Highland Council

A meeting of Highland Council on 2 March will consider a budget strategy to address a £49.2 million budget gap for 2023-24. The development of the budget for the coming financial year needs to be seen in the context of a highly challenging financial environment with public sector pay claims an

Members of the Highland Council's Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Committee have approved £266,675 worth of funding bids aimed at supporting the economic regeneration and sustainable development of communities across Ward 5. Communities were invited to apply for Community Regeneration F

The Highland Council is to invest over £680,000 this year into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in Ward 5 – Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh At yesterday’s Area Committee, councillors agreed a Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £653,75

The Highland Council is to invest over £2.8 million this year into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in Caithness. At yesterday's meeting of the Caithness Committee, councillors agreed a Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £2,684,000 spent on making impro

Badenoch and Strathspey members of the Highland Council have approved a four-year programme of works which will see over £2 million of investment in heating and energy efficiency works for council houses in the area.

The Isle of Skye and Raasay Area Committee of the Highland Council has agreed to the proposed Housing Revenue Account (HRA) priorities for 2023-2027.

The Highland Council has announced the release for public consultation of the draft Strathpeffer Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan. The Appraisal and Management Plan seek to define the characteristics that make Strathpeffer an area of special architectural and historic interest and set

The Local Flood Risk Plans for Highland & Argyll and Findhorn, Nairn & Speyside that focus on understanding the risks from all sources of flooding and setting out planned measures to reduce this risk have been published. It covers the period from now up until 2028.

The Highland Council has launched its Local Place Plans webpage, where community-led groups can find useful guidance on preparing, submitting, and registering Local Place Plans. These plans provide an opportunity for communities to set out their vision and priorities for the future, particularly aro

Badenoch and Strathspey is set to become only the second part of Scotland to have a control zone for short-term lets (STLs) after Scottish Ministers approved the move.

A significant milestone was reached at Meiklefield Road, Dingwall last week, as the Highland Council received the keys to its new housing development.

The Highland Council Housing and Property team and Tesco Dingwall have joined forces for the sixth year running to kindly help Santa deliver Christmas gifts to children currently living in homeless accommodation in the Ross-Shire area.

Work on the first new village in Skye in over 100 years begins this week with project partners Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - The National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture, the Highland Council and the Communities Housing Trust.  The community-led project will see 17 new afford

Four major redesign projects are making progress as set out in a report to the Highland Council late last week. The four projects which are priority areas for change and improvement are as follows:

The Highland Council has started the consultation on draft planning policies to support the Badenoch and Strathspey short-term let control area proposal. The proposed policies have been developed to control short-term secondary letting across Ward 20 to help tackle the rural housing crisis and suppo