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Highland development plan published Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 December 2007

The planning blueprint setting out the 30-40 year development plan within the A96 Corridor between Inverness and Nairn from 2011, was published today by the Highland Council. 

Covering all of the land eastwards from Inverness to the border with Moray and south to the B9006,  the A96 Corridor has been identified in both the Highland Structure Plan and Inverness Local Plan as the preferred location for long-term development.

The Framework Plan anticipates investment of £3 billion, infrastructure costs of £326 million, 20,000 new jobs; and 16,500 new houses for 30,000 people. 

Council convener Sandy Park said: "This document is a blueprint for the future growth of the Highlands. The A96 Corridor offers huge potential for the continued growth of both Inverness and the Highlands over the next 30 to 40 years.

"We encourage developers to recognise the huge opportunities that exist and to work with the Council and the local communities, using the framework plan as a guide.  We want to see high quality places being created in this area, with amenities and facilities that will make them attractive to live, to work in and to visit."

Councillor Drew Hendry, chairman of The Highland Council's Planning, Environment and Development Committee, welcomed the approach to meeting a projected decline in the Highland population.

"We need to be in a strong position to ensure that the conditions are right for population growth and we can do this by building up a stronger and more diverse economy, ensuring a good supply of housing land and making sure that the necessary level of infrastructure is in place to allow it to happen. 

"By the same token, we want to make sure this happens in a way that does not damage the environment which attracts people to this area in the first place.  The A96 Corridor Framework is a good example of the kind of long term planning the Government is encouraging local authorities to put in place."
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