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Gaeltec Buildings: Registering an interest under the Community Right to Buy
DCT are taking advantage of a tool within Community Right to Buy legislation to formally register an interest in the Gaeltec Buildings.This register is designed to protect community groups from external bidders swooping in and purchasing the asset while we are waiting to hear back from the Scottish ...Read More
Gaeltec Buildings: Community Survey and Scottish Land Fund Update
Gaeltec Building: Community Survey and Scottish Land Fund Dunvegan Community Trust would like to thank everyone who contributed to our community survey for the Gaeltec Building. We are very happy to report that the survey was overwhelmingly successful and that we received lots of important feedback ...Read More
Notice of Community Council Elections
Sharing on behalf of Dunvegan Community Council Notice of Community Council Elections
Dunvegan Housing, School and Pitch plans shelved by Highland Council: Joint Statement from Dunvegan Community Trust and Dunvegan Parent Council
While we all feared this was coming, given the financial backdrop, we cannot stress enough the severity of the situation in NW Skye resulting from the lack of long term rental and affordable housing, our substandard school buildings and complete lack of recreational facilities. This is a result of y...Read More
Defibrillator Project – with Dunvegan Community Council
Dunvegan Community Council approached DCT a few months ago to propose a project installing 4 defibrillators around the area. DCC have identified 4 locations : The tablet shed in Harlosh Replacement of the AED at The Atholl Filling Station Outside of the Dunvegan Community Cafe Roag- location TBC DC...Read More
Gaeltec Buildings – Community Survey
We are excited to launch a community survey as part of our ongoing efforts to pursue a community buyout of the Gaeltec building. Our ambition for the building is to transform it into a dynamic, multi-purpose community hub which best suits Dunvegan’s needs. This could include a community gym, craft w...Read More
Windfarm information- Latest News
Muirhall has submitted an application for the Windfarm Glen Ullinish II. The following is information on their drop in sessions and timeline: “We have been preparing to submit the full Glen Ullinish II planning application to the Scottish Ministers (via the Energy Consents Unit) for some time,...Read More
Windfarm information
As most residents of the Dunvegan Community Trust community will be aware, there are multiple companies with proposals for new windfarm developments and repowering/extension plans to existing farms, at various stages of planning in the NW of Skye, including the erection of 53 200m high turbines in t...Read More