Scotland's first ski hotel to be remembered in street name
Local Highland councillors are being asked to agree new street names for developments in Carrbridge and Cromdale.
Valley Building & Construction Services has suggested either Dolly's Way and Gordon Place for their two new streets comprising 18 homes in the Cromdale development.
A further street name has been requested for new affordable flats in Carrbridge serving 10 properties on the site of the former Struan House Hotel - Scotland's first dedicated ski hotel.
The developer – Highland Council's housing development team – has suggested Struan Court in a nod to the site's history.
Usually the community council's in both villages would agree the street names in consultation with the local authority and developers but this has not been possible.
Highland Council's Badenoch and Strathspey ward manager Lewis Hannah explained in his report: "It has not been possible to consult with the community in the normal way in relation to these new street names as the community councils covering Carrbridge and Cromdale are currently in abeyance.
"Our street naming and numbering procedure allows for street naming requests to be dealt with by local members at area committee if the relevant community council is in abeyance.
Members of the council's local area committee meeting in Grantown next Tuesday will confirm the new street names.
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The Struan House Hotel was originally opened by Karl Fuchs, a member of the 1948 Austrian Olympic team, and his wife, Eileen, in the mid 1950s.
It was a vibrant venue in the village for very many years and instrumental in helping to put the Cairngorms on the map as a ski destination in the early days of the sport in Scotland.
The hotel was levelled a year ago after more than 16 years of deadlock during which the derelict building had become an eyesore opposite the popular Landmark Forest Adventure Park.
Highland Council eventually had to complete a compulsory purchase order to acquired the hotel from the previous owners.
