Sanquhar and District Silver Band is a step closer to buying a piece of land from Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Members of the brass band have been in talks with the local authority about acquiring the council-owned parcel of ground on Station Road.
Their hall was built on the site 27 years ago and now the council has declared the 3,690 square metre plot surplus to requirements.
The matter was discussed at the council’s Sanquhar Common Good Fund sub-committee recently when members were asked to approve a community consultation process on the disposal of the asset.
Once this process is complete, and there are no issues, it will most likely pave the way for the band to purchase it from the council.
A report tabled at the sub-committee meeting stated: “The Sanquhar Silver Band wish to acquire the land, through negotiated off market sale, in order to own it and enable them to secure external funding to facilitate improvements and developments to the hall.
“The land has been valued at £3,000 by the council’s assets and estates management officer, who is a Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) registered valuer.”
Community councillor Ronnie Johnstone said: “This was discussed at Sanquhar Community Council last Thursday night, and we have no objections at all to this being carried out – as long as the money goes to Sanquhar Common Good.”
The sub-committee approved the consultation process.
