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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/01625/FUL
Erect extension
The Nurseries Station Road Beauly IV4 7EH
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01626/MSC
Approval of matters specified in Condition 3(a) (siting, design, and external appearance of buildings) of planning permission 22/03219/PIP (relating to erection of 400 houses) to amend roofs from gabbled to hipped at plots 1-4, 7-9, 15-19, 22, 25, 26, 29, 36, 37, 39, 41-50, 53,54, 57-60, 63-67, 69, 72-80, 83-88, 91-95, 98, 99, 102-106, 109-116, 130, 134-136, 139-141, 143, 147-151, 158-160, 163, 170-174, 177-180, 185-194 & 196-198. All Ballathie, Balloch, Crombie, Dean, Fenton, Glamis & Ravenscraig House types - 114 Plots in total. (Amendment to 24/05133/MSC)
Land S Of The A9 Interchange W Of The A9 Including Field On South Of Macaskill Drive Inverness
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01627/PNO
Formation of access tracks (Class 22)
Land 505M NW Of Struie Hill Radio Mast Edderton
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01628/FUL
Erection of house and formation of access
Land 135M West Of Breagha Steading Hilton Dornoch
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01630/FUL
Erection of house
Land 80M SW Of Innesfoyle Daviot Inverness
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01631/FUL
Extension and alterations to car park
Car Park Esk Road Inverness
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01637/FUL
Erection of fence
10 Budhmor Place Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9DJ
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01638/FUL
Siting of caravan for staff accommodation (retrospective)
Land 45M NW Of Argyll Hotel 18 Argyle Street Ullapool
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01639/FUL
Erection of tiered decking
Ardmachree Brinckman Terrace Westhill Inverness IV2 5BL
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01643/FUL
Erection of extension
3 J B Court Bridge Street Halkirk KW12 6XY
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/01644/CLP
Internal reconfiguration of existing guest house (Class 7), including removal of ancillary residential accommodation & conversion of internal spaces to form additional guest bedrooms
2 Gordon Terrace Inverness IV2 3HD
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01645/PIP
Erection of house and letting pod with associated car parking and drainage
Land 70M SW Of Lochs View Ardelve
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01655/FUL
Take down 2 extensions, erect new extension and alterations
Riverdale Station Road Beauly IV4 7EQ
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01656/FUL
Alterations and extensions
5 Durnamuck Dundonnell Garve IV23 2QZ
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01657/FUL
Change of use from annexe (Squirrel End) to dwellinghouse
Squirrel End Tomatin Inverness IV13 7YN
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01659/PNO
Erection of polycrub (Class 18)
Easter Muirnich Gorthleck Inverness IV2 6YP
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01660/FUL
Erection of storage shed
Lily Cottage 7 Manse Street Tain IV19 1AN
Received 18 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01661/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
Easter Anagach Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3NQ
Received 18 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01663/PIP
Erection of house (renewal of planning application 23/01311/PIP)
Land 560M NE Of Hillockhead Rosemarkie
Received 18 Apr 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/01664/CLP
Alterations and extension to existing openings, forming of a new entrance, demolishing of the existing conservatory, fitting of velux skylights, and fitting of solar panels
The Pines Carrbridge PH23 3ND
Received 18 Apr 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/01665/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
6 Kessock Avenue Inverness IV3 8AW
Received 18 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01666/FUL
Garage conversion and erection of garage
Willola Hempriggs Row Wick KW1 5TP
Received 19 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01667/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
30 Bynack More Aviemore PH22 1UW
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Under Consideration26/01677/FUL
Replacement windows (retrospective)
7 Lombard Street Inverness IV1 1QQ
Received 20 Apr 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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