Highland

Councillors have approved proposals covering Inverness and a broad sweep of the rural Highlands. If ministers agree, future conversions of homes to secondary short-term lets in the designated areas would automatically require planning permission. Highland Council has approved two new short-term let control area

Highland Council is being asked to pause an 18-month review of how health and social care are governed after its own appraisal began moving towards an Integration Joint Board, while Scottish Government reforms may remove that model from Scotland’s future system. Highland councillors will