Highlands

Work on a £3 million leisure centre refurbishment project in the Highlands is now complete. The scheme at Thurso Leisure Centre was carried out by Pick Everard, Leslie Hutt Architects and O'Brien Construction on behalf of the local authority.

Court of Session SSE and the John Muir Trust (JMT) have reached a settlement in relation to court expenses incurred due to a dispute over a planned wind farm in the Highlands.

Plans have been submitted to Highland Council to build a dairy in a Wester Ross village. Revised proposals lodged by the Lochcarron Community Development Company feature a dairy, a retail area and cafe, along with parking for 30 vehicles at Ribhuachan.

The site at Stronelairg A Moray engineering and construction company has secured its biggest contract ever with a multi-million pound windfarm deal.

An architecture practice from Skye has unveiled plans to more than double in size as it hopes to “give value to Highland architecture”. Dualchas Architects, formed in 1996 by twin brothers Alasdair and Neil Stephen, is celebrating its 21st anniversary with a rebrand that its founders hope will e

Mears has signed a new deal with the Highland Council which will see millions of pounds saved over the lifetime of the Private Public Partnership (PPP) Highland Schools Project. The company entered into a 30-year contract with Alpha Schools (Highlands) and the council to carry out Total Facilities M

A previous development phase at Ness Castle Plans have been lodged for the next phase of a housing development in the south-western outskirts of Inverness.

The Highland Council has awarded three contracts valuing £7.9 million in total for works at three Inverness schools which are expected to commence in April 2017. A £3m contract has been awarded to McGregor Construction at Cauldeen Primary School. The works will include the construction of an exten

New plans have been submitted for 24 holiday apartments and four semi-detached cottages within the grounds of Dornoch’s Royal Golf Hotel. Working alongside Kirkwood Homes and Dornoch Development Ltd, Lippe Architects plans to deliver two apartment blocks each housing twelve, two bedroom apartments

The demolition of all non-listed buildings at the Inverness College site at Midmills in the city centre is to begin next month to make way for more than 80 retirement homes. Retirement home provider McCarthy & Stone, which acquired the site from Highland Council, will build 45 homes on the vacan

The Scottish Government has granted planning consent to its third floating windfarm following today’s approval of a demonstration project near Thurso. The two turbine Dounreay Trì Floating Wind Demonstration Project will be located approximately six km off the Caithness coastline.

ScotRail Alliance has appointed a design team to work on a new look for Inverness Station prior to tenders for the construction work being invited in autumn 2017. Mott Macdonald will produce detailed designs around how the station’s frontage, forecourt and concourse will look when the £6 million

Proposals for a new bridge to cross the River Spey near Kingussie go on display today as part of the consultation process for the preferred option for the A9 Dualling Crubenmore to Kincraig scheme. The existing bridge and embankment will be removed and a new dual carriageway bridge crossing the Riv

Artist’s impression of the new development Developers are to fast track construction work on Aviemore’s new £10 million retail park to ensure the first tenants have their new stores up and running for the festive season.

Highland councillors have approved plans to build a £23 million court and justice centre in Inverness and a new railway station near Inverness Airport. Designed by Reiach & Hall Architects, the two-storey justice centre will be developed on the site of a former bus depot between Longman Road an