Proposed lease of the former Alyth Museum – a Common Good Property

Overview

The former Alyth Museum building at 14 Commercial Street, Alyth is a common good property owned by Perth and Kinross Council and held on the Alyth Common Good Fund. It has been vacant since the museum was permanently closed by Culture Perth and Kinross in September 2025, and the Council has declared the building to be surplus to its property requirements. The plan below shows the location of the museum and the extent of the area proposed to be let. The area is coloured red on the plan and extends to approximately 62.44 square metres.

Alyth Youth Partnership (AYP), a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, is a community-run, voluntary youth organisation that aims to provide safe and enjoyable activities for the young people of Alyth and the surrounding area, encourages them to be a positive part of the Alyth community, and supports them to make positive choices for their futures.

While AYP is based in the Alyth Community Wing on Albert Street, they have identified a requirement for a separate, dedicated base for teenagers. They have accordingly worked up a proposal to lease the former museum building from the Council so they can operate it as a youth centre and community resource, on the following terms, namely:

• the proposed start date is the end of March 2026 or such other date as may be agreed following submission of a report to the Alyth Common Good Fund Committee.
• the Tenant shall pay a rent of £1 per annum, if asked.
• the initial lease duration will be twenty-five years.
• the Tenant will use the former museum for the purposes of a community youth hub for social, educational and recreational purposes and associated support activities.
• tThe Tenant will require to obtain all necessary statutory consents in connection with the proposed use.
• The Tenant will be responsible for all repairs to the leased subjects and buildings insurance.
• on other normal commercial terms.

The Council is supportive of this proposal, subject to approval from the Alyth Common Good Fund Committee. Officers consider that this proposal would have a strong positive impact on the community by providing facilities including youth clubs, school holiday programmes, individual support and employability sessions, an information point and community resource. AYP’s proposal includes undertaking refurbishment and adaptation works to make the building fully suited to their intended use.

The proposed lease will give AYP the option to purchase the building, subject to separate approval from the Alyth Common Good Fund Committee. A further public consultation exercise would be carried out if AYP apply to purchase the building from the Council in the future.

Why your views matter

The Council is running a public consultation as the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 places a statutory duty on local authorities to publish relevant details and seek feedback before taking any decision to dispose of a common good property either by sale or lease.

The Council welcomes the views of present and former residents of Alyth on the proposal to lease the former Alyth Museum Building to Alyth Youth Partnership.  This consultation will be open to responses from members of the public for eight weeks.  If you would like to respond to this consultation in support of or in objection to the proposed lease, please submit your response via the 'Share your views' link at the bottom of this page.

If, following consideration of any representations received in this consultation, the Council decides to proceed with the proposal, a lease will be granted to AYP as soon as practicable thereafter. 

A summary of the results of this consultation will be made publicly available on the Perth and Kinross Council Consultation Hub.

Personal information you provide, such as your name, may be used in a report to the Council, or one of its committees. Any report which is prepared may be accessible by the public. Your contact details will not appear in a report and your information will not be disclosed to third parties except as described above or if the Council is required to do so by law.

For further information, please look at our website www.pkc.gov.uk/dataprotection, email dataprotection@pkc.gov.uk or phone 01738 477933.