Agendas, reports and minutes

A Special Meeting of the City of Inverness Area Committee will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Wednesday 7 January 2026 at 10.00 am.

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Chief Officer - Legal and Corporate Governance

Business

1.  Calling of the Roll and Apologies for Absence
Gairm a’ Chlàir agus Leisgeulan

2.  Declarations of Interest/Transparency Statemen
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt/Aithris Fhollaiseachd

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest and leave the meeting at the appropriate time.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3.  Short Term Let Control Area    
Sgìre Smachd Màil Gheàrr-ùine

There is circulated Report No. CIA/01/26 by the Assistant Chief Executive - Place.

The Committee is invited to:

i.    note the evidence presented demonstrating that the housing market within parts of the Inverness Area is subject to significant pressure, exacerbated by high rates of potential dwellings being converted to Short Term Lets;
ii.    note that the designation of any new STLCA will have no retrospective impact on existing Short Term Lets where no material change of use had occurred at the time of their establishment, and will therefore only require planning permission from new Short Term Lets established after a STLCA comes into force; 
iii.    note that in Inverness City Centre, Short Term Lets display different characteristics and present different issues relative to those in rural areas, which warrants further analysis of evidence on matters such as parking, anti-social behaviour, waste services and Environmental Health;
iv.    agree that the City of Inverness Area Committee therefore seeks to progress with the process of considering the introduction of two distinct STLCAs corresponding to the City of Inverness and wider rural areas, and in so doing;
v.    agree that progressing with consideration of a STLCA enables communities within the area to participate in that consultation at the appropriate stage, and
vi.    agree that progressing with the consideration of a STLCA enables further analysis of evidence on matters defined in recommendation iii. to be undertaken and made available to the public within that consultation exercise.