Gateway to Inverness

The character of the City is often decided by that first glimpse – the sense of homecoming when coming over Drumossie Muir on a return up the A9 will be well known to us all.  

That sense is created, not only by the vista of the City laid below us and framed by the Bridge and Black Isle beyond, but by the fields and forests which separate us as we transition down from rural to City.

Similarly, the vista descending down Essich Road, popular with tourists and cyclists presents a first impression of  the City laid at the foot of the hill with the bridge, Black Isle and Firth beyond. As a gateway, we currently transition from rural to town as we move down the hill into the town.   This planning proposal will ultimately place houses up as far as Balrobert Farm road-end, so the first sight of the City will be like coming out of a tunnel straight into urban sprawl.