Funded Projects
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 Land Fund – it buys us a bit of time. To register an interest, we need to submit a paper petition which demonstrates that 10% of the resident community favours registering an interest in the lan...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 for this project. We would also like to thank Impact Hub Inverness for performing the survey on our behalf and for compiling a report for us, which we would like to share here. Please do contact us i...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 years of non-investment, and it has really reached a crunch point. As I know Skye councillors are acutely aware, we have virtually no long term private rental market in NW Skye (like everywhere in Skye...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 DCC are liasing with Lucky2bhere and are looking to get them installed as soon as possible. They will be added to a national map of defibrillators so residents and visitors alike can access their locati...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 workshop, men’s shed or repair shop, rented spaces for local businesses and home-workers, and so much more. The goal is to support local employment and provide much-needed facilities for everyone to en...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, with this submission slipping slightly from our original timeframe. We are pleased to be able to confirm that the application was submitted on Monday 31st July 2023 for up to 47 wind turbines with an...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 the ‘Glen Uillinish 2’ project in Struan CC area. The proposed repowering and extension of the Ben Aketil farm would be the first 200m turbines built in Skye. DCT was set up in 2009 to distribute the ...Read More