Property for rent - Site 7B Brora Industrial Estate, Brora

The site is located within Brora Industrial Estate, Stafford Terrace, Brora. It is within close  proximity to the A9 trunk road and is 57 miles north of Inverness. The industrial estate is also within reasonable distance of all local amenities.   

It comprises a large, undeveloped area of land, presently covered with gorse and grass.  

Please click here to download a copy of the letting particulars

Please email property.letting@highland.gov.uk to request an application pack.

We are offering this site for lease for a minimum period of five years.   Usually, our development leases are for a 99 year term with no break clause and requiring a permanent structure to be erected on site, but we are open to negotiation for a shorter lease term with a break clause, no permanent structure, and a minimum three months' termination period. Rent reviews are every five years.

You can view further information on lease terms and conditions and tenants’ rights and responsibilities in our Tenants' Handbook - A Guide for Industrial & Commercial Tenants.

You will pay the first three months’ rent before taking entry to the property and thereafter you will pay monthly in advance by direct debit.  

You will be responsible for meeting the legal costs of preparing the lease.  You will also be liable for any LBTT, Registration Dues and VAT thereon.

The site is located within an existing industrial estate and your proposed use will require the Council’s consent both as landlord of the property and as Planning Authority.  There is a general presumption against the following uses:

· Scrap yards.

· Waste transfer or waste processing facilities.

· Tyre shredding / processing.

· Auto salvage facilities (unless such uses do not require any external storage).

· Concrete processing.

· Builders merchants or similar (with requirement for external storage of materials).

If your application is successful and the Council, acting as landlord, offers you a lease of the property, this does not negate your responsibility to obtain any permissions or warrants that may also be required from the Council acting separately as Planning or Building Control Authority.  You are advised to contact the local Planning & Building Standards office to discuss your proposed use and to seek advice on any planning permissions or other consents that may be required.

Telephone: (01349) 886608 via Highland Council’s Service Centre or please click here to access the Online Form.

Services are believed to be located nearby but you should make your own enquiries with utility providers.

Services are believed to be located nearby but you should make your own enquiries with utility providers.

You will be responsible for paying the Non Domestic Rates, which are calculated by multiplying the Rateable Value by the Annual Business Rate.

Further details regarding the Business Rate,  including any discount available via the Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) can be obtained from Non Domestic Rates, Highland Council:

Telephone: (01463) 702984    Email: nondomesticrates@highland.gov.uk

Any queries regarding the Rateable Value should be pursued with the Assessor to the Highlands & Islands Joint Board.

Telephone: (01463) 703311    Email: assessor@highland.gov.uk

As the land is undeveloped, no rateable value currently exists.  This will be set by the Assessor once the land is developed by the tenant.

The 2022/23 Annual Business Rate is 49.8p.   Currently, you don’t have to pay Non Domestic Rates if the total rateable value of all the properties you own or lease is less than £12,000 but this threshold may change in future.  Further detail can be found here.

All enquiries to Property Letting by email: property.letting@highland.gov.uk or telephone 01463 785128 (24 hours).

If you are seeking business or property advice:

• Business Gateway - Renting Business Premises
• Business Gateway - Highland 
• Scottish Government - Business Information & Advice
• Scottish Government - Funding & Grants

If you need to contact another Council office for advice or information:

• Highland Council - contact details for North Area Planning Offices
• Highland Council - contact details for South Area Planning Offices
• Highland Council - Property for Sale
• Highland Council - Council Housing

If you need information on Non Domestic Rates or this property's Rateable Value:

• Highland Council - Non Domestic Rates
• Business Rates Guidance & Calculator
• Scottish Assessors' Association

If you cannot find a suitable industrial or commercial property on the Council's website:

• Showcase
• Novaloca
• Highland Solicitors' Property Centre