Highlands

A report on rural housing will be presented to the Highland Council's Economic and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday 14 November.

Community organisation Knoydart Foundation (KF) has gained planning permission to build affordable homes in a remote Highland area.

Twenty new homes on the edge of Dingwall are ready to welcome tenants. The Highland Council has taken ownership from contractor Capstone for the properties at Tulloch Square/Castle – Green Lady Court that include a mix of housing tenancy opportunities including:

A major project to create a new visitor hub on the island of Canna in Lochaber has secured a £20,000 contribution from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Canna is the most westerly of the Small Isles archipelago in the Inner Hebrides. It has a resident population of 19 and welcomes 10,000

The Highland Council has appointed Markon to carry out road marking works as part of a project to revert Academy Street in Inverness to pre-Covid traffic management. Work is due to start on Monday 4 November 2024 and will take between 4 and 5 days to complete. If the weather forecast is poor, the wo

The Highland Council’s Employability team has announced details of the first Highland-wide virtual jobs fair to highlight new job opportunities that will run from the 11 to the 15 November during Scottish Careers Week 2024. The week-long virtual event is being delivered by the Local Employabil

Highland councillors will be asked to approve the repayment of £6.308 million to the Landbank Fund from income from Council Tax on second homes, at the council meeting On October 31. The additional money will support the council in finding solutions to the Highland Housing Challenge - one of s

Royal Dornoch Golf Club has announced a 50-acre land purchase which will see the Struie Course developed in years to come.  While the Championship Course is the magnet luring golfers from around the globe to the Highlands, the sister course is ranked among Scotland's top 50 links. 

The Highland Council is undertaking a retrofit project in Caol for Swedish Timber properties which aims to enhance the energy efficiency of homes, reduce carbon emissions and reduce energy demand and costs.

The Highland Council has called a Housing Challenge Summit designed to bring together all parties from national and local government and private sector interests from across the fields of energy, housing development and commerce, to focus on the region's 'Housing Challenge'.

The Scottish Government has awarded funding of nearly £760,000 for improvement works across Skye. The financial support from the Islands Programme will enable major essential infrastructure improvements in Staffin as well as community and public access improvements on routes at key locati

The competitions and procurement arm of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is inviting expressions of interest from architects and design teams to undertake a feasibility study for the redevelopment of Timespan – a vibrant and ambitious museum and cultural institution in

Highland councillors have voted to abandon plans to redesign part of Inverness city centre.

Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of a masterplan that has helped to transform John O’Groats from ‘Carbuncle of the Year’ to a thriving visitor attraction.

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