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New social housing planned for near Stornoway

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The new development has been proposed for a site east of Stornoway

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) plans to build 160 new homes in Lewis.

The social housing has been proposed for a site next to MacKenzie Park east of Stornoway.

HHP has submitted a planning application to local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, for its Melbost West development.

The properties would be constructed in four phases and would be a mix of one and two-storey semi-detached homes.

Most of the properties would be for households of two to four people, while some larger homes would be for up to seven people.

Reporting by local democracy report Peter Urpeth.

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