A new reality TV show could be filmed in a remote forest in the west Highlands despite objections from the local community.

Highland Council will make a decision on whether or not a year-long documentary in which contestants will film themselves under survival conditions can be shot on location at the site in Ardnamurchan in Lochaber.

The show, Year Zero, will follow 24 contestants as they film their attempts to form a community in the wilderness using only natural resources.

Production company KEO Films, commissioned by Channel 4, has submitted a planning application for a settlement to be erected to house the contestants.

Two potential sites have been identified on a 600-acre site between Cul na Croise beach and a nearby area of untouched forestry.

On top of the settlements to be included in the project, eight portable cabins for production crew would be erected as well as a car park and generators for filming.

The area is renowned for its natural beauty, with Cul na Croise Bay designated by the Scottish Sand Dune Survey as an area "where the remoteness and wilderness quality should be preserved", one of only two beaches in the Highlands given this designation in a 2005 report.

Locals have objected to the location of the proposed site on the Ardnamurchan Estate, north west of Acharacle, and believe natural wildlife would also be jeopardized by prolonged filming.

The final decision on whether or not planning permission will be granted is to be made by the Highland Council on Tuesday.

Margaret Green, of Dal-Ghorm House, told the Times newspaper: "It is not a wilderness but it is really not suitable for people to live there because it is a forestry.

"I am concerned about what will happen to the wildlife and that there will be pollution."

After the initial application was submitted, Highland Council's forestry officer recommended that permission should be granted, should all conditions set out during a consultation be met.