Chapelton News

The enforced temporary halt to the building programme between March and July gave a good opportunity for the Chapelton Design team to plan the next stages and take stock of what people are looking for in their homes right now. We are confident from surveys that the house types on offer in Cairnhill are on trend and indeed the level of interest, starEng from the moment people could view again, has been heartening.

Whilst the builders were offsite, we took advantage of the situaEon to create the groundworks and topography for the new play area at the top of the hill. The grass has yet to establish properly but it has made a good start and we are confident that it will make a very original creaEve area for the older children to enjoy. We are now starEng to work on plans for the type of natural games that the area can offer and hope that this work can start in the Spring.

Now construcEon work is underway and very evident again. Several new and varied house types have gone through planning or are currently in the process. Snowdrop are starEng to build their original homes on the larger plots at the edge of Chapelton. ZeroC are well underway with creaEng 44 of their two- and three-bedroom homes in the private affordable sector and are just about to commence another 33 slightly larger houses near Moray Place. AJC are compleEng homes around Pheppie Park and will be moving their building acEvity west to the area of Wolrige Gardens. Stephen are now promoEng more of their popular Melfort homes alongside their last remaining coSage.

Brio ReErement Living has many different opEons available and the views from the apartments are breath-taking. Their Slate and Grain café has now reopened as has their showhome but like all the showhomes the viewing is by appointment only. CreaEvity had to be the name of the game in lockdown. We made sweeping changes to the Chapelton Events Programme to reflect the circumstances and keep everyone busy.

CreaEvity had to be the name of the game in lockdown. We made sweeping changes to the Chapelton Events Programme to reflect the circumstances and keep everyone busy. The sense of community was palpable throughout and residents and locals responded to all the challenges. In place of indoor workshops, we had an online Escape Room. 140 teams took part and raised £1,300 for a defibrillator which will be placed outside The Hut. The Chapelton Trail was popular throughout and the annual 10k run was replaced by a 24-hour challenge which benefiSed many of local chariEes. The Bike Ride also had a new format and several families and individuals rose to the challenge of compleEng 42- and 12-mile rides on their own.

At last some of our calendar took place and the two summer Farmers Markets in their new Burgess Park seAng were popular, drawing in large numbers of visitors in lovely weather. Lots of new stalls and contributors ensured each one was a liSle different. Added to this, the Scarecrow FesEval, organised by the Cairnhill Allotment commiSee, was even bigger and beSer this year. What a hard one to judge!

Keep an eye on Chapelton social media because there will be more creaEvity this winter.

Chapelton Farmers’ Market