Site of the Old Secondary School in Tomintoul to Provide New Community-Led Housing.

​The country may be on lockdown, but the HSCHT team are still pushing on with developing our projects so we can hit the ground running when life returns to normal!
 
One example of a project which is nearly ready to go is the redevelopment of the old Tomintoul secondary school which the Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust would like to transform from a derelict eyesore in the centre of a community reliant on tourist trade, in to an attractive but also much-needed affordable housing development.
 
TGDT identified need for housing through community events and when site became available they engaged HSCHT as a specialist in supporting rural communities to develop affordable housing.
 
HSCHT (with TGDT) undertook:

• Housing demand survey to quantify demand and required tenures and costs.
• Site investigations to understand challenges of the site and risks.
• Community consultation on survey results, design, allocation, costs, risks….  
• Developed a business plan to show projects viability (including indicative capital and running costs) and support funding applications
• Assisted with funding applications – application to SLF successful £183K awarded to buy site.
• Successful application to CARES £50k awarded to help identify best way to heat and power homes to minimize running costs, future proof the development and minimize developments carbon production and support transport needs (electric vehicles, car clubs as public transport)
• Developed and issued tenders to design and build contractors.

 
Tenders will be received by late spring and all going well we could see site works commence later in the year with completion in summer 2021.