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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Wester Ross and Strathpeffer:
Housing and Property Services, Ross House, High Street, Dingwall, IV15 9RY, telephone 01349 868463, fax 01349 863510.
Lochalsh
Housing and Property Services, Tigh na Sgire, Park Lane, Portree, IV51 9EP, telephone 01478 613806, fax 01478 613828.
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Ross, Skye and Lochaber is Tracey Urry. She is principally based at the Dingwall office.
Service Points in the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Ward are:
At all Highland Council Service Points you can:
If you are a council tenant and have an emergency repair to report outside office hours, which are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, you can phone the emergency housing number - 08457 002005.
Finding Housing: because we have many more households on the waiting lists than we are able to accommodate in council housing, we have developed A Guide to Housing Options, which gives information on the various ways of fnding housing in Highland.
Homelessness: If you become homeless, please contact a housing officer to obtain advice and information. You can phone or write the Dingwall Housing and Property office direct, or you can ask at the Service Points above to be put in contact with a housing officer. If you become homeless outside office hours, please phone the emergency housing number - 08457 002005, so that the standby officer can help you access emergency accommodation.
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10 flats will be developed by Cairn Housing Association at a site assembled by the Council at Market Street, Ullapool. The site will also contain a building for community use.
Housing for rent and for home ownership under the shared equity initiative is being developed at Strathpeffer.
- More information on affordable housing
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The Care and Repair scheme offers free and confidential information and advice to older people and people with a disability who are homeowners or private tenants, to enable them to improve, repair or adapt their homes.
In Wester Ross and Strathpeffer, you can contact:
ILM Highland
Unit 1G
Teannich Industrial Estate
Alness
Ross-shire
IV17 0XS
Tel: 01349 884774;
e-mail: rosscare@ilmhighland.co.uk
In Lochalsh you can contact
Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association
Morrison House
Bayfield
Portree
Isle of Skye
IV51 9EW
Tel: 01478 612035
e-mail: info@LSHA.co.uk
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The Applecross peninsula and Glenelg are designated as high priority areas for crofting. The rest of the western part of this ward is designated as a standard priority area, while the eastern part of the ward is designated as low priority.
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The Handy Person Scheme has been established to assist elderly people and people with disabilities retain their independence by providing people to carry out a wide range of minor household repairs which are too small for a tradesperson and which are of a one-off kind.
It is mainly aimed at owner occupiers, although with the landlord’s permission repairs can be carried out on rented properties.
In Wester Ross and Strathpeffer, you can contact:
ILM Highland
Unit 1G
Teannich Industrial Estate
Alness
Ross-shire
IV17 0XS
Tel: 01349 884774;
e-mail: rosscare@ilmhighland.co.uk
In Lochalsh, you can contact:
Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association
Morrison House
Bayfield
Portree
Isle of Skye
IV51 9EW
Tel: 01478 612035
e-mail: info@LSHA.co.uk
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Look at the Ward Statistics page to obtain information on the total number of households and the number of council houses in the ward.
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The lettings areas in the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Ward are:
- Achiltibuie
- Achmore
- Achnasheen
- Applecross
- Aultbea
- Badcaul
- Contin
- Dornie
- Gairloch
- Garve
- Glenelg
- Glenshiel
- Kinlochewe
- Kyle of Lochalsh
- Lochcarron
- Marybank
- Plockton
- Poolewe
- Ratagan
- Shieldaig
- Strathpeffer
- Torridon
- Ullapool
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There is one registered tenant groups in the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Ward.
Morefield Residents Association - contact Ms Dawn Paterson, 27 Morefield Place, Ullapool.
If you are a council tenant elsewhere in the ward and would like to form a group, please contact your housing office for advice on how to do so.
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Apart from Aultbea, the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Ward is designated as “pressured”, so this means that for tenants who started a new tenancy on or after 30 September 2002, the right to buy is suspended until November 2010. This does not apply to tenants in Aultbea who can apply to buy their houses after they have been tenants for the necessary qualifying period.
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In the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Ward, the Council has sheltered housing schemes in Alt-a-Chuirn and Millbrae in Lochcarron, Fairburn in Gairloch and Fraser Court in Ullapool.
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The Council respects the rights of Gypsy/Travellers to maintain their travelling way of life. There are 4 sites in Highland, owned by the Council, which provide accommodation and related services for Gypsy/Travellers. We recognise that sometimes Gypsy/Travellers camp on other land. We have developed a protocol in line with Scottish Government guidelines that we will follow when responding to unauthorised camping by Gypsy/Travellers.
Housing and Property staff will respond to unauthorised camping on council land in the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Ward.