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...

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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...

We are excited to share news on our exciting community projects and events! For the latest updates on the new SCD chair and staffing, the community housing project, free eBike trials and local events, read on! SCD Director and Staff update The SCD Board have appointed Graeme Ferguson as their Chair and are pleased that Duncan...

Strathdearn Community Council on Tuesday 8th April @ 7.30pm in The Strathdearn This meeting will also be available on MS Teams :Meeting ID: 339 013 657 704 Passcode: cb75QA73Teams Link (NB: Meeting will be recorded to ensure the minutes are true and accurate) Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Declarations of interest...

It is vital that you complete the survey. This may be your only opportunity to have your say before key planning decisions are made which will directly shape the future of our community. The Community Council is gathering residents’ views on six proposed wind farms in Strathdearn—Balnespick, Clune, Lynemore, Highland,...

As most of you are aware, there are 6 proposals in the pipeline for new or extended windfarms in Strathdearn. Two of these, Balnespick  and Clune Windfarm, have now been submitted to the Energy Consents Unit for planning permission. Our Community Council appointed a windfarm advisory group to look at...

The SCD Board have started the search for a General Manager. This will be an operational leadership role to support and guide all employees and board members of Strathdearn Community Developments (SCD) and White River Trading (WRT). This central role will tie together all SCD / WRT operational and oversight...

Pedlar's book - "A Journey Through Tomatin and Strathdearn" is finally available on Strathdearn Community Website. Sorry for the delay - we promised it would be ready weeks ago - but it triggered a cascade of changes and other additions which took a while to work through . The result...