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Scottish salmon farm to build temporary homes for workers due to shortage
A Scottish salmon farming business is planning to build 56 temporary housing units near its hatcheries due to a lack of local homes for staff.
A Scottish salmon farming business is planning to build 56 temporary housing units near its hatcheries due to a lack of local homes for staff #UKhousingBakkafrost Scotland (BFS) said the accommodation was needed so it could hire workers for its sites in the country’s highlands and islands.
A project for 14 individual cabins at its hatchery at Cuddy Point on the Isle of Lewis gained planning approval from local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar earlier this month.
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It is also awaiting a decision on plans for another 42 units at a second site on the coast at Kishorn in Ross-shire, which were lodged with Highland Council in February.
A design statement submitted with one of the schemes read: “As is experienced by many areas in rural Scotland, a lack of local accommodation options create difficulties in recruiting and retaining skilled staff.
“BFS has a good reputation in the local community for providing good-quality, highly paid and progressive jobs.
“In order to build and retain a skilled and competent workforce of the scale needed by the future hatchery operations, it is necessary to provide temporary accommodation for staff, whilst permanent options are secured.”
A spokesperson for BFS said: “We are part of the communities in which we live and work, with the majority of our staff living in rural Scotland.
“The accommodation at Cuddy Point is an example of part of our strategy to help address recruitment challenges we have faced historically.
“Housing, as well as flexible shift patterns, underpin our efforts to offer employees a healthy work-life balance.”
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