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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.
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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00385/LBC
Erect porch
1 Monarch Country Apartments Main Street Newtonmore PH20 1DD
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00386/FUL
Erection of extension to house
Old Post Office House Kinlochbervie Lairg IV27 4RP
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00392/FUL
Erection of boathouse
Land 25M SW Of Corran Cottage Corran Shieldaig
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00395/PIP
Erection of house
Land 190M SW Of Braeriach Achateny Acharacle
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00397/FUL
Siting of holiday unit for family purposes
Land 60M NE Of Clachtoll Lochinver
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00403/PIP
Erection of house, formation of access and installation of treatment plant
Land At 35 Bornisketaig Kilmuir Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 1 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00407/FUL
Erection of a hut and retrospective siting of a composting toilet within woodland for recreational accommodation
Land 115M NE Of Inverlair Bridge Tulloch Roy Bridge
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00414/FUL
Alterations including extension of canopy, provision of laundromat building, pump islands and jet wash bays
Bridgend Filling Station Station Road Beauly IV4 7EH
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00426/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
1A Grampian Court Aviemore PH22 1TB
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Under Consideration26/00428/FUL
Erection of 2no. annexes for ancillary family use
Land 165M SE Of No Bother Daviot Inverness
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00429/PNO
Erection of agricultural machinery store - Class 18
Land 10M SE Of Kinnabad 108 Clashcoig Bonar Bridge
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00444/FUL
Erection of house and formation of access
Land 75M East Of Armadale Village Hall Armadale
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00451/FUL
Erection of house and garage. Formation of access
Land 40M NE Of Kearn Hilton Dornoch
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00455/FUL
Formation of dormer extension and siting of container to house biomass boiler
Aultgowrie Farmhouse Aultgowrie Muir Of Ord IV6 7XA
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00473/FUL
Construction of a passing place and turning area
Land 1275M NE Of Challenger Lodge Lairg
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00474/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
23 Grampian Court Aviemore PH22 1TB
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00485/PNO
Installation of hard-standing, access track, cattle and sheep handling systems (Class 18)
Land 145M SE Of 23 Upper Edinbane Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Under Consideration26/00495/FUL
Alterations to building, demolition of garage and formation of parking area (part retrospective)
Bank House Main Street Kyle IV40 8AB
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00497/FUL
Temporary laydown storage area associated with adjacent temporary compound
Freight Depot Georgemas Halkirk
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00498/FUL
Temporary laydown storage area
Land 200M NE Of Georgemas Junction Station Halkirk
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00567/FUL
Erection of two business units (plot 14D) and enabling works (plots 14C and 14H)
Land 145M NE Of 14A Inverness Campus Inverness
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00576/FUL
Development of 9.9MWp ground-mounted solar PV array & associated works
Longman Landfill Site Stadium Road Inverness
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00579/FUL
Erection of steel storage shed
Land 135M South Of The Tiltyard Weydale Thurso
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Under Consideration26/00590/FUL
Change of use from workshop to short term let
Westwood 3 Canisp Road Lochinver Lairg IV27 4LH
Received 11 Feb 2026
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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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