Another opportunity to provide low cost housing has arisen in Wick. In the past the Council developed housing at Battery Road on part of land known locally as South Head and the remainder of this elevated site on the outskirts of Wick was sold to Pentland Housing Association in March of this year.
The housing association has submitted a planning application seeking consent for up to 86 houses. The development, which will be carried out over a number of years, will include homes for rent and low cost home ownership as well as some for open market sale and plots for individual self build. Improvement works will be carried out to Battery Road as part of the development. Pentland hope to be on site with a first phase of 20 units in 2008.
For more information on the above development please telephone Pentland Housing Association on 01847 892507 or email pha@pentlandhousing.co.uk