The collaborative Old Sawmill development with Rothiemurchus and members of the Aviemore community has been shortlisted in the Excellence in Housing Innovation category.
The development provided a total of six self-build homes on Rothiemurchus land: four affordable plots for the local community that required no public subsidy, and two open-market plots, within the Cairngorms National Park.
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The affordable self-build homes all have the Rural Housing Burden attached, a legal title condition which protects the property's affordability in perpetuity and prioritises the local community in future sales, helping prevent holiday- and second-home ownership.
The community-led development at Achtercairn in Gairloch has been shortlisted in the Excellence in Regeneration category.
This large-scale development to regenerate a derelict brownfield site in the centre of the village provided 25 affordable homes of mixed tenures; the GALE Centre tourist information hub, community shop & cafe (Scotland's first public building to be awarded Passivhaus status); farm shop; Air Training Corps facility; and further sites for development. We worked closely with the local community and a broad range of partners including Albyn Housing Association, Gairloch & Loch Ewe Action Forum (GALE), HIE, Highland Council, and University of the Highlands & Islands.
The winners of the CIH Scotland Housing Awards will be announced in a ceremony in Glasgow on 25 November 2021.
