Highland Council

Almost 30 jobs could be created by ambitious plans to resurrect the famous Ferintosh whisky name at a new Black Isle distillery.

Dingwall and Seaforth councillors agree £324,799 budget for road repairs and maintenance.

“They are ruining Ross-shire. It doesn’t take much to just change your mindset and think ‘I’ll just take that litter home and put it in the bin’.”

The Easter Ross councillor was amongst a group pushing for a lower rent increase for Highland Council tenants.

The village could be set to see the introduction of a pet crematorium, after a new proposal has been lodged to Highland Council.

Councillor Sean Kennedy sounds alarm over residents’ safety including children branding the situation an ‘absolute disgrace’.

The administration argues the rise is needed to fund maintenance, repairs, and debt.

Opponents of the Ironworks music venue’s closure have reacted with shock at the possible collapse of plans to redevelop it as a £30 million hotel.

In its formal response councillors backed the view of officials the road network in the north is too big.

As agreed at the Dingwall and Seaforth Area Committee meeting on February 10, garage rents for Ward 8 will be increasing by six per cent in 2025/26.

‘We see the challenges faced by young people in rural communities and hope that a transformational innovation campus will be of great benefit’.

Cllr Richard Gale has tabled a motion, backed by Cllr Jim McGillivray to be considered at a meeting of Sutherland County Committee on Monday.

Mystery surrounds the future of the former Ironworks music venue site in Inverness.

Plans to install new glamping pods near a Black Isle beauty spot have raised fears about public safety if they go ahead.

The 100ft tower erected to Major General Sir Hector Macdonald - known to generations simply as ‘Fighting Mac’ - commands a stunning view.

The response cites ‘significant length of national speed limit road network and remoteness’ of the area.

A motorcycle MOT garage could be set to open on an Easter Ross industrial estate after plans were lodged with Highland Council.

Badcaul Primary, around a 30-mile drive from Ullapool Primary, has been mothballed since January 2022 when the school roll fell to zero.

The meeting will decide whether to cut council house rent rises from 8% to 6% at the expense of measures to save tenants money on heating bills.

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