Homes plan key to Culbokie hub
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Residents in Culbokie have been working towards the creation of a village “heart” for a number of years as the community expands.
Hopes are high a new local green, half-a-dozen residences and a number of business units on land next to Glascairn will help foster that heart.
Culbokie Community Trust bought half-a-hectare of land three years ago as it began to put its plans in place.
It has since fostered close links with Tulloch Homes, which owns land immediately next to the hub site.
The developer has submitted a proposal of application notice signalling its intent for 33 homes on its neighbouring site.
As part of the application it also intends to widen roads, public footpaths and create a village green.
The project would also install vital access and infrastructure to enable the trust’s planned hub project to proceed.
Future phases would include the development of small business units to provide employment opportunities, as well as accessible housing for those who need high levels of support.
The director of Culbokie Community Trust, Penny Edwards, said the installation of the infrastructure is vital if its own hopes are to see the light of day.
She said: “It’s a really important milestone for us. We always knew that our development would be hard to be viable without being able to share costs with a developer. This helps to secure the infrastructure.”
She said the trust still has a long way to go before it will be ready to submit its own planning application, but the latest development is a big step in that direction. “The thing we’re focussing on at the moment is funding,” she continued. “But still, this is a big breakthrough. We’re pursuing [funding] avenues. £850,000 is our development estimate. We are doing some local fundraising for that and also looking for grants and other possibilities.
“We just have to carry on and keep the community with us as we go. But even if it takes a little longer we still have a development-ready site.”
