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Community Council Interim Elections results
Published on 17 Feb 2025Six community council have received sufficient nominations and will form uncontested
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Opportunity to represent your local community with Interim Community Council elections
Published on 21 Jan 2025Nominations are invited from people seeking election to the Community Councils that have fallen into abeyance since the last round of interim elections and to reform those that have submitted a petition to be reformed.
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Community Council Scheme review, 2024-25
Published on 16 Jan 2025The Highland Council has launched a public consultation on how Community Councils in the area are created and governed (The Community Council Scheme Review).
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Community Council Elections 2024 – Still time to apply to be the voice of your community
Published on 22 Jan 2024The Highland Council is reminding anyone considering joining their local Community Council that there is still time to submit their nomination.
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Advance notice of Community Council elections 2023
Published on 15 Aug 2023The Highland Council can confirm that on Monday 4 September the process for the 2023 Community Council elections will begin.
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Pupils challenged to get creative with logo design competition
Published on 14 Jun 2023Pupils from Highland secondary schools are being invited to take part in a competition to create a logo to promote the 2023 Community Council elections.
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October Interim Community Council Election results
Published on 12 Oct 2022Following last month’s announcement of Interim Community Council elections for eight Highland communities, The Highland Council is today (Wednesday 12 October) able to confirm that four have been form
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Opportunity to represent your local community with Interim Community Council elections
Published on 8 Aug 2022Nominations are being invited from people seeking election to 15 Highland community councils.
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Opportunity to represent your local community with Interim Community Council elections
Published on 9 Aug 2021Nominations are being invited from people seeking election to ten Highland community councils covering areas in Ross and Cromarty, the Isle of Skye, Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey and Lochaber.
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Last chance to have your say on how Community Councils are created and governed.
Published on 5 Aug 2019The Highland Council is again encouraging members of the public to respond for the last time to its public consultation on how Community Councils are created and governed.
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Public invited to have their say on how Community Councils are created and governed.
Published on 8 Apr 2019The Highland Council is encouraging members of the public to respond to its public consultation on how Community Councils are created and governed (The Community Council Scheme Review 2018 - 2019).
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Review of Community Councils
Published on 17 Jan 2019The Highland Council has agreed a review of the Highland Scheme of Establishment for Community Councils as required under section 53 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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