Highland Council grants permission for six new affordable homes in Inverfarigaig on east bank of Loch Ness
Kinellan Building Limited applied for permission to build four detached and two semi-detached houses in Inverfarigaig, on the east bank of Loch Ness.
Members of Highland Council’s south planning committee granted the application this morning, despite nine objections from local homes.
Objections claimed the area does not need affordable housing, and also complained about the design of the houses and the tight road network around the site.
However, council planners advised that there is a need for more housing in the area, and local members agreed.
Councillor Margaret Davidson said one of the toughest challenges she has ever faced as a councillor was “convincing villages of their own housing need.”
She said: “This community needs housing, this community needs families."
And she added: “Their resistance to change is extraordinary.”
Because Inverness Royal Academy is due to go over capacity in the next few years, the developer will need to help pay for an extension.
Kinellan will also pay a developer contribution to Hilton Community Centre.
Councillors granted planning consent, on condition that building does not start until a 40mph speed limit is introduced in the village and a maintenance plan agreed for the private access road.
