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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Highland
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Highland. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,574Searchable applications
636Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 785 approved or refused records
40Refused applications
745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 2021 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building standardsContact planning Planning contactsLocal plan Highland-wide Local Development PlanPre-application advice Get advice before you apply for planning permission
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01349886608Council source
- Planning enquiries+441349886608Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas30 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided26/00166/MSC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1(b)(d)(ii), 1c, 3, 5, and 6 of 08/00215/OUTIN for Erection of Industrial Warehouse, Access, External Hardstanding, Landscaping and Ancillary Works
Land 215M SE Of Co-Operative Retail Logistics 1 Vallance Road Dalcross Inverness
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00172/PIP
Erection of house
Capisdale Ardvasar
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00180/FUL
Conversion of steading to residential annexe
Land 20M SW Of An Clachan Gorthleck
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00196/FUL
Erection of house and installation of wind turbine
Land 100M SE Of Laidhay Tearoom Laidhay Dunbeath
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00223/PIP
Erection of house
Land 40M SW Of Easter Glackton Gollanfield Inverness
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00242/FUL
Erection of agricultural building
Land 290M East Of Garguston Farm Garguston Muir Of Ord
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00245/FUL
Retrospective application for use of former tea hut as bunkhouse, siting of utility cabin and use of log cabin as short term let
Land 50M South Of Mo Dhachaidh Corran Arnisdale
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00250/FUL
Formation of jet wash bay
Land 170M NW Of 1 Holm Park Inverness
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00272/LBC
Replacement rear windows; resurfacing driveway and internal alterations
Elmbank 68 Culduthel Road Inverness IV2 4HH
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00276/FUL
Siting of Hot Food Van
Land 300M SE Of Shepherd Cottage Ardullie Dingwall
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Under Consideration26/00282/FUL
Change of use from temporary accommodation to short-term holiday letting unit
The Wee Cabin Inverinate Kyle IV40 8HE
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00284/FUL
Erection of house (amended proposal)
New House Drimnin Oban PA80 5XZ
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00286/FUL
Erection of holiday cabin, upgrade existing access track and install septic tank and soakaway
Land 115M SW Of The Poor House Strathtongue Tongue
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00307/FUL
Part demolition and extension of new cafe/shop; Change of use of existing garage to 3no. short term holiday letting units
Cafe Lochshell Reiss Wick KW1 4TB
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00319/FUL
Erection of house
Tigh-Na-Bruaigh 43 Culloden Road Balloch Inverness
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00328/FUL
Conversion of byre to dwelling and erection of log cabin with attached garage for short term letting/family use
Land 40M West Of Douneside Catlodge Laggan
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00331/FUL
Erection of 2 no. pods for letting
Sonas Kilmonivaig Spean Bridge PH34 4EX
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00344/FUL
Erection of first floor flat for residential and short term letting (as amended)
78 Academy Street Inverness IV1 1LU
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00358/FUL
Erection of steel portal frame building
Land 125M NW Of British Army Fort George Barrack's Maintenance Depot Ardersier
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00366/FUL
Change of use from shop to short-term let (part-retrospective)
Shoe Cellar Main Street Kyle IV40 8AB
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00373/FUL
Erection of house for short term letting and outbuilding
Land 360M NW Of Parkhouse Clashmore Lochinver
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00374/FUL
Change of use from house to guest house
Ceum Thairis Carbostmore Carbost Isle Of Skye IV47 8ST
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00375/FUL
Erection of house and garage
Land 160M NE Of Blairstarn 424 Clashmore Lochinver
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00376/FUL
Siting of unit for short term letting
Land 10M South Of Score Bay 1 South Duntulm Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 29 Jan 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Highland, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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