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Downloadable Community Questionnaires - April 2025. Berneray residents (part-time and full-time) and Berneray business owners only please.

Deadline for return of forms now extended to Friday 16th May.

A choice of formats:

Community Questionnaire - Word version

Community Questionnaire - PDF version
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Berneray Community Council : Comhairle Coimhearsnachd

Berneray Community Council deals with issues that concern and affect the island and its residents, for example:
  • planning applications
  • developments that affect the island
  • utilities and service providers to the island
  • local transport issues and infrastructure, such as buses, roads, harbour developments and ferry crossings
  • any issues that are brought to its attention by residents of Berneray.

The group operates under a constitution and is a funded body, with discretionary control over how it spends its monies. It has 6 members plus a clerk, all of whom are residents of Berneray.

Members meet on a monthly basis, usually in the Community Hall. All residents of Berneray are welcome to attend meetings. Meetings of the Community Council have, to date, consisted of a mix of new and older residents; debate is informal and open to all.

The Community Council is the first point of contact with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, and a councillor gives a report at every meeting. It also liaises with other local community councils, such as North Uist.


Minutes of Community Council Meetings
9 January 2012
20 February 2012
19 March 2012
28 May 2012
25 June 2012
27 August 2012
1 October 2012
5 November 2012
10/11 December 2012
26 January 2015
23 February 2015
23 March 2015
25 May 2015
29 June 2015
​24 August 2015
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5 October 2015
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9 November 2015
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14 December 2015

   
28 January 2013                                                18 January 2016
25 February 2013                                               22 February 2016
15 April 2013                                                     18 April 2016
27 May 2013                                                      30 May 2016
16 September 2013                                            4 July 2016
28 October 2013                                                29 August 2016                                                
9 December 2013                                               3 October 2016
​                                                                         7 November 2016
16 January 2014                                                 ​12 December 2016
24 February 2014
2 June 2014
25 August 2014                                                   15 January 2018
22 September 2014                                              5 March 2018
3 November 2014                                                16 April 2018
8 December 2014                                                27 August 2018
                                                                          26 November 2018
​13 February 2017                                                
20 March 2017                                                    21 January 2019
8 May 2017                                                         18 March 2019
​3 July 2017                                                          6 May 2019
​4 September 2017                                                24 June 2019
​9 October 2017                                                    2 September 2019
​27 November 2017                                               25 November 2019

13 February 2020                                                  7 February 2022
                                                                           27 June 2022
16 March 2021                                                      8 August 2022 Buy-Out Special
25 October 2021                                                   22 August 2022
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                                                                           26 September 2022
15 January 2024                                                   13th January 2025
​4 March 2024                                                        24th February 2025
​15 April 2024
​13 May 2024
6 June 2024
1 July 2024
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12 August 2024
​16 September 2024
4 November 2024
​2 December 2024
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Contacting the Community Council
Contact the clerk, Margaret MacLean, for further information or to propose issues for the CC meeting agenda:
Email: [email protected]



Membership
Elections (should there be more candidates than places) are held periodically to determine the membership of the Community Council. The current membership is:

Margaret MacLean (Chair)
Donald MacLean (Vice Chair)
​Lorna Mackillop (Secretary)

Sharon MacPherson (Treasurer)
Eilidh Carr
Willie Fraser


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