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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/02201/SCRE
Request for EIA Screening Opinion for proposed equipment change
Site 310M South Of Managers House North Ballachulish Onich
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02202/FUL
Construction of forestry access and timber loading bay
Land 70M NE Of Burnside Cottage Cannich
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/02203/FUL
Installation of rooflights, conversion of vestry
Struy Church Struy Beauly
Received 22 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02204/LBC
Replacement windows
United Reformed Church King Street Nairn IV12 4NB
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/02205/FUL
Demolition of existing extension, erection of new extension and alterations
Heathfield Cottage Delny Invergordon IV18 0LN
Received 22 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02206/FUL
Conversion and extension of steading to form house
Assich Cawdor
Received 22 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02208/FUL
Erection of holiday letting unit for short term letting
Land 15M East Of Quiraing Achintore Road Fort William
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/02209/FUL
Alterations and extension
Inchberry House Lentran Inverness IV3 8RJ
Received 22 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02210/FUL
Formation of access and siting of storage containers (retrospective)
Land 535M SE Of Gloonan Daviot Inverness
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/02213/FUL
Demolition of conservatory and erection of extension
Glasnakille Ltd 4 Glasnakille Elgol Isle Of Skye IV49 9BQ
Received 22 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02214/SCRE
Erection of a grid stability facility (synchronous condenser and flywheel) and associated infrastructure, including control building, transformers, switchgear, access, parking, boundary enclosures, drainage (including SuDS), lighting and landscaping, together with an associated high voltage underground cable connection to Thurso South Substation.
Land 570M NW Of Shalmstry Thurso
Received 18 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/02215/FUL
Extension of porch and erection of garage
53 Milton Park Aviemore PH22 1RS
Received 23 May 2026 - Decided26/02216/FUL
Change of use from domestic workshop to short term holiday let
Workshop At Stoer Heaste Broadford Isle Of Skye
Received 23 May 2026 - Decided26/02217/FUL
Extension to house and alteration to garage to add new pitched roof and extension
19 Port Dunbar Wick KW1 4JJ
Received 23 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/02218/FUL
Erection of gym
Land 105M SW Of 7 Scullamus Moss Breakish
Received 24 May 2026 - Decided26/02223/FUL
Siting of 3 storage containers (as amended)
Aird Community Trust Kirkhill Community Centre St Marys Road Kirkhill Inverness IV5 7NX
Received 25 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02225/S75D
Discharge S75 relating to planning permission 08/00203/OUTSU
Land 250M North East Of Eaglefield Lonemore Dornoch Highland
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/02227/FUL
Alterations and extension to house
Tigh Na Creag Cherry Grove Bonar Bridge Ardgay IV24 3ER
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/02228/FUL
Extension to house
Carnaig Cottage River Street Dornoch IV25 3LT
Received 25 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02231/FUL
Please visit, https://www.eplanningcnpa.co.uk/online-applications/#searchApplicationsAlterations to route of emergency access road
Land North West Of Dalfaber Farm Dalfaber Drive Aviemore
Received 25 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02234/LBC
Refurbishment and change of use to offices
Valleyfield Tormore Advie Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3LR
Received 25 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02235/FUL
Change of use to self contained unit for short term letting
Cuillin View Elgol Isle Of Skye IV49 9BJ
Received 25 May 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02242/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Aultmore 123 High Street Kingussie PH21 1JD
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/02244/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (class18)
Land 280M SW Of Inkstack Barrock
Received 26 May 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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