News archive
News published August 2009
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Anti-counterfeit work wins award for The Highland Council
Published 13 Aug 2009The Highland Council has received a Certificate of Excellence for its work relating to authenticity testing of branded spirits.
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New Public Toilets For Fort Augustus
Published 13 Aug 2009Visitors will soon be able to make use of new public toilet facilities at Fort Augustus.
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Strengthening bonds of friendship between Inverness and St Valery-en-Caux
Published 13 Aug 2009Provost Jimmy Gray, Chairman of The Highland Council’s Inverness City Committee, will visit St Valery-en-Caux later this month to renew and strengthen bonds of friendship with the city’s French tw
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Want to know what goes on behind closed doors?
Published 13 Aug 2009There is a chance next month (September) to explore more than 30 buildings in The Highland Council area, which are not normally open to the public. As part of the annual National Doors Open Days eve
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Invergordon Planning Refusal Confirmed
Published 12 Aug 2009The Highland Council’s Planning Environment and Development Committee has confirmed a decision taken by its Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning Applications and Review Committee on 19 May
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ASDA Planning Decision
Published 12 Aug 2009The Highland Council has been notified of the Scottish Ministers’ decision to confirm approval of ASDA’s planning application at Slackbuie, Inverness. The Council welcomes the decision but is disa
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Young people urged to unlock finances to help them stay on in education
Published 10 Aug 2009Young people in the Highlands who have decided to stay on in education are being reminded by The Highland Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Service to apply now for an Education Maintenance All
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Meeting the Planners at Belladrum
Published 10 Aug 2009The Highland Council Development Plans Team were at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival at the weekend asking people what they would like to see in their new Highland wide Local Development Plan.
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Revised Policy Aims to Increase Housing in the Countryside
Published 10 Aug 2009The Highland Council’s Planning Environment and Development Committee is being asked on Wednesday to revise its guidance on housing in the countryside to allow more homes to be built and help the
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Pilot Webcasting Scheme for Highland
Published 7 Aug 2009The public will soon be able to follow debates on important Highland planning and licensing issues from the comfort of their own homes.