Highland Council

The Highland Council has submitted plans for 93 new homes in Cromlet, Invergordon.

The Highland Council is piloting a new open market purchase scheme to buy directly from owners in a bid to bolster its housing stock. The council is asking anyone considering selling a house to contact them and help make to make a difference to families who are in need of a home.

The Highland Council has launched an additional Community Empowerment consultation giving the Nairn community until 31 January 2022 to respond to a proposal to dispose, by sale, of Sandown Lands, Nairn.

Proposals for affordable housing investment between 2022-2027 and the planned investment programme to 2027 have been approved by the Highland Council's housing and property committee.

Proposals to provide almost £3 million to help households in fuel poverty in Highland this winter have been approved by members at the meeting of the full Highland Council on Friday.

A pilot scheme by The Highland Council to develop housing provision that sits as a “stepping stone” between living entirely independently in the community, and living as a resident in the Telford Centre Care Home in Fort Augustus has picked up a top prize at the 2021 SURF Regeneration aw

Highland councillors have agreed an ambitious approach to developing a net zero strategy and action plan for the region that will maximise external funding to deliver its climate change targets.

Proposals to provide almost £3 million to help households in fuel poverty in Highland this winter will be considered by members at the meeting of full council on December 9. If agreed, a payment of £180 would be made to around 16,440 eligible Highland households where residents are in re

People on low income can apply for a one-off payment of £88 from the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee 2021/22 winter payments scheme to help them with their winter fuel bills. Councillor Helen Carmichael, provost and leader of Inverness Area, said: “If you live i

The Highland Council has taken possession of a further ten new homes at Kinellan in Strathpeffer. The phased handovers of small groups of properties in the Kinellan development have added a total of twenty-one new homes to the council’s housing stock, including a range of wheelchair accessible

Part of the Draft Inverness City Centre Masterplan discussed last week during the Highland Council's city of Inverness area committee has highlighted the provision of more quality homes within the city centre.

Stark figures illustrating the deeply concerning level of fuel poverty and tough financial decisions being faced by residents throughout the Highland region, particularly those in rural areas, were presented to members of the local authority's corporate resources committee yesterday.

The Highland Council is working in partnership with the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership to proactively bring privately-owned empty homes across the Highlands back into use. With funding support from the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, the council has been able to employ Jonathan Henderson as its

The Highland Council has received funding to provide financial help for tenants in social housing and the private sector at risk of becoming homeless after falling behind with rent payments during the pandemic. The Tenant Grant Fund is in addition to services already available for those struggling w

A bold and ambitious strategy to transform Inverness into the place to live, work, enjoy and do business in Scotland will be presented to the City of Inverness Area Committee next week.