Highland capital councillors call for more controls on irresponsible camping
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Highland councillors have called for discussions about how to manage future visitors after complaints about tourist behaviour this summer.
Members of Highland Council's Inverness area committee raised some of the problems that have occurred around unauthorised camping this summer and discussed the possibility of the local authority creating by-laws to address the issue.
Council leader Margaret Davidson said: "We need to talk about waste collections, camping and campervan waste and the availability of public toilets and, perhaps most needed of all, community wardens who can both welcome and also enforce by laws when and where necessary.
"We need to do this at pace with our colleagues in other parts of Highland while this summer’s experiences are fresh in our minds.
"As local councillor for the Aird and Loch Ness ward we have had a difficult time with litter and waste during the last few weeks.
"As a council we need to work with the Scottish Government to plan and deliver improvements that will make improvements to the vitally important Highland tourism economy.”
