Tenants who will soon call Forfar’s former Chapelpark school home have been given the chance to see the project’s progress toward completion.
Angus Council’s £5.6 million Academy Court project is transforming the B-listed building — the town’s old Academy before becoming Chapelpark primary — into 29 affordable homes for social rent, comprising 18 one-bedroom flats, six two-bedroom flats, one three-bedroomed flat and four five-bedroomed townhouses.
At a drop-in event at the town’s Reid Hall, the authority’s housing team gave the soon-to-move-in tenants an opportunity to see plans and drawings, as well as samples of bathroom and kitchen fixtures and fittings which will grace their new homes.
Architects, technical experts and community housing and waste management teams were also present.
They were joined by the council’s communities convener and vice-convener, councillors Craig Fotheringham and Lois Speed, as well as local elected members and representatives from Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Tayside Contracts, local community groups and other agencies who are involved in the development.
Cllr Fotheringham said: “We have kept our new tenants up to date throughout this project so far, and this was another great opportunity for us to meet with them and offer an exciting insight into the homes they will shortly move into.
“We had the right people here to ensure that a range of advice was available for our tenants and any questions they had were answered.
“This will help to make their move simple and straightforward.
“This is a significant housing development for Forfar and Angus, one which will breathe new life into this landmark building.
“Academy Court will provide modern, affordable and energy efficient accommodation for a new generation of our residents. Houses that people can be proud to call home.”
Chapelpark’s early role as the town’s first Academy was highlighted in a Meffan exhibition earlier this year to mark the opening of Forfar’s new community campus.
Photographs and memorabilia from the old building was on display alongside items charting the history of its replacement, officially opened by The Queen Mother in 1965, but now a memory after being bulldozed to make way for the final phase of the campus project.
