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Rainbow Fields, KA19 7EH

Some of the houses in Phase 1 of the Tunnoch Farm development are already occupied. This view shows the access road for the site with the original farm buildings visible on the far right.

Milestone Developments have acquired a large field at Tunnoch Farm, Maybole, where they plan to build 124 houses. Work started on Phase 1 in early 2021. After marking the site out, the first task was to instal the new sewer system, shown here alongside the site access road.

The foreground of this shot shows a typical view of The Glebe after a period of wet weather. The developer’s website describes this part of the site as “natural open space”. The area on the other side of the temporary fence will hold the SUDS pond which is to help control the flow of rainwater from the site. Image and Image show that this has always been a boggy site.

Some of the houses in Phase 1 are already occupied. Image shows the site in February 2021 before the building work had begun.

This shot from 1975 shows a once-common sight in lowland Ayrshire when dairying was the mainstay of local agriculture. This herd of traditional brown-and-white Ayrshire cattle is being returned to a field after milking at Tunnoch Farm. Black-and-white Friesian cattle became more popular as they were better suited to the secondary production of beef. There’s not so much dairying around here now

Milestone Developments have acquired a large field at Tunnoch Farm, Maybole, where they plan to build 124 houses. The site will include a SUDS pond. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems are designed to control the run-off of rainwater, protect the water quality, provide an amenity for residents and promote biodiversity of water life. 124 houses certainly will produce a lot of surface water compared with the existing field. Water leaves the site via the burn that runs alongside the Crosshill-Maybole road before crossing to the cemetery side, eventually joining the Water of Girvan at Baird’s Mill. Apparently the plan is to fill in the existing boggy ground, shown here beside the site board, and to leave the area as open space.

Milestone Developments have acquired a large field at Tunnoch Farm, Maybole, where they plan to build 124 houses. The view from the adjacent playing fields at The Glebe shows the full extent of the housing development which will lie on the raised area in the background above the level of the surrounding marsh. The site will include a SUDS pond, to be located on the higher ground approximately behind the rugby posts in this view. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems are designed to control the run-off of rainwater, protect the water quality, provide an amenity for residents and promote biodiversity of water life.