Highlands

Architects Covell Matthews’ impression of the finished hotel The historic Kings House Hotel is set for a major facelift following Highland Council’s approval of plans to rejuvenate the Glencoe landmark.

Highland councillors have approved plans for an alloy wheel manufacturing facility at Fort William in Lochaber. The facility, which involves an investment in excess of £130 million and will sustain and create around 570 jobs, was unveiled by industrial group GFG Alliance in September.

Whisky producer Glenmorangie has announced plans for a new still house as part of a multi-million-pound expansion of its distillery in Tain. The Highland firm has submitted plans for the facility and subject to approval, aims to start work this year with completion scheduled for 2019.

Work is underway on a “game-changing” transformation of former Inverness school buildings to give the Highlands its first creative hub. The initial £1.2 million project is the first phase of a wider £5.7m scheme to transform the Midmills buildings (once part of the Inverness Royal Academy and

The newly-opened £20 million Nucleus building in Wick, built by Morrison Construction, took home two awards at the inaugural Architects' Journal Architecture of the Year Awards this month. The building, designed by Reiach and Hall and home to the national archive for the civil nuclear industry, won

Capital Developments Ltd has submitted a planning application for a new residential and commercial development in Inverness in partnership with the Highland Housing Alliance and the Highland Council. The development at 79 Academy Street will add to the regeneration of a gateway to the city centre to

A blog on Inverness by the Scottish Cities Alliance featuring The West Link as it opens to traffic and Inverness Airport Business Park's opportunities. A vital piece of infrastructure has opened in Inverness which will boost economic growth and ease congestion.

George Fraser, chief executive of Tulloch Homes, outside another development in Inverness Proposals for 767 new homes in Inverness look set to be granted planning permission by councillors next week.

Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has started work on the full concept design for the new £70 million HMP Highland in Inverness. The initial designs by BakerHicks, which were used to achieve Planning Permission in Principle, are now being developed by their design team to

Inverness is regarded as a high priority area for the new homes A five-year strategy to enable the delivery of 6,000 new homes across the Highlands, of which 2,500 will be socially rented, has been agreed by councillors.

Two major planning documents that will shape the growth of Inverness have been approved by members of the Highland Council’s city of Inverness area committee. The Draft Inverness East Development Brief sets out plans for developers to deliver up to 3,000 new private and affordable homes and a suit

Robertson Northern is starting work on a £3.6 million contract to build a selection of affordable homes in the Midmills area of Inverness. The contract, awarded by Highland Council, will see Robertson Northern build 31 new apartments at the former Inverness College site.

A bunker built to survive a direct hit from World War Two's most powerful bombs has been offered for sale. Prospective buyers have until 2pm on Wednesday 6 December 2017 to make their offers for the subterranean property in the Raigmore area of Inverness.

Agents have been appointed to attract new investors and developers to realise “ambitious” plans for expansion at the iconic location of John O’Groats. Located on the far north coast of Scotland in the county of Caithness overlooking the Pentland Firth to the Orkneys, the popular tourist destin

Morrison Construction has started works on the £15 million Ardross Distillery development in the scenic Averon Valley, 30 miles north of Inverness. The project for Ardross Investments Ltd will involve the refurbishment and extension of a dilapidated farm complex on a private 50-acre site that inclu