Highland Council

Members of the Highland Council’s Climate Change Committee have welcomed continued progress across a range of projects within the council’s Net Zero Programme, alongside the approval of four new initiatives to further accelerate action towards a climate-resilient and sustainable Highlan

The Highland Council's Housing and Property Committee met yesterday to agree a number of new measures, including a new finance and rent strategy, an empty homes plan and a domestic abuse policy.

Members of the Badenoch and Strathspey Committee have agreed to adopt an Area Place Plan for the region.

A Highland Council committee has agreed to progress with the process of considering the introduction of a short-term let control area after another found there was no justification to establish one in its area. Steps towards introducing a short-term let control area were considered by the local auth

The Highland Council is calling on all businesses to take part in a wide-scale survey about a shortage of homes and its impact on the Highland economy.

The first phase of a masterplan development in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye is now in place following the completion of a new access road. A place-based masterplan was developed by The Highland Council in partnership with Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association and comprised a new build primary scho

The Highland Council has been notified by the UK Government that it intends to use Cameron Barracks in Inverness to place circa 300 asylum seekers on a phased basis. In a joint statement from convenor Bill Lobban, leader Raymond Bremner, and opposition leader Alasdair Christie today, the local autho

A decision on plans to build 17 new affordable homes at Dores has been deferred for a second time by a Highland Council planning committee. The local authority's own proposal seeks to deliver a mix of single and two-storey builds on the sloping fields and higher ground on the northern edge of Dores,

The Highland Council is taking firm planning enforcement action in response to a growing issue involving the sale and marketing of small plots of land in areas such as Achnabobane, Inchbae, Garve, Roy Bridge, Spean Bridge and Daviot. The local authority said these plots are often advertised with mis

Members of Highland Council’s Sutherland County Committee have agreed to commit £250,000 of Community Regeneration Funding to launch a new Development Officer Support Scheme, designed to strengthen community-led regeneration across the region and deliver on the Sutherland Area Place Plan

The Highland Council has launched a survey about the housing needs and future aspirations of local households. The survey will allow the council to better understand the housing circumstances and needs of local households so that a good range of housing options can be delivered in the future.

Three Scottish local authorities have been named on a seven-strong shortlist from across the UK for the APSE Overall Council of the Year Award.

Energy and sustainability consultancy Carbon Futures has been appointed to two newly launched local authority frameworks.

The Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee discussed a report on the latest update on the Community Wealth Building (CWB) Strategy.  The update highlighted significant progress across key areas of economic development aimed at retaining and growing wealth within local com

The Highland Council has announced plans to build 95 new homes in Ullapool, with a mix of affordable rental properties and private housing proposed for vacant land to the west and north of the village, near the golf course.