“Call” for Development Sites in Highland – deadline approaching

Anyone wishing to gain Council endorsement of a significant building project in Highland should consider responding to the current Call for Development Sites.

Every 10 years, each council in Scotland must, for its area, prepare a planning document called a local development plan. This document indicates where a council is likely to grant planning permission for different land uses and where it is not.

Chair of the Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Councillor Ken Gowans said: “Any landowner or developer wishing to gain in-principle support for a project in Highland that it may wish to take forward any time over the next 10 years should act now by submitting a bid in response to the Council’s current “Call” for development sites. All submitted bids will be considered for inclusion in the forthcoming Highland Local Development Plan. “

Further details about the Call and the Plan are available via the Council’s website.

Assistant CEX - Place Malcolm MacLeod added: “We have made direct contact with representatives of the development industry active in Highland and placed advertorials in the local press but want to make sure that no-one misses out on this once in 10 years opportunity.”

 If anyone requires information or clarification further to that available online then they can email hldp@highland.gov.uk or phone 01349 886608 and ask to speak to a member of the Development Plans Team.

The deadline for site submissions is 12 noon on Friday 2 May 2025.