Following on from our announcement to the Community Council meeting last week, please see the attached poster for our first public workshops with our appointed artist Robyn Woolston.  Robyn is an internationally established environmental artist who will be supporting the design and creation of new art installations at the new...

Here are our Community Council's final Representations to the Energy Consents Unit of the Scottish Government for Balnespick, Clune, Highland and Lynemore wind farms. Click the links below to view or download them. Response-to-Energy-Consents-Unit-Lynemore-June-2025Response-to-Energy-Consents-Unit-Highland Wind Farm-May-2025Response-to-Energy-Consents-Unit-Clune-May-2025Response-to-Energy-Consents-Unit-Balnespick-May-2025

Date: Monday, 16th June 2025 Time: Between 4:00pm and 8:00pm We have been informed by Scottish Water that the water supply will be temporarily turned off during the above time frame to allow essential work on the Water Main. This work is necessary to support the connection of the new...

The Board of Strathdearn Community Developments (SCD) is delighted to announce the appointment of Ian McGhie as the new General Manager, effective Monday, 23rd June 2025. Ian brings a wealth of experience and leadership to this key role, which will support and guide the operations of both Strathdearn Community Developments...

Strathdearn Community Council meetingTuesday 10th June 2025 @ 7.30pm in The Strathdearn This meeting will also be available on MS Teams:Join the meeting nowMeeting ID: 372 203 576 173 9Passcode: s3n9eJ6h (NB: Meeting will be recorded to ensure the minutes are true and accurate) Agenda for A.G.M. Present Apologies Minutes...

Community Led Affordable Housing The construction phase of the community-led housing project is progressing well. Some groundworks are still to be completed, after which work on the house structures will begin. We expect this next phase to start in late June or early July. To help you plan travel in...

At the last Community Council meeting, concerns were raised that the number of councillors has fallen to four, the minimum number required by law. If one of them can't attend for any reason, no meeting can take place. If one of them retires for any reason, the council cannot continue...

Strathdearn Community Council has responded to the first of the new batch of wind farm applications. A letter has been sent to the Scottish Government's Energy Consents Unit, outlining our concerns about the Balnespick application. The letter was prepared by the Community Council with the help of William Gilfillan, consultant, and...

Strathdearn Community CouncilTuesday 13th May 2025 @ 7.30pm in The Strathdearn This meeting will also be available on MS Teams Join the meeting nowMeeting ID: 323 710 577 935 6Passcode: yh2Hm2gk (NB: Meeting will be recorded to ensure the minutes are true and accurate) Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Declarations of...

BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of Transport Scotland, is planning to carry out bridge deck refurbishment works on the north bound carriageway of A9 Findhorn Bridge near Tomatin. The works will involve concrete repairs, replacing the bridge deck waterproofing, kerb replacement, drainage improvements and resurfacing the road. These works are...

Well done Strathdearn! SCC received 184 replies to their wind farm survey - an absolutely fabulous response from a community our size. This will lend huge authority to the representations made on our behalf by SCC to the Scottish Government planning department. The information has been analysed and compiled by...

I just wanted to update you regarding haulage from Glenkirk this year.  We are planning a small clearfell operation with circa 6500 tonnes to come out, this will be above last year’s volume.  I expect the harvesting to begin in the next 2 weeks, with haulage starting 2 weeks after...

Then come to an evening with Rude & Good Comedy Link for purchasing tickets is below.  An Evening with Rude & Good Comedy Tickets, Sat 28 Jun 2025 at 19:30 | Eventbrite

Three of six proposals for wind farms in Strathdearn - Clune, Balnespick, and Highland - have applied for planning permission. Representations about these three applications may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at : representations@gov.scot ... or by post to : the Scottish Government,...

In 3 days - 10th April - the wind farm survey will close. The response has been good but could be better. Have you been intending to fill it in but not got round to it yet? Please do it now. Have you done it but other members of your...