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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/01488/FUL
Erection of house, formation of access, installation of septic tank and soakaway
Land 105M NW Of Craiglas Strathy Point Strathy
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01489/FUL
Use of property as a short term letting unit
11 Croftside Aviemore PH22 1QJ
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01490/FUL
Erection of house (Retrospective)
Land 25M SE Of MacQuarries Cottage Cleadale Isle Of Eigg
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01493/FUL
Erection of replacement house
Land At Old Bridge-End Nethy Bridge
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01495/FUL
Temporary siting of static caravan and formation of access and hardstanding (retrospective)
Land 10M NW Of Meabost Croft 10 Drinan Elgol Isle Of Skye
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01496/FUL
Widen the running surface of the A838 public road at two corners to accommodate delivery of turbine blade components to the consented Sallachy Wind Farm
Land 550M East Of 1 Colaboll Shinness Lairg
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01500/PIP
Erection of house (renewal 23/01058/PIP)
Land 30M North West Of 18 Canonbury Terrace Fortrose
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01507/FUL
Change of Use from open space to domestic garden
Rowan Lodge Nethy Bridge PH25 3DH
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01509/FUL
Change of use to garden ground
39 Moray Park Terrace Culloden Inverness IV2 7RQ
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01510/FUL
Erection of house and shed
Land 225M North Of Stoneyfield Balnain Drumnadrochit
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01511/FUL
Formation of site compound and siting of modular office building for temporary period of 4 years
Land 600M NE Of Melgarve Substation Garvamore Laggan
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01512/S42
Section 42 application to amend Condition 3 of Planning Permission 19/03596/FUL
New Build Muir Of Allangrange Muir Of Ord IV6 7RB
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01517/FUL
Installation of decking. Internal and external alterations to house.
2 Ormiscaig Aultbea Achnasheen IV22 2JJ
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01518/FUL
Siting of 2no. modular lodges for STL and formation of access road
Land 115M NW Of Kylerhibh Woodend Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 11 Apr 2026 - Withdrawn26/01519/FUL
Demolition of garage and erection of house
Land 30M NE Of Tower Ridge House Avillon Garage Site Torlundy Fort William
Received 11 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01520/FUL
Erection of house (amended design to 24/04845/FUL)
Land 135NE Of Gasgan House Kinlocheil
Received 11 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01522/FUL
Change of use from boat storage & repair shed to small scale oyster processing facility, replacement windows, change of existing external door to window
Garage Building Innes Street Plockton
Received 12 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01523/FUL
Change of use from Class 1 to Class 3 (restaurant) and repainting of shopfront
118-122 Academy Street Inverness
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01526/FUL
Formation of storage yard and siting of 27no. storage containers
Land 30M NW Of 4C Wick Airport Industrial Estate Wick
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01528/FUL
Erection of dwelling house, siting of residential caravan for duration of build and associated works
Land 25M South Of Samui Half Of 9 Edinbane Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01530/FUL
Erection of house
88 Culduthel Road Inverness
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01535/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
6B Corrour Road Aviemore PH22 1SS
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01536/FUL
Erect Conservatory
Lilacs Sunnyhillock Ardersier Inverness IV2 7QX
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01539/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
9 Corrour Road Aviemore PH22 1SS
Received 13 Apr 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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