Highland Council Waits for New Visitor Levy Legislation Before Next Steps

Highland Council Waits for New Visitor Levy Legislation Before Next Steps

Highland Council has agreed to wait for new primary legislation from the Scottish Government before deciding how a future Visitor Levy Scheme could be designed for the region. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Council on 11 December. The Scottish Government intends to introduce legislation in early 2026 that will give local authorities discretionary powers to consider different levy structures. These could include a percentage based lev…

Highland Council awaits new Visitor Levy legislation before next steps

Council has agreed to await new primary legislation from the Scottish Government on how it could design a Visitor Levy Scheme for consultation before deciding the way forward for Highland.