Author Archives: Geoff Semler

Proposed food store for Portree

The following has been reproduced with the permission of the author:

Afternoon, I am contacting you in relation to the above proposal to construct a new foodstore in Portree on land at Drovers Way/Bealach Nan Drobhairean, Portree.

The proposed store is to be operated by Tesco and will extend to approximately 32,000sq.ft together with a petrol filling station. The site is identified in the Local Development Plan for retail use and the site was previously granted planning permission (ref.14/01464/PIP). 

We are holding public consultation events on Saturday 27th September 2025 to display the proposals and to allow members of the public to view these and ask any questions about the proposal. 

The first event will take place between 10am and 1.30pm at Broadford Village Hall, 1 A87, Broadford, IV49 9AE. 

The second event will take place between 3pm and 6pm at Portree Community Centre, Camanachd Square, Portree, IV51 9BW. 

Further information may be obtained from myself, Alex Mitchell, Zander Planning Ltd, Clyde Offices 2nd Floor, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP

alex@zanderplanning.co.uk ; 07775 706252

regards Alex Mitchell

Alex Mitchell MRTPI   Director – Zander Planning Ltd

07775 706252        

alex@zanderplanning.co.uk 

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Japanese Knot Weed at the School

The area next to the school that has been fenced off with orange fencing contains Japanese Knot Weed (a particularly invasive and damaging species of alien plant). Scottish Woodlands have been treating the area and are due to do another spraying soon, as well as restore the perimeter fencing that has been disrupted by the recent winds. In the mean time there is evidence of regrowth from previous sprayings so the area and everything in it must be treated as contaminated.

Please do not enter the area or remove anything from it.

Delivery of Welfare Cabins to Edinbane

The following note from SSEN arrived yesterday, please don’t shoot the messenger!

Dear Struan Community Council, 

I am writing on Maren’s behalf whilst she is on Annual Leave to inform you of an upcoming delivery of Welfare Cabins to the Edinbane Substation Site as part of our Skye Reinforcement project. 

The delivery operation for the Welfare setup is due to begin on Wednesday 16 July and there will be intermittent large delivery traffic for 2-3 weeks following this which may cause some disruption to regular traffic, particularly on Balmeanach Road. 

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause however will aim to keep local disruption to a minimum.

We would also be grateful if you could share this with the wider community on the Community Council Facebook page.  

Should you require any additional information please do let me know.

We’ve also updated the ‘Project Update’ section of the webpage regarding these works.

Many thanks

Kelly

Kelly Scott | Lead Community Liaison Manager (North and Central Region)

SSEN Transmission

1 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6AY

M: 07443 772 946| E: kelly.scott@sse.com

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