Month: June 2026 (Page 2 of 2)

What a tremendous job the After School Club did turning our IBC water unit into a five-star bug hotel! The children gathered up natural materials from the woods and working together they created a wonderful new home for all sorts of minibeasts.

We also had a bug hunt with John Orr, Highland Highlife Outdoor Ranger, who helped us explore and discover what was living around the site. The highlight of the afternoon was when one of the children found a four spotted chaser dragonfly – a very exciting find and a great reminder of why it’s so important to create and look after habitats for wildlife.

A huge well done to all the children for their hard work, enthusiasm and teamwork. What a great afternoon outdoors!

[The following email was received by SCC from Julie Aitken of Nadara energy company]

Following on from previous contact regarding Farr Wind Farm located approximately 3.7km from the village of Farr and 5.6km from Tomatin to the east, I would like to advise that are preparing to submit  an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit for our proposals to extend Farr Wind Farm. 

We are exploring the potential to develop up to ten turbines, each with a maximum tip height of up to 200 meters, potentially generating over 67MW of renewable electricity. However, this may change in response to the findings of our environmental assessments and community comments. 

We would like to start  a conversation with the local community and key stakeholders about how we make sure our plans are informed by their feedback. We will be hosting our first public consultation events locally in June. These are scheduled to take place: 

• Tuesday 16th June, 9:30am – 5pm, Farr Community Hall 
• Wednesday 17th June, 11:30am – 6:30pm, Strathdearn Hub

These events will be advertised locally and further information will be available at www.farrwindfarm.co.uk. I have also enclosed a poster advertising the events – if you are able to share this on your social media channels, that would be greatly appreciated. 

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss the proposals in more detail and I hope that we will have the opportunity to meet at the public exhibitions. In the meantime, should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Yours sincerely, 

Julie Aitken

Strathdearn Community Council meeting
Tuesday 09^th June 2026 @ 7.30pm in The Strathdearn

This meeting will also be available on MS Teams:
Link to join the meeting now
Meeting ID:  326 655 769 420 528
Passcode: zD6Vx2Ly

(NB: Meeting will be recorded to ensure the minutes are true and accurate)

Agenda for A.G.M.

1. Present
2. Apologies
3. Minutes of the AGM held on 10 June 2025 (view them here)
4. Matters Arising
5. Chairperson’s Report
6. Treasurer’s Report (view SCC annual accounts for 2025-2026 here)
7. Appointment of Office Bearers
8. AOCB
9. Close and Date of Next Meeting

Agenda for regular June meeting

1. Apologies
2. Declarations of Interest
3. Minutes of the Last Meeting (view them here)
4. Financial Report
5. Law and Order
6. Road Safety
7. Applications to the SCCT
   • Strathdearn Primary School Activities
   • Verge Cutting
8. Planning Matters
   • Local Place Plan Update
   • Windfarms – Update from SWIAG
9. Update from SCD
10. Correspondence
11. AOCB
    • Bike Park Discussion

Date of next meeting: Tuesday 11 August 2026. (Please note there will be no meeting in July 2026).

[email received from Steve and Mary MacLennan]

Hello All,  

We are sending this email in the hope that between everyone we can arrange for good future access to the cairn and grave of the living man. These are well known and documented areas of historical importance and we believe that history should be kept alive for future generations hence why these two areas have been marked. 

To help enable this, as the A9 dualling is well under way and the new improved access now started we would like to see if we can somehow come together and arrange an area around the upgraded entrance for a few cars to park so people can walk in to the cairn. 

Currently people park in front of the double gate or on the grass verge of the dual carriageway which is not safe and so if there was an area that could be open and big enough for 4 to 5 cars, rough ground, unofficial car park,  park at own risk signs displayed etc then that would be suitable. 

We hope that between everyone we can come together to help protect and preserve and promote the history of the local area to both locals and tourists. 

We look forward to hearing from everyone with their thoughts on this.  Is there anyone you think we should be speaking to also? 

Regards,

Steve and Mary MacLennan
9 Distillery Cottages, Tomatin IV13 7YT

Steve and marys fundraisers:
Rout of moy commemoration organisers

We are now half-way through the Proposed Strathdearn Local Place Plan consultation, but there’s still lots of time for you to send us any comments you have on the proposed facilities, services, and the development/use of land/buildings in Strathdearn.

Our new community-led plan covers the period from 2026-2031, so now is the ideal time for you to submit any thoughts you have, for example, for a skate park in the Strathdearn area, so they can be taken into account when the plan is finalised for submission to the Council at the end of June.

You can use our free-text comments form, or you can use our feedback form that has been designed to gather information against a set of questions. Both forms are also available in paper copy from the Local Place Plan display in The Strathdearn foyer.

The Proposed Strathdearn Local Place Plan consultation closes at 4pm (for paper forms) and 23:59 (for online and emailed feedback) on 12 June 2026. 

To read the Proposed Plan and to access all the accompanying online forms, please visit: https://strathdearn.org/local-place-plan/

We look forward to hearing from you!