New signs given the green light at National Trust for Scotland's Culloden Battlefield visitor centre site; Highland Council officers granted permission under delegated powers
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PLANNING permission has been granted to erect replacement signs in and around the Culloden Battlefield visitor centre after two entrance cairns were dropped from the plan by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS).
An application for a catering trailer to be sited close to the visitor centre remains under consideration after two objections from members of the public.
Ms K Hosie wrote to the council: “This is a grave, it is not some castle site or gardens.
“My mother’s ashes are scattered not far from the entrance as this is a place that people are supposed to respect and leave untouched. Quite frankly some cheap van, however you look at it, is not acceptable or appropriate to my mother or the others who died on that land.”
Allan Henderson wrote: “I object on the basis the catering van is not in keeping with the surroundings and despite the van being movable it is not temporary.”
Approval for the signage was given by council officers under delegated powers and is subject to conditions.
These including that no work should start until a programme for the evaluation and recording of any historic features affected by the development has been approved in writing by the planning authority.
