Planning

The owners of Ardersier Port have confirmed that plans are underway to expand the site by almost 200 acres.

Difficulties recruiting staff have sparked an expanding business’ plans for employee houses.

Approval for a £6m EV hub, shop and restaurant in North Kessock has delighted the developer but “bitterly disappointed” some in the community.

A major new storage container business could open its doors in Easter Ross to meet expected demand from the Inverness and Cromarty Freeport.

Planned accommodation at Inverness Campus will be key to encouraging students in the Highlands to consider healthcare careers, says NHS Highland.

Accommodation for up to 100 hospital staff and students is being planned at Inverness Campus.

“Poor quality” signs on a city centre holiday apartment business have earned Highland Council's ire after they fell foul of planning rules.

Two major restaurant or retail chains could be coming to North Kessock as part of a new EV charging park.

Fergus Ewing warns ‘never make the same mistake twice when you can make it five or six times and be sure’.

Plans for a major 238MW wind farm with up to 36 turbines on the hills west of Beauly will go out to public consultation this month.

Outdated smell controls at a sewage works look set to be replaced and upgraded.

A new boardwalk and path improvements are set for an Inverness beauty spot after Highland Council gave the project the thumbs up.

A new staff accommodation block in Inverness city centre will help a riverside hotel reopen, its owners have argued.

Plans for a new church in Inverness have cleared a hurdle after securing planning permission in principle.

Expansion plans by a popular Inverness city centre café and bakery have been given the greenlight.

A third Domino's pizza takeaway looks set to open in Inverness after plans were lodged for a new site in the city.

A successful Drumnadrochit business is looking to increase the size of its outdoor hot and cold food hut.

As one councillors assures the public ‘you will not get someone suddenly coming out with an axe and go screaming down Academy Street at 3am’.

A former kirk in Dores which has not been used as a church since 2020 is set for a new life as a house after plans were approved.

Plans to replace several city centre phone boxes with public wi-fi hubs face another hurdle after falling foul of road safety concerns.