Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

Harris House has received a positive report from the Care Inspectorate following an inspection carried out in February 2025. In the report, Harris House was assessed to be good or very good in the two measured criteria and was judged to have met three areas for improvement that had been identified f

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s budget for 2025/26 was approved at a meeting of the Comhairle on 25 February. Following an amendment, unanimously approved by all members, the proposed Council Tax increase of 8% was reduced to 7.5%.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is inviting members of the public to provide feedback on the Comhairle’s 2025/26 budget proposals. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has successfully developed proposals for a balanced budget using a combination of service reductions, reserves, use of Crown Estate funding and

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is hosting a series of community conversations to gather public views on the 2025-2030 Outer Hebrides Local Housing Strategy. Members of the public are encouraged to contribute to the process of defining the strategic vision, priorities and actions of the new Local Housing

Cllr Kenny Macleod, convener of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has paid tribute to former member Angus A Morrison, who passed away on 19 January 2025. Mr Morrison served as Member for the Port of Ness ward from 1978 to 1982. His sister-in-law, Katie Mackenzie, was later the Member for the Port of Ness w

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar must find around £4 million to achieve a balanced budget for 2025/26, the local authority has warned. In December 2024, the Comhairle assessed that there was likely to be a need to make up to £2m of savings in setting the 2025 budget. Finding these savings in cu

Representatives of the Stornoway Trust, Muaitheabhal Community Wind Farm Trust and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar met on Friday 6th December to begin work to explore how offers of up to 20% community ownership in both the Stornoway Wind Farm and the Uisenis Wind Farm can best be brought into community o

The Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership (OHCPP) and its Anti-Poverty Sub-group Partners are engaging in a Winter Campaign against Poverty to help raise awareness of a range of financial and other interventions that are available to help reduce the cost-of-living effects over this Winter p

The official opening for the 12 semi-detached homes at Ionad Dotair MacLeóid took place in Lochmaddy on 29 October 2024.  The site was named after Dr Alexander MacLeod who spent over 70 years caring for people on North Uist and delivered the majority of babies on the island. He set up hi

The Care Inspectorate has published a positive report of the June 2024 inspection of the Lewis Care at Home Service. The report was very positive scoring the service as Very Good and Good in the two measured categories:

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has made two appointments to senior roles with Anne Murray moving into the position of chief officer, economic & community regeneration and John Cunningham taking the role of chief planning officer. Anne and John will bring a huge amount of experience to their respectiv

Engagement with various groups has been carried out for the preparation of the Outer Hebrides Housing Need and Demand Assessment, which feeds into the Local Housing Strategy (LHS) 2024-29. An Early Engagement Survey was also undertaken to gauge views on the direction of the LHS.

The leader of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is seeking urgent clarification from the Scottish Government around regulations on wood-burning stoves, describing the new legislative amendments as "confused and confusing".

Maree Todd MSP, minister for social care, mental wellbeing and sport and Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, minister for local government empowerment and planning officially opened the Goathill Project Development at a ceremony in Stornoway on Monday 25 March. The Goathill Development Project consists of the 52-b

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar will use a further £2 million of reserves to balance the budget for the upcoming year. The Scottish Government’s 2024 Financial Settlement represents a real-terms reduction of £1.48m for the Comhairle, taking account of the money ring-fenced for emplo