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Nairn River Community Council is now back up and running in 2020 after a year off Our first meeting was in FebruaryMinutes of meeting February 11th 2020Our  next two public meetings  are Tuesday March 10th  and Tuesday April 14th* both at 7 30 at Nairn Community and Arts Centre ( *due to lockdown members metContinue reading “Nairn River Community Council back up and running Feb 2020”

Here is the Agenda for the next public meeting of Nairn River Community Council to be held at Nairn Community and Arts Centre on Wednesday 20th February at 7pmAgenda for Nairn River CC 20 February 2019This is an additional meeting to our earlier published scheduleHere are minutes of last meeting 23 January 2019

Here is the Agenda for the next public meeting of Nairn River Community Council to be held at Nairn Community and Arts Centre on Wednesday 23rd January at 7pmAgenda for NRCC 23 Jan 2019 We would particularly welcome local residents interested in putting their names forward for the Community Council elections this November to represent theContinue reading “Agenda for Meeting of Nairn River Community Council 23 January 2019”

Nairn River Community Council will be holding a joint meeting with Nairn West and Suburban Community Council at Nairn Community Centre on Wednesday 19th December from 7pmThis will be primarily a social meeting to review 2018. We will also  feed back on a community visit from Donna Manson the new Highland Chief Executive held lastContinue reading “Nairn Community Councils joint meeting next Wednesday 19th December 2018 and slides from community presentation for new Highland CEO 14 Dec”

The next Nairn River CC meeting will be held at the Community and Arts Centre at 7pm  on Wed 21 November 2018Here is the Agenda  and the Minutes of our last meeting ( Sept 17) Main topics discussed were Highland Councils new rules  on Developer Contributions and the mystery of the \’missing millions\’ which Highland CouncilContinue reading “Next Nairn River Community Council Meeting – Wednesday 21st November, 7pm Nairn Community and Arts Centre”

The next Nairn River CC meeting will be held at the Community and Arts Centre at 7 on Wed 19 SeptHere is the agenda   and the Minutes of our last meeting in  July 2018(We had no public meeting in August but you will see that our members have been very busy)You will also notice a newContinue reading “Next Nairn River CC meeting Wed 19 Sept 7pm at Community and Arts Centre”

The two Nairn  \’town\’ Community Councils ( Nairn River CC and Suburban and West CC) have written to Nairn Councillors and the Ward Manager this week to urge a joined up approach to the future development and improvement of the Links and seafront area. Our letter is here Links Development Nairn CCs letter to CouncilContinue reading “Links Development – Nairn community groups seek to collaborate with HIghland Council”

We are fundraising  to set up a small civic grants fund  for Nairn River Community Council to use to help out local organisations who do good for Nairn.We are having to do this as our own Highland Council grant was cut this year by 60% and we can no longer give small donations as weContinue reading “Donate to civic events and win hot local tickets for September!”

Webcast of SPAC Planning Meeting 8th August – approving 115 more houses for Lochloy estate Here is the webcast of yesterday\’s South Planning Applications Committee (SPAC)  meeting in Inverness which approved  plans for Springfield to build 115 more houses on land belonging to Nairn Councillor Liz MacDonald. This will extend the Lochloy estate to the edgeContinue reading “Highland Council passes plans for 115 more houses to extend Lochloy Estate to Kingsteps ( Webcast)”

You may recall that Nairn River Community Council submitted a Participation Request to Highland Council at the start of May, following procedures laid out in the Community Empowerment Act. NRCC Participation Request May 18 We have just heard this week that this request has  been turned down by Highland Council, as not constituting a validContinue reading “Highland Council rejects NRCC Participation Request”