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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Under Consideration26/02247/PIP
Erection of 3no. houses
Land 60M West Of Strathbrae Easter Kinkell Conon Bridge
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/02251/ADV
Installation of single sided monolith sign
Land 6840MSW Of 3 Cromasaig Cottage Kinlochewe
Received 26 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02252/FUL
Erection of a house, construction of access and parking spaces, installation of a soakaway and temporary siting of 2 single-axle towable caravans
Taigh Connlach Badfallister Occumster Lybster
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/02256/PNO
Erection of agricultural building
Land 60M South Of Upper Larel Farm Larel Halkirk
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/02257/FUL
Erection of house
Land 80M NE Of Forester's Cottage Pitkerrald Road Drumnadrochit
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/02264/FUL
Siting of mobile catering van
Land 345M NW Of Pinewood Tomatin
Received 26 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02265/LBC
Replacement windows to front elevation (partially retrospective)
Haven Hotel Innes Street Plockton IV52 8TW
Received 26 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02267/FUL
Replacement windows to front elevation (partially retrospective)
Haven Hotel Innes Street Plockton IV52 8TW
Received 26 May 2026 - Decided26/02268/FUL
Extension
Bridgend Mid Clyth Lybster KW3 6BA
Received 27 May 2026 - Decided26/02274/FUL
Installation of 8No. Solar Panels
27 High Street Avoch IV9 8PT
Received 27 May 2026 - Decided26/02275/LBC
Installation of 8No. PV Panels
27 High Street Avoch IV9 8PT
Received 27 May 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02279/CLE
Use of house as short-term let
1 Dunhallin Hallin Isle Of Skye IV55 8GH
Received 27 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02280/FUL
Erection of house
House Plot 150M NW Of Leachachan Letterfearn
Received 27 May 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02284/CLP
Installation of a new Air Source Heat Pump in rear garden.
16 Argyle Street Ullapool IV26 2UB
Received 27 May 2026 - Decided26/02288/FUL
Erection of garage
Roselea House Daviot Inverness IV2 5ER
Received 27 May 2026 - Decided26/02294/FUL
Erection of fence
Chapelbank 1 Torris Road Balloch Inverness IV2 7HW
Received 28 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02300/RCC
Phase 2 - Form new access and residential roads to serve a new housing development
Milton Of Leys Road, Milton Of Leys, Inverness
Received 18 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02308/FUL
Demolition of former guest house and extension to hotel
Dean Park 3 Ballifeary Lane Inverness IV3 5SG
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/02309/FUL
Erection of garden office
Westside Broadford Isle Of Skye IV49 9AB
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/02310/FUL
Erection of short term letting unit, erection of wall and formation of access
Land 60M SW Of Athbhinn Dores
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/02311/FUL
Erection of garage
26 Culanlon Kilmore Drumnadrochit Inverness IV63 6TQ
Received 28 May 2026 - Under Consideration26/02312/LBC
Demolition of former guest house and extension to hotel
Dean Park 3 Ballifeary Lane Inverness IV3 5SG
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/02313/FUL
Erection of accommodation ancillary to hotel.
Summer Isles Hotel Achiltibuie Ullapool IV26 2YQ
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/02318/SCRE
EIA Screening Opinion - Erection of a grid stability facility (synchronous condenser and flywheel) and associated infrastructure.
Land 775M NE Of Isauld Cottage Reay
Received 27 May 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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