Loch Duich affordable housing project wins Crown Estate funding

There will be a public meeting in Inverinate Hall at 7pm on Thursday April 30 to update the community on project developments, and to share the newly completed Community Woodland Management Plan which will guide the incoming woodland crofters’ management of the afforested areas of the land.

The MEV project as a whole will see six affordable houses for rent created at Ratagan alongside two business units, two woodland crofts and a community growing area.

Three woodland crofts will be created at Saraig along with two affordable house sites and an open market site.

Maggie Byrne, Chair of Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust, said: "This funding is an important step in the long road to providing affordable housing for the communities at Loch Duich and we are grateful to Crown Estate Scotland, and to Foundation Scotland who administer this funding, for recognising the critical need for this project.

"We do still require further funding, for staffing and consultation support, in order to take this design and survey stage forward.

"We are hoping to hear good news in the coming weeks and months in relation to further funding applications which will help secure the future development of the vital project."