The Highland Council has launched an eight week Common Good consultation on a proposal to dispose (by lease) of an area of Common Good Land to East Sutherland Rescue Association (ESRA).

ESRA currently lease a small area of land incorporating the existing life boat shed. It is proposed to lease a larger area to them for a period of 99 years. This will allow ESRA to seek permission to build a bigger and improved lifeboat facility including a parking area for their use. This development will be of benefit to both the local residents of Dornoch as well as to visitors to the area.

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The proposed duration of the lease and the location of the larger area on Common Good land that is currently public amenity land constitutes both a disposal and a change of use and therefore the Council is required to seek the views of the community to the proposal though a formal consultation.

The consultation runs for eight weeks and will close on 11 September 2019.