Highland Council

The Highland Council has agreed a budget which will see over £4.5 million of revenue investments for 2025 - 2026, over £17m additional reserves investment for major developments and the creation of over 100 jobs across the Highlands. Members agreed a 7% increase in Council Tax, one of th

The Highland Council is inviting community groups and organisations to submit Expressions of Interest for Community Regeneration Funding (CRF) to finance capital projects that will respond to the needs of their local areas and deliver positive impacts.  Community Regeneration Funding is an umbr

A plan has been unveiled to tackle £70 million in unclaimed benefits in the Highland area.

Highland Council is set to consider a proposed 7% increase to Council Tax for 2025-26 at its budget meeting on 6 March.  A 7% increase for 2025/26, represents a 5% core increase to balance the budget for the year, plus 2% earmarked for capital investment through the Highland Investment Plan. Th

An 8% rent increase has been agreed for Highland Council homes this year, which the authority said is required in order to meet increasing costs and the need to provide future housing options while keeping rent affordable for tenants.

Members of the Highland Council's Economy and Infrastructure Committee will have the opportunity to discuss progress being made for the Community Wealth Building action plan when they meet this week. The council’s Community Wealth Building Strategy 2024 – 2027 provides an alternative app

Several public drop-in sessions are being held across Caithness during February with displays of options for the future masterplanning for the area.  Highland Council officers will be on hand to explain the proposals and answer any questions.  

Good progress is being made to create sustainable tenancies in Caithness by enhancing the appeal for re-letting of low-demand void council housing.

The Highland Council is preparing a new and important planning document called the Highland Local Development Plan. The plan will ultimately be used to determine planning applications and steer future development and investment in your area. Three documents have just been published which will shape

A series of engagement events have been set up so members of the public can take part in the current consultation process on the proposed Visitor Levy Scheme for Highland.

A robust yet dynamic Lochaber Area Place Plan (APP) was agreed this week by the Highland Council. The plan clearly outlines the aspirations expressed by the communities within its boundaries, many of which link across to proposed or potential actions contained as part of FW2040 and wider Highland pl

The Highland Council has said its ambitious yet focused ‘Highland Investment Plan’ is committed to addressing the council's asset challenges over the next 20 years by using a place based approach, to ensure a more integrated community offering through the creation of new community facili

The Highland Council has appointed Pat Munro to carry out improvement works at Raigmore Housing Estate in Inverness.

The Highland Council has extended its deadline for council housing tenants to respond to a rent levels review until Monday 23 December.  Every year Highland Council invites all tenants to have their say on the rent levels for the following year. 

A pioneering clean power scheme that has cut fuel poverty in 250 Highland homes has been handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry.