Highlands

Highland Council’s £2.1 billion 20-year investment plan will add significant capital on top of existing and additional new commitments of £50 million for roads and transport infrastructure agreed as part of the 2024 budget setting process.

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

The Highland Council has awarded the Naver Bridge replacement contract to Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd with set-up works commencing soon after 1 August 2024.

A development of 47 new homes in Drumnadrochit has been granted planning approval following an appeal. Springfield Properties has already delivered 35 homes – including affordable homes – just off the A82 in the highland village on the banks of Loch Ness. The proposals for the next phase

Members of the Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee have endorsed the Final Business Case (FBC) for the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, signifying another major step forward in the development of Highland as a global centre for Green Energy and inward investment

SSEN Transmission has today awarded the first phase of the c. £690 million Skye 132kV reinforcement project to Balfour Beatty. On completion, the project will ensure the supply of secure, clean electricity to thousands of homes and businesses across the Hebrides and West Highlands.

Revised plans to demolish a property in Glencoe, made notorious as the home of disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile, to make way for a new residence look set to be given the green light. Allt-Na-Reigh near Ballachullish has been subjected to continued vandalism despite also being the pre

The Highland Council has approved the onshore plans of the West of Orkney Windfarm – which is advancing a major offshore wind project off Scotland’s northern coast. The council’s North Planning Applications Committee met yesterday and approved the project’s onshore applicatio

A mix of properties for social rent, mid-market rent and Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers (LIFT) are now available in the scenic village of Drumnadrochit.

Inverness councillors have welcomed the increasing transformation of the Victorian Market as a city centre destination for quality good food experiences and shopping.

A planning application for Scotland’s first purpose-built bike park has been submitted to The Highland Council.

Highland Council has unveiled a new online tool which will help speed up the process of identifying households that are most in need of energy efficiency improvements. Last year the local authority launched its pioneering Energy Benchmarking Tool which is used to monitor non-domestic property-relate

The leader of The Highland Council, councillor Raymond Bremner, laid out the region's investment potential at the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF). The leader and Allan Maguire, Highland Council’s head of development & regeneration, attended this week’s ev

Turner & Townsend has said it will continue to work as strategic project and commercial management advisor on the redevelopment of the Ardersier Port following the recent financial investment decision. After an initial investment of £300m from energy investment firm Quantum Capital Gr

A Highland Investment Plan worth £2 billion over the next 20 years has been approved by the local authority.