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The proposed Kincluny eco village
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Kincluny is expected to be the country’s largest sustainable construction project, regenerating a brownfield site and blending social enterprise principles with building expertise to harness the most up-to-date technologies and produce comfortable, desirable, affordable properties across the entire housing spectrum.
“Kincluny is unlike any other development,” said Bill Burr, managing director at CHAP Homes. “It’s not all about the buildings. Bricks and mortar come later. It’s about creating a community where people want to live and work. We’re excited about sharing our mission with the public during the consultation period. Their feedback is essential to further the vision.”
The village is expected to offer over 1,500 houses, styled specifically to integrate into the Deeside location. Prices will range from £90,000 to £500,000, with at least 30% of the mixed tenure homes to be affordable to those on low incomes.
Built on a former-quarry brownfield site to the highest specification in terms of renewable energy, conservation and environmental technologies, Kincluny is promising a carbon neutral target. It has commissioned the Robert Gordon University’s Centre for Understanding Sustainable Practices to research optimised energy building design, wind power, renewables, water and sewage. Scandanavian technology not yet rolled out in the UK on this scale will be employed to manage waste.
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