A new 30-bed extra-care development has been built in Elgin, Moray.

The Linkwood View scheme has been developed to provide high quality services, including dementia, wheelchair adapted and extra care facilities.

Located off Thornhill Road, the single-building development consists of 30 two-bedroom flats including four wheelchair accessible flats, six flats specifically designed for people with dementia, and 20 extra care flats.

Developed by Hanover Scotland in partnership with Health & Social Care Moray and the Scottish Government, each flat is designed for flexible use, maximises the use of space, is well insulated, and features an air source heat pump to reduce heating costs.


Other features include a communal Hub containing a reception area, common room, office/meeting room, toilets and kitchen/café area on the ground floor, as well as a sleepover suite and toilets on the first floor.

With the development now handed over to Hanover Scotland, the first residents will be able to move in from mid-August.

Helen Murdoch, chief executive of Hanover Scotland said: "We are very proud of what we have achieved at Linkwood View in Elgin. Following on from the success of Varis Court in Forres, I am delighted that we have been able to develop modern housing that suits the varying needs of older people in the area. Crucially, we want people to remain in their own homes with their own front doors and our 24 hour support service, specialist dementia flats, and innovative extra care service in the other flats, is designed with this specifically in mind.

"By working in close partnership with Health and Social Care Moray, we have created a leading-edge blueprint for housing in the region which has been followed by our development currently under construction at Haugh Road in Elgin."

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