Angus Council has been shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration Category of the Scotland's Regeneration Forum (SURF) Awards.

These are the same national awards that the council won two years ago in recognition of its highly praised housing project at Academy Court in Forfar.

Now in 2020, the council is on the SURF awards short-list for its project to build 12 new council houses for rent in Newtyle, In Dunarn Street next to the school, on a site that was surplus to council requirements.

The awards judging panel recently held a virtual meeting with council officers, to get a full appreciation of how its Housing and Assets Services worked closely with other council teams and the community to deliver an excellent project.


Angus Provost Ronnie Proctor said: "As an elected member for Kirriemuir and Dean since 2012 and having been involved with this project since its inception, it gives me great pleasure to see the housing completed and these homes occupied.

"This development is of huge benefit to Newtyle, which has suffered from a shortage of social housing. I took enormous satisfaction from a communication I received from a young Newtyle family who have taken up a tenancy of a modern up-to-date affordable house in the village where they were brought up."

Most of the houses will accommodate families with children and include four homes that are designed for particular needs. The air-tight, energy efficient homes take full advantage of solar power, helping to minimize fuel costs for tenants. In addition, fibre broadband was installed directly to the premises, to ensure good quality internet – an essential for home working and studying in the 21st Century.

Award winners will be announced later this year.