Council area · Scotland

Highland

Highland is a council area. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Highland
Council area · S12000017
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health

Policing and fire are national services in Scotland, not council functions.

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Type
Council area
Single tier
Official code
S12000017
ONS GSS code
Nation
Scotland
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
105
Postcode sectors
21
Wards
4
Constituencies

1 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

21 wards recorded in this council area.

Aird and Loch Ness · Badenoch and Strathspey · Black Isle · Caol and Mallaig · Cromarty Firth · Culloden and Ardersier · Dingwall and Seaforth · East Sutherland and Edderton · Eilean á Chèo · Fort William and Ardnamurchan · Inverness Central · Inverness Millburn · Inverness Ness-side · Inverness South · Inverness West · Nairn and Cawdor · North, West and Central Sutherland · Tain and Easter Ross · Thurso and Northwest Caithness · Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh · Wick and East Caithness

Postcode sectors

IV1 1 · IV1 3 · IV1 9 · IV10 8 · IV11 8 · IV12 4 · IV12 5 · IV13 7 · IV14 9 · IV15 0 · IV15 9 · IV16 9 · IV17 0 · IV18 0 · IV19 1 · IV19 9 · IV2 3 · IV2 4 · IV2 5 · IV2 6 · IV2 7 · IV2 8 · IV20 1 · IV21 2 · IV22 2 · IV23 2 · IV24 3 · IV25 3 · IV26 2 · IV27 4 · IV27 9 · IV28 3 · IV3 5 · IV3 8 · IV4 7 · IV40 8 · IV41 8 · IV42 8 · IV43 8 · IV44 8 · IV45 8 · IV46 8 · IV47 8 · IV48 8 · IV49 9 · IV5 7 · IV51 9 · IV52 8 · IV53 8 · IV54 8 · IV55 8 · IV56 8 · IV6 7 · IV63 6 · IV63 7 · IV7 8 · IV8 8 · IV9 8 · IV99 1 · KW1 4 · KW1 5 · KW10 6 · KW11 6 · KW12 6 · KW13 6 · KW14 7 · KW14 8 · KW14 9 · KW2 6 · KW3 6 · KW5 6 · KW6 6 · KW7 6 · KW8 6 · KW9 6 · PA80 5 · PH19 1 · PH20 1 · PH21 1 · PH22 1 · PH23 3 · PH24 3 · PH25 3 · PH26 3 · PH26 9 · PH30 4 · PH31 4 · PH32 4 · PH33 6 · PH33 7 · PH33 9 · PH34 4 · PH35 4 · PH36 4 · PH37 4 · PH38 4 · PH39 4 · PH40 4 · PH41 2 · PH41 4 · PH42 4 · PH43 4 · PH44 4 · PH49 4 · PH50 4

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code S12000017.