Highland Council

Badenoch & Strathspey has become only the second part of Scotland to have a control zone for short-term lets (STLs) after the rules came into force yesterday.

The Highland Council has agreed a package of £54.634 million savings as part of a three-year strategy to manage an estimated £113m budget gap. Around £26.079m of these budget savings have been agreed for 2024/25, with further savings in years 2 and 3.

A three-year strategy to manage a budget gap of £113 million is central to proposals going to Highland Council’s budget setting meeting on 29 February. Inflation, interest rates, pay increases, wider economic factors and cost pressures in key areas such as adult social care, have had a d

The agreed strategic plan for delivery of integrated health and adult social care services was noted and welcomed by Highland councillors at the Highland Council’s Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Committee. The plan, which is published online, sets out the Highland Health and Social Care Par

Highland Council has organised three public information sessions to highlight the changes the Ward 20 Short-term Let Control Area will bring when they come into effect on Monday 4 March. These sessions are being run following the Highland Council committee's decision on 14 December 2023 to designate

Health and social care services need to change in order to meet the needs of people across Highland, according to the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership’s Strategic Plan for Adult Services. The strategic plan, which is published online, sets out the Highland Health and Social Care Par

Springfield Properties has signed a new contract worth £15.3 million for the delivery of affordable housing for Highland Housing Alliance (HHA). Supported by funding from the Scottish Government, The Highland Council, and the Highland City Region Deal, the contract will see high-quality and en

Members of the Highland Council’s Housing and Property Committee yesterday approved a 7.95% increase in council house rents for 2024/25.

Hundreds of people have responded to the Highland Council’s programme of engagement, completing a survey or taking part in the budget simulator challenge. The council is facing an estimated budget gap of around £62 million in 2024-25 and is expected to need over £100m over the next

The establishment of a short-term let control area in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of The Highland Council took a step closer yesterday with members agreeing the non-statutory Short-term Let Control Area Planning Policy for use in the determination of applications and the timetable to move forwa

The first ten homes in a “truly transformative" housing development in Fort William have been handed over.

People on low income can apply for a one-off payment of £106 from the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee 2023/24 Winter Payments Scheme to help them with winter fuel bills. Leader of Inverness City and Area, Councillor Ian Brown, said: “If you live in the Aird and

Highland councillors will consider a report this week which looks at ways in which the local authority can leverage funding to deliver renewable energy projects to deliver net zero, generate income and maximise opportunities for the Highlands to benefit as a whole. Alongside this, councillors will a

At the Struan development (from left) Front: Cllr John Bruce, B&S chair, Cllr Russell Jones, Cllr Muriel Cockburn, convener THC, Cllr Bill Loban, Compass - Paul Cowie. Back: Angela Matheson (THC project manager), THC - Faye Dyer, Compass - Peter Hunter, Robert Tewnion (Image credit: Th

The Highland Council is inviting all tenants to have their say on the rent levels for the year ahead. The council is encouraging everyone that lives in a council house to take this chance to have their say, the results of this will have a direct impact on the services the council is able to deliver