Developers and landowners with significant building projects in mind for Highland are being urged to respond to the current "Call for Development Sites" before the deadline.

Every decade, local authorities in Scotland are required to prepare a Local Development Plan, a crucial planning document outlining where the council is likely and unlikely to grant planning permission for various land uses within its area.

Councillor Ken Gowans, Chair of the Economy and Infrastructure Committee, stressed the importance of this opportunity: "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 information regarding the Call for Sites and the Local Development Plan is accessible via the Highland Council's website.

Assistant Chief Executive - 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."