An affordable housing development of 12 detached and semi-detached houses could be built on a piece of vacant land above Whiting Bay if planning permission is granted by the North Ayrshire Council planning department.
The development, which will be based on a shared equity scheme that will see the new owners owning around 60 per cent of the property and a trust owning the remainder, could be built on the site owned by the applicant, which is situated to the south of Golf Course Road.
The applicant is named as Mr A and Mrs S Macleod of Creag Dhubh, Whiting Bay, who will enlist the help of solicitor Stephen MacGregor in creating the trust. Mr Macgregor advised the Scottish Government on this type of scheme in the early 2000s. The trust to be set up by the applicant will administer the sale of the shared ownership properties which are aimed at working families and couples who are struggling to find affordable houses on Arran.