NRCC meetings – normally take place on the middle Wednesday of the month at 7pm at Nairn Community and Arts Centre in King Street.
Additional public meetings may be scheduled around key topics and in other local venues as appropriate.
2023 meeting dates and minutes can be found below :
23 January 2023 Minutes NRCC plus Minute of joint NRCC meeting with Nairn West and Suburban CC)
22 February 2023 Minutes NRCC
20 March 2023 Minutes NRCC , plus Minute of Joint NRCC meeting with Nairn Westand Suburban CC
19 April, 2023 Minutes NRCC
17 May 2023 MInutes NRCC
21 June 2023 Ordinary Meeting and AGM – Ordinary Meeting Minute NRCC & AGM Minute
Nairn River CC last AGM Minutes June 2022
No meeting in July
23 August 2023 Minutes NRCC
20 September 2023 Minutes NRCC
18 October 2023 Minutes NRCC
15 November 2023. Minutes NRCC
Community Council elections were held in December 2023 across Highland.
No election was required for Nairn River Community Council as there were fewer nominees than vacancies so all nominees elected unopposed. It was very disappointing to have no new locals stepping forward to represent their community despite Highland Council ‘s publicity campaign
Community Councils are required to hold at least 7 meetings per year including our AGM. Despite COVID restrictions 2021 was our busiest year ever with 19 public meetings hosted
10 meetings plus our AGM were held in 2022 and the same number in 2023, plus 2 joint meetings with NWSCC, with additional shared community events in Autumn 2023 supporting development of a Local Place Plan for the Nairn area.
Agendas for NRCC public meetings are normally notified in public 7 days in advance on the Castle Square Noticeboard, and promoted via local social media including this website.
We encourage local residents to attend our public meetings, to learn about how local government policy making and development works and to have their say on the issues which matter to Nairn. New community council volunteers are always welcome.
All community councillors in Highland will step down for the elections at the end of 2023.
Local residents with spare time and energy to volunteer for your community, (it is an unpaid role) are encouraged to get involved and stand for election by local people as a community councillor in the autumn of 2023, to serve for the next 4 years from Jan 2024
In addition to elected members, NRCC are also always keen to welcome new (non voting) ‘Associate’ members from local interest groups and all neighbourhoods across the Nairn River community ( click to see map) to contribute local views and information at our public meetings.
With a new Academy on the way, we would particularly like to hear from young people and parents of school age children.
Nairn’s 4 Highland Councillors elected in May 2022, as ex officio CC members, are invited to all our public meetings to keep local residents up to speed with Highland Council matters, and to hear about the issues that matter to the local community.
We welcome the commitment of the newly elected Chair of the Nairn and Cawdor Ward, Highland Councillor Michael Green, who has confirmed his commitment to working with his Ward team of 3 colleagues Cllrs Laurie Fraser, Barbara Jarvie, Paul Oldham, Ward Manager Lewis Hannah and community representatives to deliver on the two following priority actions:
1/to pilot a new local community engagement group to oversee management of Nairn’s Common Good Assets
2/to collaborate on community led development of a Local Place Plan in line with the new Scottish National Planning Framework ( NPF4) which came into force in February 2023
A Local Place Plan is urgently needed to present the local community’s’ case for more public investment in Nairn’s overstretched infrastructure (including securing an A96 bypass and improving amenities and public services such as healthcare, education and transport which serve both locals and the tourist economy.
It will also help to protect Nairn’s precious natural environment by clarifying local people’s priorities for the town and surrounding areas, for sustainable local job creation and a ‘green’ low carbon circular economy, and in line with NPF4 policy, it will present proposals for regeneration of existing town centre buildings and amenities in preference to out of town newbuild.
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