Highland Council

The Affordable Housing Supply Programme has reached a milestone for 2022/23 with the delivery of more than 500 affordable homes across Highland.

Council tax revenue ring-fenced for affordable housing could be used by The Highland Council to plug a £49 million budget black hole in an area facing chronic shortages of homes.

Residents of Tongue, Melness and Skerray area are invited to attend a Community Drop-in Session at Kyle Centre, Tongue on Thursday, 9 March 2023 from 11:30am – 1:30pm. The aim of the engagement session is to allow residents the opportunity to meet with the Repopulation Coordinator for North-We

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 former Arnotts building on Union Street in Inverness has been transformed into high-quality flats across four storeys, which will help to address the demand for rental properties in the city.

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 Highland Council has endorsed a major step in completing an updated planning strategy for the Inner Moray Firth.

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.

Members of the Highland Council’s Housing and Property Committee yesterday approved a 4% increase in council house rents for 2023/24. The council said the increase, which is well below the current rate of inflation, will help mitigate the financial challenges faced by tenants affected by the c

An interim chief executive has been appointed to The Highland Council following the departure of chief executive Donna Manson. Kate Lackie, currently acting depute chief executive/executive chief officer performance and governance with the council, takes up the interim post on 1 February 2023.

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.