Are there any potential actions missing which may help us achieve our objectives Have any major developments (Sainsbury say they will employ 150 people.) been taken into account when allocating numbers of housing, care homes, etc.?
The infrastructure (Water, etc) is only ever worked out on existing house numbers not projections or plans. There should be a master plan that identifies areas for development of services in advance of housing . School capacity: Housing has a big impact on schooling requirements. Highland Perthshire consistently exceeds the national average numbers of children attracted to new developments and requirements for school places are often underestimated. Landowners and forestry owners can be encouraged to make small pockets of land available for small developments with the land ownership being retained by the landowner. One landowner said he has such a parcel of land that is allocated for this purpose. The local authority knows about it but no action ha been taken. He cannot afford to build the houses himself and wants to rent to local people rather than sell. This type of small rural development, mirroring the type formerly built by the Forestry Commission, was always very successful and s
