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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/01921/FUL
Alterations and Extensions
Balvraid 24 Blarmachfoldach Fort William PH33 6SZ
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01926/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
Tomdhu Kincraig Kingussie PH21 1NA
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01927/FUL
House extension
Tigh Na Creagadh Clachan Staffin Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9JX
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01928/FUL
Erection of house
Land East Of Glendonan Knockfarrel
Received 7 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/01930/FUL
Siting of 2no holiday letting pods
Land 90M NE Of Nia Roo Cairngorm Morvich Inverinate
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01932/FUL
Erection of house
Site 1 Land At Ard Achaidh Kilbride Broadford Isle Of Skye
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01934/FUL
Extension to the museum entrance and landscaping works
Historylinks The Meadows Dornoch IV25 3SF
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01935/FUL
Siting of pod for ancillary accommodation and short-term let
Land 30M NE Of House Of Brewer Sallachy Dornie
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01937/FUL
Relocation and improvement of existing agricultural access, with temporary widening for access to drilling location (retrospective).
Land 35M SW Of School House Latheron
Received 8 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01938/PIP
Erection of house
Land 605M SW Of Kildruim Moss-Side Nairn
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01939/FUL
Erection of implement store
Land 20M NE Of Fairburn 24 Loth Helmsdale
Received 8 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/01941/FUL
Erection of house
Land 35M NW Of 11 Resaurie Inverness
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01942/ADV
Installation of single sided monolith sign
Land 35M West Of Newton Croft Torridon
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01943/PIP
Erection of house
Land 95M SE Of 8 Borreraig Parks Dunvegan Isle Of Skye
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01944/FUL
Erection of extension (amended design to 24/04705/FUL)
26 Drumossie Avenue Inverness IV2 3SH
Received 9 May 2026 - Decided26/01945/FUL
Installation of permanent accessible seating (restrospective)
James Cafe Marine Road Nairn IV12 4EA
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01947/PNO
Peatland Restoration Class 20A
Land 1170M NW Of Loch Loyal Lodge Tongue
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01949/FUL
Formation of access & parking bays
Forestry Commission Tower Road Smithton Inverness IV2 7NL
Received 11 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01952/LBC
Installation of oil tank
Flat 1 Ness House Ness Road Fortrose IV10 8SD
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01953/FUL
Installation of oil tank
Flat 1 Ness House Ness Road Fortrose IV10 8SD
Received 11 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/01956/FUL
Erection of glazed balcony on first floor
Land At Allanbreck Lettermore Ballachulish
Received 11 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/01959/S42
Section 42 application to remove Condition 3 (18/05491/FUL) to allow the building to be used as a separate dwellinghouse
Dalcomera Gairlochy Spean Bridge PH34 4EQ
Received 11 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/01963/FUL
Erection of house (renewal of 21/03811/FUL)
Land 35M South Of Faegour Cottage Kinloch Laggan
Received 11 May 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/01964/CLE
Erection of house and garages
Land To West Of Westcroft Acres Lentran Inverness
Received 11 May 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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