Artist’s impression
Why It Matters
A development designed to benefit the whole community
Good for Scone
Over the last 50 years Scone has grown substantially to more than 5,000 residents. Previous developments - including the large H29 site at Scone North and the Balgarvie development itself - have delivered limited tangible community benefit. Annaty Glen is a deliberate attempt to do better.
It also directly addresses one of Scone's most persistent practical problems: the flooding that affects homes and roads in the lower village - with attenuation ponds and bunds designed to reduce peak water flow in the Annaty burn.
By reinvesting all land value back into affordable homes and adding extra land for community facilities, the Glens want to leave the village genuinely better off - with accessible outdoor space, flood protection, homes for the elderly, and facilities that serve every generation.
Good for Perth & Kinross
Perth & Kinross Council is under significant and sustained financial pressure. In recent years the Council has faced multi-million pound budget shortfalls, leading to cuts in services that many residents - particularly older and more vulnerable people - depend on. Like most Scottish councils, PKC operates within a funding settlement from the Scottish Government that has not kept pace with rising demand or inflation. The result is a Council that is being asked to do more with less, year after year.
Social care is one of the single largest pressures on the PKC budget. Every resident who is supported to live independently in a community setting - rather than moving into residential care earlier than necessary - represents a significant saving for the Council. Annaty Glen's co-community model is designed to support exactly that outcome: older residents living well, with neighbours nearby, good outdoor space on the doorstep, and a stable home they can afford to heat and run.
Against that backdrop, Annaty Glen offers something genuinely useful: a development that generates real Council Tax revenue, planning income and long-term rates receipts - without requiring a single pound of PKC capital investment. There is no call on the Council's housing budget, no grant funding required, and no liability on the public balance sheet. The development funds itself through the value of the land.
Good for the Whole Community
With flowing water, ponds, wildlife areas, cycle and walking tracks, a cardio training zone and a sandy waterfront area, Annaty Glen will offer outdoor space that genuinely encourages people to spend more time outside. Elderly residents can use these facilities to stay fit, active and socially connected. Families can bring children somewhere safe, interesting and engaging. And the wider Scone community gains green infrastructure that serves the village for generations.
A new financial model for affordable housing
We have commissioned Biggar Economics to quantify the full economic value of the Annaty Glen approach - for residents, for Scone, and for the Council.
We will publish those findings here over the coming months as part of our commitment to transparency and community engagement.