What the committee does
The committee is responsible for a range of local governance and community-focused activities.
Read the committee’s minutes and agendas
Its remit includes:
- appointing the Chair of the Local Committee, who is responsible for running the Committee and managing its functions
- appointing a Civic Leader where appropriate
- working with partners to promote the area and support its future prosperity, including inward investment, regeneration and economic development
- developing connections with the local Community Partnership and ensuring Council support for its activities
- supporting the Council’s place-based approach to service design and delivery, including community involvement and the adoption of any place plan relevant to the area
- scrutinising and monitoring the local delivery of Council services, within approved resources and strategy
- scrutinising the performance of, and engaging with, Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
- monitoring the delivery of Council Capital Projects in the area, as agreed in the Council’s Capital Programme
- approving delegated local functions, including:
- Road Traffic Orders
- Road Construction Consents
- Upholding Access Rights, such as Notices under various sections of Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- championing local initiatives that promote and support the traditional languages, heritage and culture of the Highlands
- dealing with requests for and making nominations or appointments to local outside bodies not covered by the Council or Strategic Committees, such as Local Access Forums (only where multiple nominations or appointments are necessary)
- agreeing methods and approaches for local community engagement and participation in relation to local resource prioritisation
- ensuring all local decisions comply with legislation governing the Council’s work, the approved Scheme of Delegation to Committees and Officers, and the Council’s Financial Regulation
- adopting a participatory resourcing approach to support greater community involvement in service design, delivery, priority setting and, where appropriate, resource deployment
- considering and promoting local initiatives that advance equality under the Equality Act and tackle socio-economic disadvantage
Further details about the committee’s remit and delegated powers are available in the council’s Scheme of Delegation.
Download area priorities documents