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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00636/FUL
Alterations, extension and formation of dormer
6 Ord Distillery Muir Of Ord IV6 7UJ
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00647/FUL
Installation of 1.3km fibre optic cable
Land 465M SW Of New House Shepherds Cottage Hope Lairg
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Under Consideration26/00650/FUL
Formation of 4no temporary accesses to A835 (HVDC Beauly to Arnis Lot 3 Project)
Land 40M NE Of Luibfearn Garve
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00672/FUL
Erection of extensions to house/garage and alterations
Coul Garden Contin Strathpeffer IV14 9ED
Received 15 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00679/FUL
Change of use of existing store to hostel accommodation as extension to existing hostel (retrospective)
Land 5M NE Of Panasonic 112 Academy Street Inverness
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Under Consideration26/00693/FUL
Siting of 5 cabins (holiday letting) and siting of 1 static caravan (ancillary). Installation of private drainage arrangements. Formation of access track, hardstanding areas and parking bays and alterations to existing access (part retrospective)
Land 80M NW Of Burnside Navidale Helmsdale
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00698/FUL
Erection of house
Land 105M SW Of 1 Matheson Drive Fortrose
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00700/LBC
Replace slates on roof, install new windows and doors and remodel interior of building
Free Church Dunvegan Isle Of Skye
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00703/FUL
Erection of cabin for ancillary use
Scotshaven Gorthleck Inverness IV2 6YP
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00721/S42
Section 42 application to develop land without compliance with condition 1 of 21/05343/S42
Galderbeg Glenelg Kyle IV40 8JZ
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00741/PIP
Erection of replacement house for short term letting purposes
Glenelg House Quarry Glenelg Kyle IV40 8JT
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00743/FUL
Erection of stables
Land 165M SE Of Carsaig Dularich Kiltarlity
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Under Consideration26/00744/FUL
Formation of 3no temporary accesses (HVDC Beauly to Arnis Lot 3 Project)
Land 115 M East Of Wester Balloan Cottage Marybank
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00748/PIP
Erection of house
Land 50M NE Of The Steading Easterton Bridge Nairn
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00752/FUL
Erection of greenhouse
Land 115M SW Of Summer Isles Hotel Achiltibuie
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00759/FUL
Erection of house (amended design to 23/01839/FUL)
Baddamhroy Knockfarrel Dingwall IV15 9TQ
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00771/MSC
Proposed hospital (Class 8) with associated energy centre, outbuildings, and miscellaneous development. Application for the approval of matters specified in conditions 2 (a - c), (e - g), ( j - t), 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 25 of planning consent 25/03053/S42
Land 400M NE Of Blar Mhor Industrial Estate Lochyside Fort William
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00776/FUL
Change of use of existing agricultural building (Sui Generis) to Class 5 General Industrial
Unit 1, 2 And 3 Sawmill Muir Of Ord IV6 7AJ
Received 22 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00789/FUL
Erection of 2no short-term let chalets, sauna and hot-tub
Land 20M SW Of 1 Canisp Road Lochinver
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00801/FUL
Alterations and extensions
Latheron 8 Carn Aghaidh Aviemore PH22 1LE
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Under Consideration26/00804/RCC
Residential development of 165 houses and associated infrastructure
Land 230M SW Of The Ranch Inshes Inverness
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00815/FUL
Change of use from Manager's Accommodation to Guest House
Craigside Lodge 4 Gordon Terrace Inverness IV2 3HD
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00832/DEM
Demolition of building
Corrie Mhor 6 - 7 Academy Street Brora KW9 6QP
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00836/FUL
Formation of temporary access
Land 130M East Of RWE Bad A Cheo Wind Farm Office Watten
Received 25 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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