Fresh hearing for homes after vote ‘mistake’

Controversial plans to build 16 homes next to Culloden Moor will be given a fresh hearing after councillors apparently voted through the development “by mistake”.

The planning application will be referred to a second committee after confusion dogged a vote at Highland Council on Tuesday.

Developers were given permission by the Scottish Government’s planning reporter in 2014 to build the homes around a half a mile north of the core Culloden battlefield, with some experts claiming the land is effectively a war grave.

DUNDEE