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The Highland Council Headquarters, formerly County Buildings, is a municipal structure in Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, Highland, Scotland. The oldest part of the complex, which currently serves as the headquarters of The Highland Council , is a Category C listed building .
The council is based at the Highland Council Headquarters on Glenurquhart Road, in Inverness. [15] The oldest part of the building was originally a school, which was completed in 1876. [ 16 ] The complex was bought by the old Inverness-shire County Council in the 1930s and was significantly extended in the 1960s. [ 17 ]
The former Highland region became one of the new council areas, run by the Highland Council. [7] The Highland Council has run various area committees since its creation. These were initially based on the abolished districts, but have been reviewed a number of times since. [8]
Highland Council has purchased the vans for £332,000 and they will take to the roads across the north and west of the region this summer.
Internally, the principal room was the council chamber. [10] After the abolition of Ross and Cromarty County Council in 1975, ownership of the main building passed to Highland Regional Council and, following the introduction of unitary authorities in 1995, ownership based to The Highland Council. It subsequently continued to be used by the ...
The most recent election of the council was on 5 May 2022, and resulted in a coalition administration formed by the SNP and the Independent group. [4] The Coalition had 39 councillors, and the opposition was divided between 15 Lib Dem, 10 Conservatives, 2 Labour and 4 Green councillors plus 4 independent members who were not part of the ruling group.
This is a list of community council areas established in each of the council areas of Scotland. As of 2012–3, there are 1,369 community council areas in Scotland, of which 1,129 (82%) have active community councils. There are also 3 Neighbourhood Representative Structures established in Dundee as alternatives to community councils. Scottish community councils date from 1976, when they were ...
The district council also continued to use 4 Courthouse Lane to accommodate council officers and their departments. [16] It ceased to be the local seat of government when the new unitary authority , The Highland Council , was formed in 1996, [ 17 ] and instead operated as a service point for the delivery of local services.