Tags - Rural development

Leys Estate

Located at the gateway to Royal Deeside, Leys Estate has grown organically over the years; reflecting the demands placed upon it from a changing world but staying true to its long...

Edinglassie Estate

Edinglassie Estate, near Huntly in Aberdeenshire, as well as being home to a cattle and sheep farming enterprise has had a long tradition of supplying low cost rural housing for...

Grampian Moorland Group

The Grampian Moorland Group are a collection of rural sporting estates that demonstrate and highlight the work the Estates and their staff undertake for our countryside...

Cambusmore Estate

In September 2015 Cambusmore Estate was approached by a local resident, Dale McQueen, seeking premises in which to operate a gin distillery. The estate identified a disused barn...

Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust

Overlooking Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh on land previously owned by the Kinlochshiel Shinty Club, Grant Road is now a welcome addition to the community...

Finzean Estate

Finzean estate, situated on Deeside is well known for their support of the local community. This drive to have a sustainable community within which to operate can be traced back...

Finzean Estate

The converted Balnaboth Steading is home to Finzean Estate’s Farm Shop & Tearoom. Opened in April 2006, the Farm Shop & Tearoom has been so successful that development work is now...

Moray Estates

In March 2017, the first residents of the Highland’s newest town began to move in to their homes.

A milestone was reached in the work to realise the vision of Moray Estates for a new...

Loch Ness Shores

Donald and Lyn Forbes, owners of Loch Ness Shores, have made land available to Highland Council to allow the extension of the foot print of Foyers primary School.

The school is...

Moray Estates

High above Doune Park on the Moray Estate in Stirlingshire lies East Brae Farmhouse. It’s been uninhabited since the 1980s when the previous family who were farming there, moved into...

Luss Estates

A process of diversification and modernisation undertaken by Luss Estates has transformed the nature of its business and helped bring a new sense of vibrancy to the local area.

Luss...

Kincardine Estate

The 1915 Rent Act meant that, by 1979, the majority of rural rented homes had been largely neglected for the best part of two generations of land managers. So it was on Kincardine...