Community Councils

The Council has approved a new Scheme of Establishment for Community Councils which came in to force on 1st April 2011. 

Community Councils were established as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

Community Councils have statutory duties in terms of licensing and planning however they 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 Council office-bearers' contact details

The contact details for Community Council office bearers can be accessed here:

• Community Councillors Contact Details (133kb EXCEL version)
• Community Council contact details (620kb PDF)

Please note that Community Councils have been allocated a Ward on the basis of where the majority of their area lies. Where a Community Council is split between two Wards then this is noted.  Boundary maps of each Community Council area can be accessed here