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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01221/FUL
Change of use from church to residential
Land 20M West Of 1 Henderson Square Watten
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01228/FUL
Erection of house (renewal of 23/00755/FUL Plot 1)
Land 120M SW Of Rhicullen Lodge Newmore Invergordon
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01229/LBC
Alterations & extension
Burnside 2 - 5 Drumguish Kingussie PH21 1NY
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01234/FUL
Erection of 2no. holiday letting cabins and erection of extension to shed to form holiday unit (amendment to planning permission 25/01082/FUL)
Land 60M NW Of Aghaidh Ri Gaoith 1 Lower Breakish Breakish Isle Of Skye
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01237/FUL
Alterations & extension
Burnside 2 - 5 Drumguish Kingussie PH21 1NY
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01238/FUL
Erection of replacement garage/ancillary annex
Ard Choille Strathy Road Ardross Alness IV17 0YD
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01242/FUL
Change of use from storage to cafe
R Mackay And Sons Durine Durness Lairg IV27 4PN
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01244/FUL
Subdivide retail unit to form 2no. units, erect extension to rear to form storage and welfare areas
The Original Factory Shop 101 - 105 High Street Invergordon IV18 0AB
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01251/LBC
Alterations, extension and change of use from bank to residential dwelling and restaurant (retrospective)
Park House High Street Dingwall IV15 9HA
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01252/FUL
Change of use to camp site including the erection of a sanitation block and associated infrastructure
Tirindrish Steading Spean Bridge PH34 4EU
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01261/CLE
Existing use of property as a short term letting unit
Croilaview 92 High Street Kingussie PH21 1HY
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Under Consideration26/01262/FUL
Siting of mobile sauna
Land 50M West Of An Oiseann Ord Teangue Isle Of Skye
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01265/PNO
Erection of agricultural shed and provision of extended access track
Land 30M SE Of Riverview Farr Inverness
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01266/FUL
Part change of use of community space to caf�
Community Pavilion Northern Meeting Park Ardross Street Inverness IV3 5NS
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01267/FUL
Change of house types (plots 408 and 412)
Land 160M SW Of 1 Parks Of Inshes Old Edinburgh Road South Inverness
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Unknown26/01268/PAN
Extension of existing quarry, for the extraction of approx 800,00 tonnes of sand and gravel. All grading and storage of material using existing Quarry infrastructure. Reinstatement of the land and new woodland planting.
Land 380M NW Of Rhicullen Farm Newmore Invergordon
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Under Consideration26/01272/FUL
For the siting of three holiday accommodation units and associated infrastructure
Land 150M South West Of Kinstead Kincardine Hill Ardgay
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01273/FUL
Erection of house (revised design - 21/05882/FUL) and retrospective consent for self contained unit
Plot 2 Land 30M West Of Sea Scape Ardgour
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Under Consideration26/01278/LBC
Conversion of steading to house
Auchtertyre Farmhouse Balmacara Kyle IV40 8EG
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01279/FUL
Extension to quarry
Land 1.5KM NW Of Wildwood Auchterawe Fort Augustus
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01287/FUL
Demolition of existing garage block and construction of garage
Maes Howe Balmacaan Drumnadrochit Inverness IV63 6UP
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01288/FUL
Erection of storage two sheds
Thrumster Lodges Manse Road Thrumster Wick KW1 5TQ
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Under Consideration26/01291/FUL
Erection of 2no. houses
Land 310M NW Of Mamore Lodge Mamore Kinlochleven
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01292/FUL
Erection of self-contained extension for family use and short-term letting
Land 10M NE Of Glendoran Newton Of Ferintosh Conon Bridge
Received 26 Mar 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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