Highland Council

Highland communities will gain from a policy which seeks to secure meaningful environmental, social, and economic benefits through the Highland Council’s procurement activities. The newly agreed Highland Community Benefit Policy will ensure that community benefits are routinely considered duri

The Highland Council has approved over £800,000 of funding for 49 projects which will benefit local communities. The Highland Strategic Local Action Group met last month to consider and agree funding for the projects submitted to the Community Led Local Development Fund (CLLD), which makes up

Alison Clark has been named as chief officer - housing and communities for Highland Council as part of five new appointments at the local authority. Alison is currently head of community support, contact and engagement, responsible for customer services, community planning and engagement, a rol

Communication improvements within the Highland Council's housing service have helped to reduce the time taken to complete repairs over the past two years. A performance report to the council’s Housing and Property Committee presented quarterly data which charted its continued improvement from

The Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee has agreed how, when and where it will enable the delivery of development across the region with the approval and adoption of the Local Development Plan Delivery Programme for IMFLDP2.

The Highland Council is set to hold public drop-in sessions over two days at the end of the month to help inform the creation of an Area Place Plan for the Dingwall & Seaforth area. These sessions will allow the public to contribute, have their say and leave comments.

Five projects that will benefit students, families and local communities are to receive £72,235 Inverness Common Good Funding which has been awarded by members of The Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee. Following these latest awards, councillors agreed to close the Inver

The Highland Council is seeking contractors to tender for a Highland Energy Efficiency Framework (domestic and non-domestic). Suppliers are being invited to attend an in-person meet the buyer event on Monday 5 Aug 10:30 - 12:30 at Highland Council, Chamber, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX.

The Highland Council pays tribute to former councillor Val MacIver who sadly passed on Wednesday 17 July 2024. Val was elected as an independent councillor to serve the Ferindonald Ward in Ross and Cromarty Area of The Highland Council in 1995 and again in 2003 prior to which she was a Highland Regi

The Highland Council's Climate Change and Energy Team has earned prestigious awards for its warmer homes initiative. The team's exemplary work in providing warmer, energy-efficient homes for residents across the Highland region has garnered recognition both locally and nationally.

The Highland Council has confirmed the Section 75 Agreement for new homes in Conon Bridge, allowing Tulloch Homes, part of the Springfield Group, to move forward with their approved plans to deliver 160 private homes – of which 40 will be affordable homes – in the area. As per the agreem

The Highland Council welcomed family members of Hamish Campbell and Campbell Port to the handover of their new social housing scheme in Golspie – Campbell Close.

The Highlands is set to receive unprecedented levels of public and private sector infrastructure investment over the next 20 years combined with numerous energy companies planning to invest in the region. To ensure local communities share in the benefits of this growth, the Highland Council has intr

Highland Council has agreed a number of strategic objectives with the aim of finding solutions to a Highland Housing Challenge.

Organisations are invited to apply for funding towards projects addressing issues affecting Highland rural communities. This round of Community Regeneration Funding (CRF) of over £800k will be financed from the Community Led Local Development fund (CLLD), a competitive Highland-wide funding pr