Community Councils

Community Councils were established as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. They do not have statutory duties or powers, and are essentially voluntary bodies established within a statutory framework.

The key roles of Community Councils are:

• To represent the views of the community to The Highland Council and other public bodies operating in their area
• To act to further the interests of their communities
• To be consulted on planning applications within their area (The Town & Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1996)
• To consider exercising their powers to object to the granting, renewal or transfer of liquor licences. (The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976)

A number of documents have been developed to assist Community Councils with these roles.  For further details see 'current documents'.

Community Councillors contact details (149kb) for Community Council Office Bearers.