This building is a Community Hall in Nigg, Tain. The property has been given an indicative valuation of £45,000 and is currently being used by both the Community Council and a local trust for the purposes of meetings, weddings and social events.
The case was notified to the KLTR by a Utility company in March 2023 and it is understood that the property was previously owned by Nigg Community Hall which was dissolved in October 2015.
A new trust, Nigg Community Hall Ltd was incorporated in May 2016 when the previous company was dissolved. It would appear that the property was not transferred to the new trust during this process.
The OPTS process is now being followed through the Public Trawl, which will be completed in August 2024. The trawl process allows public bodies up to 1 month to intimate if they wish to acquire the property.
If no public bodies wish to take ownership, the property is then offered to the relevant local authority, which has up to 3 months to respond on whether they wish to take ownership and, if not, a further 3 months to respond if they wish to support a community proposal.