The Highland Council has launched an eight week Common Good consultation on a proposal to dispose (by lease) of an area of Common Good Land to East Sutherland Rescue Association (ESRA).

ESRA currently lease a small area of land incorporating the existing life boat shed. It is proposed to lease a larger area to them for a period of 99 years. This will allow ESRA to seek permission to build a bigger and improved lifeboat facility including a parking area for their use. This development will be of benefit to both the local residents of Dornoch as well as to visitors to the area.


The proposed duration of the lease and the location of the larger area on Common Good land that is currently public amenity land constitutes both a disposal and a change of use and therefore the Council is required to seek the views of the community to the proposal though a formal consultation.

The consultation runs for eight weeks and will close on 11 September 2019.