Catherinefield Farm housing Dumfries, South West Scotland houses project, Scottish Wheatley Homes South property
Catherinefield Farm housing, Dumfries
3 March 2026
Wheatley’s largest-ever Dumfries development moves a step closer
Design: Collective Architecture
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland, UK.
All images by Collective Architecture, Glasgow.
Catherinefield Farm housing, Dumfries, Scotland
Plans for almost 300 new homes on the outskirts of Dumfries have taken a major leap forward, paving the way for Wheatley Homes South’s biggest development in the area.
The plans, approved today (Wed 25 Feb) by Dumfries and Galloway Council, will see 296 new homes built at Catherinefield Farm, including 266 new affordable homes and a further 30 being built for private sale by developer CCG.
The Wheatley development will feature a Livingwell block providing 41 flats for people aged 55 and over. Livingwell is a Wheatley service which helps older residents live independently for longer by providing personalised support, regular staff presence and a programme of social and wellbeing activities.
These new homes form part of the new-build plans by Dumfries and Galloway’s largest social landlord which will see hundreds of new and energy-efficient homes delivered from 2028 and will be delivered via funding support from the Scottish Government’s Affordable Housing Supply Programme, working with Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Work at Catherinefield Farm is expected to start in spring 2027, with families beginning to move into the homes in autumn 2028. The full site is expected to be completed by late 2031.
Alex Lamb, Managing Director of Wheatley Homes South, said: “This is a major step forward in our plans to bring more high-quality, energy-efficient homes to Dumfries.
In 2024, work was completed at a nearby site, the former Curries Yard depot in Heathhall, which saw Wheatley build 89 homes.
“The views of the local community will be central to any new homes being delivered and will help shape the proposals. We were pleased so many people attended our public meetings and shared their views on the type of housing needed locally.
“These new homes form part of Wheatley’s commitment to delivering hundreds of new homes across the region to help meet the housing need, not just here in Dumfries and Galloway and across the country.
“With support from Dumfries and Galloway Council and the Scottish Government, we will start work on delivering these new homes in 2027.”
In 2023, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Wheatley signed a strategic agreement to build new affordable homes and deliver better services to communities. The partnership recognises the roles of the council and Wheatley Homes South in delivering housing, regeneration, care, and support to the most vulnerable, driving carbon reduction and contributing to social, economic, and other objectives, including tackling homelessness.
Wheatley’s investment in Dumfries and Galloway has boosted the local economy by more than £40 million since 2019.
Wheatley, which owns and manages over 93,700 homes, was named in 2024 as the UK’s biggest builder of social housing over the past decade and delivered more social rent homes than any other housing provider in the UK in 2024/25.
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Wheatley Homes
Wheatley is Scotland’s leading housing, care and property-management group and was named in 2024 as the UK’s biggest builder of social housing over the previous decade (Inside Housing, April 2024).
The Wheatley family provides homes and services to over 210,000 people in 19 local authority areas across Scotland and comprises:
- Wheatley Homes Glasgow – Scotland’s largest social landlord, formerly known as GHA, with around 43,500 affordable homes in Glasgow;
- Wheatley Homes South – formerly known as Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP), with almost 10,400 homes across Dumfries and Galloway;
- Wheatley Homes East – with almost 6900 affordable homes in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife;
- Loretto Housing – with 2500 affordable homes in the central belt;
- Wheatley Care – which provides care and support to around 3500 people every week across Scotland;
- Lowther – which lets and manages around 2640 mid-market and full-market homes and provides factoring services to almost 29,000 homeowners;
- Wheatley Solutions – where 400 staff provide support services to the Group subsidiaries;
- Wheatley Foundation – which invests over £5 million annually supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Wheatley communities; and
- City Building (Glasgow) – jointly owned by Wheatley and Glasgow City Council, employing over 2000 employees and providing repairs and maintenance services to Wheatley homes in the west of Scotland.
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Location: Catherinefield Farm, Dumfries, Scotland, UK.
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