WEST Ranga Skye Limited (a joint venture between West Ranga Property Group and Lujo Properties) and Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association have submitted a detailed planning application for a proposed Tesco supermarket and petrol station in Portree.
The development would be Tesco’s first retail store on the Isle of Skye and give rise to a multi-million-pound investment into the local area. The project is tipped to create 100 roles, excluding construction.
The site will comprise a 32,356 sq. ft supermarket, together with a petrol station, service yard and customer car parking on a site of approximately 4.8 acres. The new store will have a dedicated grocery home shopping facility with vans able to deliver to properties across Skye.
Alastair Dickie, director of West Ranga Skye Ltd, said, “We are pleased to have been working with Highland Council through the pre-application process. We are now excited to submit a detailed planning application for the Tesco development and hope to bring a much-anticipated new store and petrol station to the Isle of Skye. Under the current timescales, we hope to be on site in summer 2027, with a projected store opening near the end 2028, if planning permission is granted.”
Matthew Price, acquisitions director at Tesco, added, “We are excited about the potential to open the first Tesco store and petrol station in the Isle of Skye, as we currently only serve the local community through our online grocery home shopping business. We look forward to the opportunity to provide great value and choice for residents and visitors in the Isle of Skye and surrounding islands and villages, in a central and well accessed location.”
Councillor John Finlayson commented, “I am pleased that all necessary pre-application issues have now been agreed with Highland Council, and a detailed application is now being submitted for the first Tesco store here on Skye. Clearly with over a million tourists visiting Skye & Raasay each year and local, residents also looking for increased choice in terms of what they can buy, as was evidenced in the survey that took place in 2025, the addition of a new store which will provide more variety will be welcomed by many people and will also support the concerns previously expressed about the stocking pressures sometimes placed on existing retailers on the island.”
