Property for rent - Site 5 Balintore Industrial Estate

The site is located within Balintore Industrial Estate. It is in close proximity to the Seaboard Villages and the newly established Highland Freeport area, and is 37 miles north east of Inverness. The adjacent industrial estate comprises 4 industrial units. The site is allocated as industrial use in the local plan.

The subject to let comprises a reasonable size, undeveloped area of land, currently used as a landscaping area of the industrial estate.

Please click here to download a copy of the letting particulars

All enquiries to Property Letting by email: property.letting@highland.gov.uk or telephone: 01463 785128 (24 hour voicemail).

Please click here to download a copy of the application pack.

We are offering a new development lease for a term of 99 years, with no break clause and rent reviews every 5th year, subject to the conditions of our standard lease for development sites on industrial estates.

Further information on lease terms & conditions and tenants’ rights & responsibilities can be found on the Council’s website in the handbook called A Guide for Industrial & Commercial Tenants.

You will be responsible for all costs and fees arising from the preparation of the lease.

The proposed use will require the Council’s consent both as landlord of the site and as Planning Authority.

Planning permission is in place for Use Classes 4 (Business), 5 (General Industrial) and 6 (storage and distribution).   (24/00798/FUL). 

There is a general presumption against the following uses:

· Scrap yards.

· Waste transfer or waste processing facilities.

· Auto salvage facilities (unless such uses do not require any external storage).

· Concrete processing.

· Builders merchants or similar with requirement  for external storage of materials.

Applicants are strongly advised to contact the Area Planning & Building Standards office to discuss their proposed use and to seek advice on any necessary permissions or consents that may be required. 

For current planning information please visit the Planning Applications section of Highland Council‘s website.

Electricity, water and drainage are currently not available within the site, though services are thought to be located nearby. Prospective tenants should satisfy themselves in this regard

The Rateable Value of the site shall require to be determined by the Assessor once the successful tenant takes occupation

All enquiries to Property Letting by email: property.letting@highland.gov.uk or telephone: 01463 785128 (24 hour voicemail).

Other contacts

If you are seeking business or property advice:

• Business Gateway - Renting Business Premises (external link)
• Business Gateway - Highland  (external link)
• Scottish Government - Business Information & Advice (external link)
• Scottish Government - Funding & Grants (external link)

If you need to contact another Council office for advice or information:

• Highland Council - contact details for North Area Planning Offices
• Highland Council - contact details for South Area Planning Offices
• Highland Council - Property for Sale
• Highland Council - Council Housing

If you need information on Non Domestic Rates or this property's Rateable Value:

• Highland Council - Non Domestic Rates
• Business Rates Guidance & Calculator (external link)
• Scottish Assessors' Association (external link)

If you cannot find a suitable industrial or commercial property on the Council's website:

• Showcase (external link)
• Novaloca (external link)
• Highland Solicitors' Property Centre