1. Community Path Project
Marywell
Community Path Project
David Younie
Birse & Ballogie Community Council

2. Marywell Community Path Project
The problem
Planning and building the path
Future proofing the path

3. The problem

13. Marywell Community Path Group
Ballogie Community Association
Birse & Ballogie Community Council
Ballogie Estate
Gordon Dinnie, tenant farmer
James Reid, contractor & local resident

14. Planning and building the path
Agreeing the route
Compromise necessary

16. Planning and building the path
Agreeing the route
Compromise necessary
Community consultation
Essential for funding applications
Survey questionnaire
59% response, 100% support for the path
Planning permission
50% reduction in planning fee if Community Council is applicant

17. Planning and building the path
Estimating costs
Mix of quotations and estimates
Local contractor also a Marywell resident
Total costs
Total cost estimate £25,569 (= £40 per metre length)
Total cash items cost £19,227 (incl VAT and £1000 contingency)
Agreeing a lease
Essential for an Awards For All (Scotland) application

18. Planning and building the path
Sourcing the funds
Ballogie Estate willing to offer in-kind support (path materials, shrub clearance)
Planning gain funds
Ballogie Community Association own funds
Commercial donations via Birse & Ballogie Community Council
Awards for All (Scotland) grant of £10000
Total funds confirmed:
£24,712 incl. in-kind contributions
Total cash funds confirmed (i.e. excl. in-kind contributions)
£19,096

20. Got there eventually! Path constructed May/June 2015
Final cost: £16, (excluding plaque!)
Formal opening ceremony March 2016

33. Future proofing the path
Make sure it is well designed and constructed

35. Future proofing the path
Make sure it is well designed and constructed
Public liability insurance
Included in Ballogie Community Association public liability insurance
Maintaining the path
Maintenance protocol essential for public liability insurance
Community path maintenance group formed

36. Maintaining the path

37. Path Maintenance Schedule Annual Maintenance Tasks
Frequency
Detail
Responsibility 1.
Path Survey and inspection 9
Inspect path to monitor implementation of routine maintenance schedule and identify any un-programmed work due to unforeseen circumstances e.g. weather impacts, vandalism etc
BCA 2.
Path edges 2
0.5m strip either side of path edge cut by strimmer/ scythe June and September 3.
Path surface
Once every 2 years
Spray with approved herbicide to maintain 2m path width, between May and September (or when necessary) 4.
Trees 1
Inspection of trees within falling distance of path by suitably qualified person for safety and take appropriate action where required. Once yearly but especially following high winds.
BEE 5.
Litter and dog fouling
Monitoring undertaken as 1 above. Appropriate action where required. 6.
Drains
Inspection undertaken as 1 above. Clear and repair where required. 7.
Boundary structures (fences/walls and gates) 8.
Site signs and barriers
Every 3 years
Rolling programme of preventative maintenance. Replacement as and when required. 9.
Pathside tree, bushes and shrubs
Every 5 years
Rolling programme of trimming and pruning overhanging branches to maintain 3m wide path corridor.

39. Weed control
BCA has recently been awarded a grant of £1500 from ‘Paths for All (Scotland) for purchase of maintenance equipment
Strimmer/brushcutter/shrubcutter
Leaf blower
Secateurs and pruning shears
Knapsack sprayers
Protective clothing

40. Thank you for your attention