Contacts and Office Locations

Map showing the local Planning Office location and 2 Development Management Operational Areas

Director of Planning and Development

Stuart Black
Email the Director of Planning and Development

Head of Planning & Building Standards

Malcolm MacLeod

Head of Environment & Development

George Hamilton

Development Plans Manager

Scott Dalgarno

Building Standards Manager

Glenn Campbell

Planning & Development Service
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX

Tel: (01349) 886 608
Fax: (01463) 702 298
Email: planning@highland.gov.uk

Area Planning and Building Standards Office Contacts

For local Planning or Building Standards guidance and applications, you should contact your Area Planning office (contacts below).  To submit a planning application or to get guidance you may first wish to look at our Planning Applications page.  If you are posting a planning application to us (whichever part of Highland the development is in) please send it to:

ePlanning Centre
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX

North: Caithness| Sutherland| Ross| Skye

South: Inverness| Nairn| Badenoch and Strathspey| Lochaber 

North

Dafydd Jones
Area Planning Manager (North)

Tel: (01349) 886 608
Fax: (01349) 864 675
Email: planning.rossandcromarty@highland.gov.uk

Caithness Planning and Building Standards Office

Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning and Building Standards Office

Ross Planning and Building Standards Office

Skye Planning and Building Standards Office

South

Allan Todd
Area Planning Manager (South)

Tel: (01349) 886 608
Email: planning.inverness@highland.gov.uk

Inverness Planning and Building Standards Office

Note: Although Inverness houses the Planning and Development Services Headquarters in Glenurquhart Road, for general enquiries (submission of applications etc.), your point of call should be the office located in Beechwood Business Park, Inverness.

Nairn Planning and Building Standards Office

Please note that the Nairn Planning and Buidling Standards Office at Baron House, 88 High Street, Nairn, IV12 4AU is now closed.  Planning and Building Standards applications and queries for Nairn should now be directed to our Inverness office; contact details are above.

However, please be aware that application forms and plans can still be viewed at The Nairn Service Point, The Court House, High Street, Nairn, IV12 4AU.

Badenoch and Strathspey Planning and Building Standards Office

  • Planning and Building Standards queries should be directed to:
    100 High Street
    Kingussie
    PH21 1HY

    Tel: (01349) 886 608
    Fax: (01540) 661 001
    Email: planning.badenoch@highland.gov.uk

Lochaber Planning and Building Standards Office

  • Planning and Building Standards queries should be directed to:
    Fulton House
    Fort William
    PH33 6XY

    Tel: (01349) 886 608
    Fax: (01397) 707 022
    Email: planning.lochaber@highland.gov.uk

Ward 7 (Cromarty Firth) and Ward 8 (Tain & Easter Ross)

The Dingwall Planning & Building Standards Office will no longer be registering planning applications for Ward 7 or building warrant applications for Wards 7 and 8 (map - wards 7 and 8 - pdf 2.4mb).  For local Planning or Building Standards guidance or for Building Warrants please contact the Drummuie Office in Golspie (contact details above).  If you wish to submit a planning application, please do so to:

ePlanning Centre
The Highland Council,
Glenurquhart Road,
Inverness,
IV3 9NX

Development Plans

Director of Planning and Development
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX

E-mail: devplans@highland.gov.uk
Telephone: Tel: (01349) 886 608
Fax: (01463) 702298

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