Place Objectives

C3. Housing and community benefit

Image of affordable housing in Tomintoul. Photo by Alpha Projects.Control of land is key to the delivery of developments that bring real public benefit to communities at the time and place they are needed. Whilst this objective proposes a major role for communities and public bodies in housing, private landowners and developers still have a significant part to play in delivering housing in the National Park.

Key Objectives and targets

Work with communities to ensure that the majority of land allocated for development around villages and towns in the National Park is controlled by communities or public bodies to help manage long-term development needs.

The percentage of developable land in community or public body ownership is increasing.

  • Review options and funding for public sector purchase of allocated development land.
  • Support communities to use all possible options to access land for the developments they need.
  • Heritage Horizons: Cairngorms 2030 programme.

Local authorities, Scottish Government, Scottish Land Commission, Community Land Scotland.

Facts

0 %
of new housing will be for social rental, mid-market rental or other affordable categories by 2030
0 %
of visitors will get to the National Park by public transport by 2045