Inverness Campus expansion plans to be discussed by Highland Council’s south planning applications committee
Further expansion planned at Inverness Campus will be discussed by Highland councillors next week.
A hotel plus commercial and academic space are set to form the next phase of major development at the site.
The site, owned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), is already occupied by UHI Inverness, the NHS National Treatment Centre and several life sciences and tech ventures.
HIE has now lodged a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) for phase two of the campus which would be “substantially bigger” than phase one.
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Members of the south planning applications committee will have the chance to discuss the proposed development when they meet on Wednesday.
The proposed phase two development includes up to 70,000 sq m of commercial floorspace, 8000 sq m of hotel floorspace, 3000 sq m of ancillary floorspace and 2500 sq m of academic floorspace plus associated infrastructure, landscaping and green space.
A report to be presented to the committee states: “The submitted location plan and draft masterplan includes areas extending beyond the boundary of the original 2009 planning permission in principle for the campus but is in line with land identified for future development in the Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan 2.”
The site includes several undeveloped plots within phase one of the campus but mainly consists of areas of agricultural land and scrubland located to the north, east, and south of the existing developed campus area.
The eastern boundary is defined by Caulfield Road North while the northern expansion area leads across the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line and extends just beyond the proposed East Link Road where it connects with Eastfield Way.
The southern expansion area is defined by the B9006 Culloden Road and includes land parcels either side of the main access to the campus.
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