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Please refer to previous posts around Cruachan for background information if you are new to DCT: Cruachan and a path to affordable land? Community Survey (now closed) Opportunity at Cruachan Woods for Woodland Crofts and Community owned housing Cruachan Feasibility and Business Plan   We have b...Read More

Link to more info on traffic in the DCC area.  Skye Traffic Stats A good community action plan should not only guide local action, but should also be a tool to hold public bodies to account. An interesting thing to come out of recent CAP research has been the official traffic stats for the DCC area....Read More

This year we were supported by the Scottish Land Fund to look specifically at bringing Cruachan woodland- an area of approx 8 hectares in Orbost, and Cnoc nan Craobh, or Bluebell hill, into community ownership, from the point of view of dividing Cruachan woodland into 2 woodland crofts, and maintain...Read More

While the population of Scotland as a whole is aging, NW Skye is experiencing as more dramatic shift in terms of demographics than the rest of Skye and the highlands and Scotland in general. NW Skye, North Skye and Raasay have been designated ‘fragile areas’ in recent Scottish government...Read More

Thanks to everyone who came along last Thursday to talk about beginning to develop a community action plan for the area! We had some copies of other groups’ action plans on hand to look at, but if you would like to read them in full we have the Links to them here:  Lochlash Community Action Pl...Read More

  This year has seen a lot of behind the scenes action at DCT and as the projects we’re pursuing become more complex, we want to make sure we schedule regular updates to our members and the wider community, to make sure everyone can get involved in projects that interest them if they want to, and at...Read More