By 20 June the last two purchasers will have moved into the completed Oakwood Field development at Little Ballinluig. The construction of the fifteen low cost homes at the site was supported by Communities Scotland, the Scottish Executive’s housing and regeneration agency, through the Rural Home Ownership Grant mechanism.

This scheme offered grants to local people who met the criteria, under a priority arrangement which provided financial support not normally exceeding 33% of the approved costs.

Kepranich Developments, responsible for the construction of the site, maintain that the development can be judged to be successful because all the houses have been allocated, and a real sense of community is already apparent among the new residents.