Planning

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Outdated smell controls at a sewage works look set to be replaced and upgraded.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

The developer behind plans to build industrial units near Balmakeith in Nairn has replied to objections raised over the past months.

Critics of controversial plans for an EV charge hub, shop and restaurant have not been won over by changes to the proposals.

A new cattery could open south of Inverness after plans were submitted to Highland Council.

Highland Council’s forestry team has raised objections to plans to build 375 new homes near the River Ness.

Road construction works for the first phase of the Delnies housing development in Nairn has been granted permission.

The owners say they want to host ‘a mix of DJ's and bands along with dancing’.

Controversial plans for an EV charge hub, shop and restaurant on the Black Isle have fewer obstacles in their way after some objections were dropped.

Plans for a housing development in Auldearn have encountered opposition due to reported flood risk in the area.