Planning

An Ardersier hotel that closed down last year could be turned into a wellness centre if plans are given the green light by councillors next week.

Plans for hundreds of new homes on land to the east of Inverness look set to be given permission in principle next week - despite local concerns.

Further expansion planned at Inverness Campus will be discussed by Highland councillors next week.

A public consultation has been launched into a community benefit fund tied to a major hydro project.

A planning application has been submitted for a pumped hydro storage scheme in the Highlands which would be one of the largest of its type in the UK.

A high pressure gas pipeline next to the site of a planned 50MW battery energy storage plant near Nairn has sparked objections from engineers.

Flood risk officers have withdrawn their objection to plans for a new housing development in Auldearn.

Environmental officers have objected to current plans for a community sauna in an Inverness park.

The developer behind scrapped proposals for a new riverside nightclub in Inverness has lodged fresh plans that include holiday lets at the same site.

Complaints over plans to improve a popular beauty spot in Inverness include fears that are “completely overstated” and “not well founded in fact”.

Plans to open a second Home Bargains store in Inverness and create up to 60 new jobs have passed their latest hurdle.

A major hotel expansion which would more than double its original capacity will cut car parking bays but still provide ample, a UK chain has claimed.

A new Inverness community sauna will be a “peaceful retreat” and profits could be pumped into a local park and wellbeing projects, say the applicants.

Almost 20 new homes could be built in a Loch Ness-side village under plans lodged by Highland Council.

A former betting shop looks set to be converted into office space for Highland Council.

Dog owners in Ardersier and surroundings could see a new dedicated fenced space to walk their pets coming to the area.

A public sauna could be built in an Inverness park under ambitious plans to establish the “first urban community sauna space” in the Highland capital.

Works are well underway for the second phase of a project seeking to revitalise the Nairn Links with a new social gathering area.

A new school will be built between Nairn and Inverness after Highland Council’s education committee approved proposals.

Inverness's Kilvean Cemetery looks set to expand after plans were lodged to extend its operational life until at least 2066.