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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00982/LBC
Window replacements, erection of porch, new spire, internal alterations
Arisaig House Arisaig PH39 4NR
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00986/LBC
Demolition and replacement of curtilage listed boundary wall
Stittenham House Ardross Alness IV17 0YD
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00994/PIP
Demolition and erection of replacement of dwelling
House At Post Office Struy Beauly IV4 7JS
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01002/FUL
Erection of polytunnel, 2no. sheds, and additional hardstanding (partly retrospective)
Land 130M NW Of Garden Cottage Couldoran Kishorn
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01003/FUL
Change of use to house and erection of extension
HM Coastguard Station Kilmuir
Received 7 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01004/FUL
Siting of 2 chalets & erection of service shed
Land 50M North Of Berryfield Drumchardine Lentran Inverness
Received 8 Mar 2026 - Under Consideration26/01022/FUL
Extensions and alterations to hotel and formation of additional parking including EV charging
Flodigarry Hotel Flodigarry Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9HZ
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01023/FUL
Siting of 3no. shepherds hut (renewal of 22/05377/FUL)
Land 30M NW Of Quality Cottage West Arisaig
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01024/PIP
Erection of house (renewal of 22/05376/PIP)
Land 20M SE Of Quality Cottage East Arisaig
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Under Consideration26/01025/FUL
Erection of house
Land 45M SW Of 5 Clachan Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01027/PNO
Erection of agricultural shed (class 18)
Land 105M NW Of Craiglas Strathy Point Strathy
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01035/FUL
Erection of garage
The Glebe Drumnadrochit Inverness IV63 6TZ
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/01037/PIP
Proposed tourism development comprising 25 holiday let cabins & manager's house
Land 400M West Of West Rock Nairn
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/01043/PIP
Erection of 2no. houses
Land 40M SW Of Wester Hardmuir Nairn
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01044/FUL
Change of use from dwelling (class 9) to hotel (class 7)
Allangrange House Munlochy IV8 8NZ
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Under Consideration26/01048/MSC
Matters Specified in Conditions 1-2i, 2k-2t, 3-4, 6-7, 10-11, 13-15, 17-19, 21-22, 24, 28 (19/04213/PIP), Phase 2 of Balloch Farm (Erection of 80 Residential Units)
Land 370M SE Of Balloch Farm Cherry Park Balloch Inverness
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01049/FUL
Erection of 2no. storage sheds, formation of hardstanding and parking areas and extension of access tracks
Ledmore Lodge Elphin Lairg IV27 4HH
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01052/PIP
Demolition of existing house and erection of replacement house
3 Corntown Conon Bridge Dingwall IV7 8HR
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01063/FUL
Part demolitions, alterations and extension to existing building to provide multi-purpose events space, relocation of timber shed, siting of storage container and associated infrastructure and landscaping works
Heart Of Glencoe Holidays Leacantuim Glencoe Ballachulish PH49 4HX
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/01065/FUL
Erection of short term letting unit
Land 30M NW Of Torness Gairlochy Spean Bridge
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01077/FUL
Erection of dwelling house and access track
Land 230M North Of Hillside Glenborrodale Acharacle
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01078/FUL
Siting of shepherds hut and shower/WC hut
8 Dalnabreack Acharacle PH36 4JX
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01090/FUL
Change of use from office/surgery to short term letting unit
6 Crown Avenue Inverness IV2 3NF
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01092/LBC
Painting of 4no. windows and door (retrospective)
Well Pharmacy 23 - 25 High Street Tain IV19 1AE
Received 13 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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