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Still time to apply to vote in Highland Council By-elections
Published on 26 May 2025Polling will take place on Thursday 19 June 2025 to elect one of 9 candidates standing in The Highland Council's Cromarty Firth Ward by-election and one of 8 candidates for Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò.
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Highland Council’s Waste Services team supports food bank donation
Published on 27 May 2025Last week, representatives from The Highland Council’s Waste Services Team joined The Highland Food Bank Team in Inverness for the delivery of £500 worth of food and essential items.
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Smoothing out the bumps on the Caledonia Way
Published on 27 May 2025People walking, wheeling and cycling on the Inverness section of the Caledonia Way will now have a smoother and more enjoyable journey, thanks to works carried out by The Highland Council
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Badenoch and Strathspey Committee Members agree to withdraw from the change of use application of the Square in Grantown on Spey
Published on 27 May 2025At a Special Meeting of the Badenoch & Strathspey Area Committee this morning it was agreed to revert to an invitation-to-pay donation scheme for short-term pitch lets at the Grantown on Spey Square.
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Support for those in need in Nairnshire
Published on 27 May 2025Efforts to devote funds to those most in need have been supported by Highland Council’s Nairnshire Area Committee.
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Funding boost for Dingwall’s 800th anniversary
Published on 26 May 2025Events to mark the 800th anniversary of Dingwall’s status as a Royal Burgh have been boosted following Highland Council’s approval of £51,000 in community regeneration funds.
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Supporting community action and local decision making in Nairnshire
Published on 26 May 2025A statement of community priorities and aspirations for the Nairnshire area has been backed by Highland Councillors.
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Roads update for Dingwall and Seaforth
Published on 26 May 2025Members of Highland Council’s Dingwall and Seaforth committee have been updated on the area roads capital programme.
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Regeneration Capital Grant Fund 2026-27 - opportunity to submit expressions of interest
Published on 26 May 2025The Highland Council is now accepting expressions of interest for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund for 2026-27.
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Environmental schemes on the agenda of Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee
Published on 23 May 2025Members of Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee will have the opportunity to discuss compensatory planting schemes and biodiversity enhancement when they meet on Thursday 29 May.
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Final phase for Community Council Scheme Review public consultation
Published on 23 May 2025The Highland Council has launched phase 2 of a public consultation on how Community Councils across the Highlands are created and governed.
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Former Market Trader commemorated at Inverness Victorian Market
Published on 23 May 2025Nancy Rattray, former Market Trader has been posthumously commemorated at the Victorian Market in Inverness.
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Committee to agree delivery plan for 2025/26 UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Published on 23 May 2025At the meeting Economy and Infrastructure Committee next week (Thursday 28 May) members will decide how over £3 million of funding from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)
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Funding for redevelopment of Borrodale School on Isle of Skye.
Published on 22 May 2025The Scottish Government have awarded The Highland Council £450k from the Vacant & Derelict Land Investment Programme for a project to renovate Borrodale School and School House.
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Highland Council agrees outcomes for mainstreaming equality
Published on 22 May 2025Members of Highland Council’s Communities and Place Committee have today welcomed progress against the Council’s Equality Mainstreaming and Outcomes Report.
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Highland Council drives forward with fleet management action plan
Published on 22 May 2025Highland Council has today updated members of the Communities and Place Committee on its Fleet Action Plan supplied to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland.
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Council to consult on the disposal and change of use of Inverness Common Good land
Published on 22 May 2025The Highland Council has launched a statutory Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 consultation giving the Inverness residents until 15 July 2025 to respond to a proposal to dispose, by lease, an
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Social Value Charter to Ensure Communities Get Fair Share
Published on 22 May 2025The work underway to ensure that Highland communities can benefit from profits being generated by renewable developments will be under the spotlight at next week’s meeting of the Economy and Infrastru
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Chair welcomes over £600k of regeneration funding for Highland project
Published on 22 May 2025The Chair of The Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Councillor Ken Gowans, has welcomed the announcement that a Highland project has been successful in applying for funding suppo
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Highland Council takes forward plans to explore heat networks in Inverness
Published on 21 May 2025The Highland Council is taking the next step in its journey to Net Zero by exploring the development of city-wide heat networks in Inverness.
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Partnership working to tackle climate adaptation strengthened through Highland Adapts initiative
Published on 21 May 2025Highland Council’s Climate Change Committee has today reaffirmed its commitment to climate adaptation by supporting the continued work of Highland Adapts.
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Highland Council’s Progress Update on Net Zero Programme
Published on 21 May 2025At today’s meeting of the Highland Council’s Climate Change Committee, Members were given an update on the Council’s Net Zero Programme.
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Highland Council to Promote Regional Investment Opportunities at UKREiiF 2025
Published on 21 May 2025Highland Council is pleased to announce its participation in the UK Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), taking place this week in Leeds.
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Impressive new waste and recycling figures for Highland
Published on 21 May 2025The Highland Council is pleased to announce new waste and recycling figures for the region, following the introduction of the new waste and recycling services over the last year.
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City Committee approves over £500K Investment for local play areas
Published on 19 May 2025At today’s meeting of the Inverness City Area Committee members agreed an investment of £512,052 to improve play areas across all seven wards over the coming year.
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Air quality work on agenda for City Committee
Published on 19 May 2025Inverness councillors were given an update on the air quality work undertaken by the Council’s Environmental Health Team, including project work carried out in Primary Schools
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Inverness groups awarded Common Good Funding
Published on 19 May 2025Six projects that will benefit charities, families and local sports clubs are to receive £82,880 Inverness Common Good Funding which has been awarded by Members of The Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee today.
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Winter Payments Welfare Advice boosts increased benefits awarded
Published on 19 May 2025Households in the Inverness Area have benefited significantly from Welfare Advice received by Highland Council Officers when applying for the Inverness Winter Payment Scheme.
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Candidates for two Highland Council By-Elections confirmed
Published on 16 May 2025Following today’s deadline for nominations, The Highland Council can confirm the details of all the candidates that are standing in both the Ward 6 and Ward 10 By-Election
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Biotoxins affecting Bivalve Shellfish in coastal waters in the East of the Isle of Skye
Published on 16 May 2025Highland Council's Environmental Health team have identified raised levels of naturally occurring bivalve shellfish biotoxins following routine monitoring at Loch Portree.
