Outline planning permission to build a new village on the Isle of Skye was granted yesterday by local planning authority the Highland Council.
The proposed development includes 93 homes, offices, sports facilities and a shop. If completed, it would link the two campuses of Scotland’s national centre for Gaelic language and culture, located on both sides of the A851.
The plans were put forward by the Clan Donald Land Trust, a charitable body set up in 1972 to purchase 20,000 acres of the former Macdonald of Sleat estate. The Trust manages the estate and aims to “aid the conservation usage and sustainable development” of the estate.
It hopes that the project’s introduction of more affordable homes will help more young islanders remain on Skye.
Sourced from; Planning Resource