The Highland Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

The Highland Council is the one council for Highland: it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 7,961 postcodes in use in Highland, in 87 postcode districts across 5 postcode areas.

63% of homes and businesses in Highland can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.

Its own pages listed
15
Postcodes in use
7,961
Postcode districts
87
Towns and villages
26

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

The Highland Council

highland.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on The Highland Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Roads and parking

Report a problem

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for The Highland Council. GOV.UK lists 20. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 5 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Highland?

Across Highland, 63% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 63% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre63% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)63% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)86% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Highland?

Band D for 2026‑27: £1,634 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is nearly two and a half times it.

BandA year
Band A£1,089
Band B£1,271
Band C£1,452
Band D£1,634
Band E£2,147
Band F£2,655
Band G£3,200
Band H£4,003

Band D is the average across the area, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. The figures do not include water and sewerage charges. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band with the Scottish Assessors

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27, published 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in Highland

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

AB postcode area: Aberdeen, postcodes in use here:1 of 17,413IV postcode area: Inverness, postcodes in use here:5,554 of 7,576KW postcode area: Kirkwall, postcodes in use here:1,117 of 1,853PA postcode area: Paisley, postcodes in use here:30 of 9,504PH postcode area: Perth, postcodes in use here:1,259 of 6,235

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Highland.

Towns and villages

InvernessNairnThursoWick, HighlandFort WilliamDingwallTainAlnessInvergordonPortreeCaolWesthill, HighlandAviemoreDornochGrantown-on-SpeyMuir of OrdKingussieCullodenBroraFortroseGolspieBeaulyConon BridgeSmithton

The 24 with the most postcodes in Highland, of 26. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in Highland?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What Highland covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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