School Estate Management

Highland Investment Plan – Community PODs

In May 2024, Highland Council agreed a new approach to develop sustainable local services and communities for the future.  The Highland Investment Plan sets out a plan for the development of communities across Highland, with over £1bn of capital investment in local service provision, including schools and roads, over the first 10 years.

The planned capital investment through the HIP will result in significant improvements to the school estate as part of the wider vision to create public services for the future. However, we cannot afford to rebuild all these establishments on a like-for-like basis.

New or repurposed Community Points of Delivery (PODs) must support the delivery of services for the “Council of the Future” as well as co-locating public bodies, other partners and community facilities.

In March 2025, the Council agreed the allocation of capital funding to the first group of HIP Phase 1 projects at Beauly, Charleston, Dingwall, Dunvegan, Fortrose, Inverness High and Thurso and the proposed project delivery timescales.

The pages here are in the process of being set up for each of these projects along with other projects at Broadford, Nairn, Tain and Tornagrain that were previously included in Council’s capital programme.

There are also links that highlight other workstreams and capital projects and these will continue to be updated.