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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown26/02116/PAN
Proposed residential development of approximately 200 dwellings with associated landscaping, open space, access and infrastructure
Land At Bellfield Farm North Kessock
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/02130/FUL
Change of use of two flats to single respite care unit
2E Blaven Road Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9PH
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/02132/FUL
Use of premises as short term letting unit
Croilaview 92 High Street Kingussie PH21 1HY
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/02134/FUL
Erection of cabin for short term letting
Land 15M SW Of Newton Croft Torridon
Received 20 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02136/FUL
Erection of two cabins for short-term letting
Land 30M NW Of Beinn An E�in Lochcarron
Received 20 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02137/FUL
Erection of a freestanding sauna and changing facility (revised 25/00828/FUL)
Land 630M SE Of Blantyre Mains Flowerburn Mains Rosemarkie
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided26/02138/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
Glencarr Station Road Carrbridge PH23 3AN
Received 20 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02140/PIP
Erection of house
Land 35M SE Of 7A Moorlands Breakish
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided26/02143/PNO
Formation of forestry track (Class 22)
Land 430M NE Of Banchor Drynachan Nairn
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided26/02151/FUL
Replacement roof and balcony
The Pines Carrbridge PH23 3ND
Received 20 May 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02152/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
23 Drummond Road Aviemore PH22 1UG
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided26/02155/FUL
Erection of commercial building comprising 3 units (Class 1A)
RBS The Royal Bank Of Scotland 29 - 31 Harbour Road Inverness IV1 1UA
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided26/02161/FUL
Demolition of building and erection of house and garage (amendment to 25/04781/FUL)
Derelict Building 420M North East Of Kincraig Farm Kincraig
Received 20 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02163/FUL
Erection of house
Land 35M South Of Grameyre Cottage 13 Peinachorran The Braes Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 21 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02167/FUL
Formation of 1no temporary accesses to A834 (HVDC Beauly to Arnis Lot 3 Project)
Land 95M South Of Broompark Jamestown Strathpeffer
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02170/FUL
Formation of horse menage
Land 70M SE Of Wester Raddery Killen
Received 21 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02171/FUL
Erection of house
Land 60M NE Of Glen Cottage 7 Mallaigvaig Road Mallaig
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02179/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (Class 18)
Land 35M East Of Heights Lodge Incheril Kinlochewe IV22 2PA
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02187/FUL
Formation of a temporary site compound
Dalwhinnie Lorry Park Dalwhinnie
Received 21 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02190/FUL
Erection of house
Acres Wild Lower Viewbank Kilmuir North Kessock
Received 21 May 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02191/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
11 Beinn Ghuilbinn Aviemore PH22 1LB
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02194/FUL
Installation of ground mounted solar PV array and battery storage
Glenerrick House Wester Drummond Whitebridge Inverness IV2 6UP
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02197/MSC
Erection of house and detached garage
Land 80M SE Of Dutch Cottage Backies Golspie
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/02200/FUL
Siting of pod and installation of drainage for ancillary use
Rivermead Creraig Kiltarlity Beauly IV4 7JN
Received 22 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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