Agendas, reports and minutes

Highland Council

Date: Thursday, 9 December 2021

Agenda: Read the Agenda (Supplementary 2)

In relation to the agenda and papers circulated for the above Meeting of the Highland Council, please find attached the undernoted which it was indicated would follow:-

AGENDA ITEM 3

Membership of the Council/Committees 

The Council is advised that, following the By-Election for Ward 21 held on 2 December, Ms Sarah Fanet (SNP) was elected as a Member of the Council.

Further information in relation to changes in the memberships of the Strategic Committees will be tabled at the meeting. 

Members are also asked to agree the following - 

South Planning Applications Committee – Mr D Rixson to replace Mr B Thompson 

AGENDA ITEM 5

Minutes of Meetings of Committees 

There are submitted the following Minutes of Meetings –

*Nairnshire Committee, 1 December

*Starred Item 4 – Inner Moray Firth Proposed Local Development Plan 2 

Noted the issues raised by respondents to the consultation on strategic matters and Officer recommended responses both as detailed in Appendix 2 to the report and AGREED TO RECOMMEND to the Economy and Infrastructure Committee the Local/City Committee’s view on these strategic matters.

**Economy & Infrastructure Committee, 2 December

*Starred Item 10 – Highland Coastal Community Fund

In terms of the resourcing requirements of the scheme and the added value to applicants and Members that could be achieved with adequate investment into the administration of the fund, AGREED TO RECOMMEND that up to 7.5% of the £3m allocation was ringfenced for this purpose to ensure appropriate and adequate resourcing of the scheme.

*Starred Item 15 – Car Parking Roll Out Project

In terms of the proposal at Paragraph 4.4 of the report to rebase the Service budget for car parking income to reflect the long-term impact on changing patterns of car parking usage on income received from car parks, AGREED TO RECOMMEND that the proposal should come to the Council in March 2022 to be considered as part of the budget setting process. 

Tourism Committee, 6 December  

AGENDA ITEM 20

Timetable of Meetings

The Council is asked to agree the following – 

Additional Meeting of the Badenoch & Strathspey Area Committee to be held on Tuesday, 21 December 2021.                    


Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance