Highland Council Consultation on Grant St. Yard Site Owned by Nairn Common Good

Added by NWSCC at 13:42 on 16 February 2023

The Highland Council is conducting a 2nd consultation, deadline for responses 17 March 2023, on the future of Nairn Common Good land in Grant Street opposite the old Links School, currently set up as a workshop and yard. A useful source for information is Councillor Oldham's Week 37 Substack mes...

Draft Minutes of Ordinary and Joint CC Meetings 23 January 2023

Added by NWSCC at 08:30 on 07 February 2023

The NWSCC-version draft minutes of the joint Nairn West & Suburban and Nairn River CCs meeting are linked here. Encouragingly in front of all four Nairn Councillors who had earlier attended the Nairnshire Area Committee Meeting (link to video of meeting here), a wide range of topics were covere...

NWSCC Commentary on Selection of Opportunity Cromarty Firth as a Green Freeport

Added by NWSCC at 16:45 on 24 January 2023

It was recently announced that one of the two new freeports and enterprise zones in Scotland is to be at the Cromarty Firth. The decision is likely to be a game-changer for the Inner Moray Firth region. For Nairn, it may bring some major threats and challenges. It will also, we hope, bring opportuni...

Draft Minutes of 28 November 2022 Meeting

Added by NWSCC at 10:28 on 09 January 2023

The draft minutes of the last NWSCC meeting are linked here. A wide range of topics were covered. There was discussion on the approval of the IMFLDP for Nairn at the Nairnshire Area Committee Meeting (link to video of meeting here), Local Place Plan planning and Common Good issues such as the harbou...

Draft Minutes of 31 October NWSCC Meeting

Added by NWSCC at 12:37 on 22 November 2022

The draft minutes of the last NWSCC meeting are linked here. There was an extensive discussion on planning matters, including the IMFLDP.

Local Place Plan Meeting - Presentation and NWSCC Chair Comments

Added by NWSCC at 12:44 on 14 November 2022

The Local Place Plan meeting, "A Deliverable Vision for Nairn", on 10 November was attended by around 130 people. Reporting on the meeting in an email to local Councillors, NWSCC Chairman said, "We all agreed that Nairnshire has vast potential with a lot of untapped resources and that...

Nairn Local Place Plan - An Explainer

Added by NWSCC at 16:05 on 07 November 2022

Nairn Local Place Plan - An Explainer There is an important public meeting on Thursday 10th November to kick-start the creation of Nairn's Local Place Plan. Here is a short explainer on Local Place Plans and the importance of your participation in this process. What is a Local Place Plan? Local...

Community and Arts Centre - Community Asset Transfer

Added by NWSCC at 17:02 on 26 October 2022

Membership of Nairn Community & Arts Centre As a means of securing and developing the Community and Arts Centre as a long-term asset to the community of Nairn the Board of Directors have raised a Notice of intent to secure a Community Asset Transfer (CAT), to take ownership of the building fro...

Highland Cost of Living Fund Grants Available

Added by NWSCC at 11:47 on 26 October 2022

To help alleviate the impacts that the rising costs of living are having for residents, Highland Council agreed in Sep22 to create a £450,000 Cost of Living Support Fund. Applications are now invited from community groups to for funding of up to £10,000 for local initiatives that will he...

NWSCC Meeting Planned for Sep 19th Postponed

Added by NWSCC at 10:27 on 16 September 2022

As a mark of respect for the passing of Her Majesty and her funeral, the NWSCC meeting planned for Sep 19th has been postponed to a leter date, tbd.