-built facility with potential for conversion or redevelopment and we anticipate much interest in this lot."While in use the centre provided coaching in a range of water sports, across all levels, including dinghy sailing, cruising, windsurfing and sea hosted summer camps for children and teenagers each year, having been opened in over the years included double Olympic gold medal winner Shirley Robertson OBE, who often praised it for helping her sailing career. The facility comprises a principal building together with four residential chalets, workshops/stores and yardage. There is undeveloped land to the west, while the main building includes offices, a kitchen, gym, a sauna and classrooms. In March 2020 Sportscotland announced plans to close the centre following that summer's programme of activities, following a review of the emergence of Covid-19 then forced the summer plans to be scrapped, and the decision to close it was then confirmed in September of the courses for children offered there were then moved to Largs on the mainland. In March, North Ayrshire Council gave planning consent for 34 glamping pods, the creation of a kiosk and campervan Bell said interested parties should make their own planning inquiries with North Ayrshire Council. The auction will be held online on 21 August at 14:30.
Scotsman
19 hours ago
- Business
- Scotsman
Watersports centre on popular Scottish island resort on sale for £275,000
'This is a unique opportunity to acquire a purpose-built facility with potential for conversion or redevelopment and we anticipate much interest in this lot' – Kevin Bell, Shepherd Chartered Surveyors Sign up to our Scotsman Money newsletter, covering all you need to know to help manage your money. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A former national watersports centre on a Scottish island holiday resort is set to go under the hammer with a guide price of £275,000. The centre is located on the eastern shore of Great Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde, less than half a kilometre to the south of the ferry slipway. It includes a principal building together with four residential chalets, workshops/stores and yardage, while to the west there is undeveloped land. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Isle of Cumbrae lies around two kilometres west of the mainland and Largs and is served by a regular ferry crossing from the town. An aerial view of the former national watersports centre and surrounding area on Great Cumbrae, which has been put up for sale. The island has long been popular with cyclists, walkers and watersports enthusiasts, and features an 18-hole golf course. The town of Millport has a range of local amenities and is a popular tourist destination. The former national watersports centre is set to go under the hammer in a live-streamed commercial property auction on August 21, with a guide price of £275,000 set. Kevin Bell, partner at Shepherd Chartered Surveyors in Ayr, said: 'This is a unique opportunity to acquire a purpose-built facility with potential for conversion or redevelopment and we anticipate much interest in this lot.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Planning consent permitting 34 'glamping pods', creation of a kiosk and campervan parking was granted by North Ayrshire Council in March. The property includes four chalets - one attached to the main building with the three others to the north-most part of the site. The main sailing centre building is of timber frame construction with accommodation comprising reception, four linked offices and private offices, kitchen, prep area and servery, dining hall, three classrooms, lounge, gym, sauna and WC facilities at ground floor and staff and visitor male and female changing facilities, former wet suit store, drying room and maintenance workshop and stores at lower ground floor.
The National
19 hours ago
- Business
- The National
Former national watersports centre on Scottish island hits the market
The former home of the Cumbrae National Watersports Centre closed in 2020 and will now go up for sale at auction on August 21 with a guide price of £275,000. Located on the Isle of Cumbrae, around 1.5 miles west of the mainland and the town of Largs, in the Firth of Clyde, the building comes with four residential chalets, workshops/stores, and yardage, along with some undeveloped land. The main sailing centre building comprises a reception, four linked offices and private offices, a kitchen, prep area and servery, dining hall, three classrooms, lounge, gym, sauna and WC facilities on the ground floor. READ MORE: Scottish airport vows improvements for visitor terminal following complaints There are also staff and visitor male and female changing facilities, a former wet suit store, drying room and maintenance workshop, and stores on the lower ground floor. The former sports centre, which opened in 1976 and was operated by SportScotland, was used to host a variety of aquatic activities, including windsurfing, kayaking, and sailing, along with professional tuition on offer. Planning consent for 34 glamping pods, creation of a kiosk and campervan parking was granted by North Ayrshire Council back in March. (Image: Shepherd Commercial Property Auction) But interested parties have been advised to make their own enquiries directly with North Ayrshire Council Planning. Kevin Bell, partner at Shepherd Chartered Surveyors in Ayr, said: 'This is a unique opportunity to acquire a purpose-built facility with potential for conversion or redevelopment and we anticipate much interest in this lot.'
BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Derelict Cold War anti-aircraft base near Greenock goes on sale
A former anti-aircraft operations room in the west of Scotland could be turned into a home after the building was listed for two-storey structure was built about 1950 near the village of Inverkip, five miles south of Greenock. It served as an anti-aircraft facility for 15 years before being passed to the Royal Navy in the 1960s, which used it as a training facility until the for what the auctioneers call "a unique development opportunity" will be expected to stump up at least £55,000. The building was known as HMS Dalriada when it was occupied by the Royal Navy. It has lain empty since the navy pulled out and online history sites suggest the site was damaged by fire at some point in the consent was later sought to convert it to residential use, when a steel frame was added to the flat roof. The consent has since lapsed and the lower ground floor level is currently property is described as being: "formed over ground and lower ground floor levels, essentially being a flat roofed concrete structure. "It has a gross internal area of 12,380 sq. ft. on a 1.8 acre site." Kevin Bell, partner at Shepherd Chartered Surveyors in Ayr, said: "This former anti-aircraft operations room represents a unique development opportunity."Inverclyde Council granted planning consent for conversion to a single dwelling in 2010 and interested parties should make their own enquiries with the council."The online auction will be held on 21 August.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Yahoo
Cops nab homeless man and accomplice for fatal beatdown of Bronx man, 60
Police have arrested a homeless man and his accomplice for beating a 60-year-old man to death in the Bronx last month. Suspects Nixon Gordon, 25, and Junior Mills, 40, were charged with manslaughter and assault for the May 18 beatdown that later killed victim Kevin Bell. Officers responding to a 911 call found Bell badly injured near Elliot Place and Walton Ave. in Mt. Eden at about 12:05 a.m., cops said. Medics rushed the victim to BronxCare Health System where he was later pronounced dead. The city medical examiner's office ruled Bell's death a homicide days later. Police nabbed Mills Monday, and he was ordered held without bail at his arraignment. He is set to return to court on June 30, Department of Correction records show. Cops arrested Gordon, who is homeless, on Friday. His arraignment was pending Saturday morning.
