Prince Charles’s plans to build a “Scottish Poundbury” have reportedly run intro difficulty after it emerged that just 31 homes had been built and its developer had left the project. The Prince of Wales acquired land at Knockroon, near Cumnock, in 2007 as part of a wider £45 million deal to rescue Dumfries House mansion and its antique furniture collection. The Prince of Wales used £20 million of his own charitable foundations’ cash in the Dumfries House acquisition and planned to build up to 770 new homes at Knockroon in a new “sustainable development”, along the lines of his Poundbury estate in Dorchester. But housebuilder Hope Homes, which said it had “designed, built and marketed Knockroon” for the past six years, has confirmed it has now left the project. Original plans for the Knockroon "eco-village" reportedly envisaged that up to 250 homes would be built by 2017. However Hope Homes admitted last year that it had not sold as many houses as anticipated, blaming a slowdown in the wider property market.

Just 31 homes have now been built, of which 30 have been sold. There is also a pizzeria and a dental practice at the site.best office chair less than $200 A Clarence House spokesman said reports this weekend suggesting Hope Homes had quit in “frustration” at the slow progress were “categorically untrue”.won't you buy me a rocking chair As part of a restructuring, the ownership of the land at Knockroon is being transferred from the Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation to the Dumfries House Trust.supreme chair and table price A newly-created Dumfries House Development and Training Company will now take over from Hope Homes in developing the site, training up local people to work on the project.ikea high chair amazon uk

A Dumfries House Trust spokesman denied that the economic climate was a reason behind the restructuring, saying: “The new structure will allow The Dumfries House Trust to play a greater part in the development of Knockroon and build on the success of Hope Homes.robin day chair ebay “Dumfries House has already created jobs and provided training for local people and the purchase of Knockroon is a natural development which will allow this investment in the local community to continue through an integrated approach to education, training and employment.”buy director's chairs uk They added: "It has always been envisaged that the new neighbourhood would be constructed over a period of 20-25 years with the purpose of slowly building a community that will sustainable for decades to come." Ian Hope of Hope Homes said: "We are sorry to be leaving the development, but delighted that the new structure will allow for further community benefits."

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