Glamping pods could come to Wick, changes at Dingwall garden centre and bike shelter for city college

By Sean McAngus

August 22 2022, 11:45 am

Glamping pods could come to Wick.

Welcome to our weekly round-up of planning news across the Highlands.

The region’s planners have approved plans for bike shelters at Inverness College and extensions to a Skye home.

Plans have been submitted to build four glamping pods in Wick.

And there are proposals to get rid of a conservatory and build a new canopy at a Ross-shire garden centre.

Read on for more details.

SUBMITTED: Glamping in Wick

At The Shore, Wick, glamping pods are being proposed.

The Kitchen Place Ltd’s Bryan Coghill has submitted the planning application.

The four glamping pods will be used for holiday lets.

Have a look at what the pods could look like:

What could the inside of the pods look like.

SUBMITTED: Canopy for Dingwall farm and garden centre

An application has been submitted for the removal of an existing conservatory and the erection of a canopy.

This is planned for Frank Nicol Ltd Farm & Garden Centre on Strathpeffer Road in Dingwall.

The firm is being represented by Reynolds Architecture Limited.

These proposals include the building of a new steel frame canopy with timber screening to house a flower nursery.

This forms part of the existing farm and garden shop.

In a planning statement, they said: “The shop currently houses flowers and garden products to the rear of the main building, which cannot be seen by passers by.

“The erection of the canopy, which will display a variety of flowers and garden products will act as a more attractive front to encourage customers to visit.”

APPROVED: Bike shelters at Inverness College

Bicycle shelters will be installed at Inverness College UHI.

Catoe/Brown represented the university in the application.

It will be used for students and staff travelling to the campus by bike.

Look at what the bike shelters will look like:

Drawing impression of bike shelters at Inverness College.

APPROVED: Extensions to Skye house and self-contained residential unit

Extensions to a house and building of a self contained residential unit will take place.

The work will take place at 6 Fasach, Glendale on the Isle Of Skye.

The current house was built as a croft house in the early part of the 20th century.

Rural Design Limited represented Pamela Scott.

This project comprises the extension of an existing croft house to form an improved kitchen, dining space, together with rebuilding the front porch and reconstructing an existing cowshed.