Highland Council

An online event will be held next week to allow the public to view and discuss proposals for the redevelopment of a key area of vacant land in Invergordon. The site sits to the west of Castle Avenue and the proposal is to create up to 30 new affordable homes as a first phase of a wider development w

Members of the Highland Council's housing and property committee had the chance yesterday to look at the progress made to implement the council's Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan aimed at tackling homelessness. Throughout the Covid pandemic, the council’s housing team have responded to the chal

Vacant council houses in Dingwall, due for demolition in June, are still playing an important role within the local community.

A bespoke residential unit has opened to return younger children to the Highlands. Based on the very successful model developed by the Placement Programme, this new provision is now home to three young children for the remainder of their childhoods offering stability, nurture and care.

The Highland Council has delivered a range of new energy-efficient, affordable and attractive homes in Tain within the last month.

Highland Council leader Councillor Margaret Davidson and strategic chair Councillor Trish Robertson have called on the local authority to align its thinking around climate change and poverty. Cllr Davidson stressed the importance of considering how the Scottish Government’s Just

A new welfare guide has been published on the Highland Council’s website to highlight to people across the Highlands the range of financial support and guidance which is available to them. 

The Highland Council is working with the Nairn Citizens Advice Bureau to provide a new office and IT suite along with twelve 1 and 2-bed flats for council rent on the site for the former community centre in Nairn.

The Highland Council is progressing plans to provide new modern and efficient houses in the Meiklefield area of Dingwall.

RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd is gearing up to start on the Caol and Lochyside Flood Protection Scheme this month. The £11 million project will see the construction of a 2km flood defence between the Caledonian Canal and the Soldiers Bridge on the River Lochy. The project has been designed by th

The Highland Council is now accepting expressions of interest for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund for 2022-2023. The fund, which is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government, supports locally developed regeneration projects for communities, helping with job creation and support, and

Two Highland communities and visitors to the region are to benefit from the decisions of the Highland Council’s Communities and Place Committee, as community asset transfers have been approved for the Morar and Wester Ross areas. In Lochaber, a Community Asset Transfer (CAT) request applicatio

Construction work began last week on two new community-led affordable houses to rent in Cannich in a project led by a local community group. The project has been driven by Strathglass & Affric Community Company, which was keen to see an empty building put to better use, for the good of the local

Renovation and construction work on the landmark retail and housing development at the former Arnotts store in Inverness city centre has kicked off, with a planned completion date of the third quarter of 2022.

Aberdeen-based Kirkwood Homes has pushed ahead with a £200 million plan to build up to 800 new homes at the former Fairways golf course in Inverness. A Proposal of Application Notice was submitted to Highland Council, with the developers claiming the development will create about 150 construct