Further improvements planned for Tanera Mor off Wester Ross
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The improvement of properties on Tanera Mor, one of the beautiful Summer Isles off Wester Ross is set to continue, with further planning applications.
Summer Isles Enterprises Ltd wants to demolish the old extension to two-storey Rosslyn Cottage and erect a replacement one, as well as carry out some alterations.
The company also seeks planning permission from Highland Council to carry out alterations and erect an external store and steps at the rear of the Rosslyn Pier boathouse.
And a third application has been lodged to restore an existing track to wild land and create a new track.
All three applications are under consideration by planners.
This tranche follows previous applications made last autumn.
Tanera Mor is the largest of the Summer Isles and in 2017 was acquired by millionaire Ian Wace, a successful businessman and philanthropist.
He was captivated by the history and natural beauty of the area and began an island-wide restoration project including the derelict herring station which had employed 120 people at its height in a small crofting community, now ruinous.
Mr Wace recognised that such an important community regeneration project needed to be in long term secure ownership, and donated it to a charitable trust structure.
According to online info about Tanera Mor: "This enables the appropriate guardianship to be built around philanthropic goals and with community at its heart.
"Although Tanera will ultimately operate as a commercial activity, the ongoing charitable objectives will be met by the revenues flowing from this sustainable project allowing for the outreach already at the core of the project."
The seven-year project is now in its fifth year and has bought considerable local regeneration and employment opportunities for many.
The island has three historical hubs which are being restored, and in addition, the project is building a fourth hub which will have "back of house activities" including workshops, power, services plus working and living accommodation for the team. The project has accessed building materials from the island itself reducing carbon impact considerably.
The plan is to reduce the carbon impact of diesel generators by building a solar harvesting facility and storing power in batteries.
