Private Homes \ Timber Hut

Hutting began in Scotland in the interwar years allowing workers to build a simple hut for the use of their family and friends. Reforesting Scotland’s “Thousand Huts campaign” successfully lobbied for inclusion of huts in Scottish Planning Policy in 2014, enabling a fledgling new wave of hutting in Scotland. In summary a hut is less than 30 sq. m floor area, off-grid, capable of removal and not permanently inhabited. Basically, they are trying to persuade local authorities to look favourably on planning applications for huts in the countryside which takes the pressure off the local housing market otherwise distorted by city-dwellers buying second homes.

We have designed a hut and are currently developing the design and actively looking for partners/investors to build a prototype. Once the site has been prepared, we anticipate that the hut arrives prefabricated and is erected in two weeks maximum. There is a theme and variation depending on the orientation of the best view top south or to the north. We would love top hear from people who would like to get involved.