PLANNING

Nigg Yard is subject to the Highland Structure Plan (March 2001), in which it is referred to directly as being safeguarded for oil related developments. The site is also subject to Easter Ross Local Plan 1992, to be superseded by the Ross & Cromarty East Local Plan (the emerging Local Plan), which makes specific reference to the Yard and lends support to a diversification of uses as outlined in the recent “Review of Ports & Sites in the Inner Moray Firth”. This study suggests potential to include oil related activities, inspection, repair and maintenance, decommissioning, and multi functional fabrication (wind turbine/mast production).

Further enquiries can be made of Highland Council’s
Planning Office on +44 (0)1349 864 991.