Highland Perthshire enjoys marvellous scenery, good local services and convenient access to most of the country. However, in common with many rural areas in Scotland, our service infrastructure ( most importantly mains water and sewerage ) is already at full capacity which significantly reduces the potential for further residential development. Therefore, property in this area is competitively sought after, often to the exclusion of the local market.

As one of the main land owners in the region, Atholl Estates recognises its role to work with the Local Authority, Housing Associations, Scottish Water and Community Councils to develop a balanced development plan for the area which seeks to address these issues in a co-ordinated way.

Over the last 6 years the Estates have been successful in releasing sites which have provided over 50 homes, 44 of which were built for affordable local letting by Perthshire Housing Association. A number of these projects took over three years to achieve permission from the various authorities.

We are currently taking forward five further sites with the hope that they will provide a further 29 affordable and 15 open market homes over the next few years.