Anyone with an interest in the growth and development of Arran knows the island has a chronic shortage of affordable housing.
But for it to be laid out in such a stark manner really gets to the crux of the issue. Arran doesn’t need a few more affordable homes – it needs 200 and it needs them soon.
So it really is time for the talking to start and the first report of the Arran Economic Group is a good place to begin. For the first time in a long time, Arran has a clear and viable blueprint of where the economy of the island is going and how it is going to get there.