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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Certificate of Lawfulness26/02360/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Adhara Carrbridge PH23 3AX
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02361/FUL
Erection of 49no. residential units and associated infrastructure
Land 150M West Of Wyndhill Industrial Estate Muir Of Ord
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02364/FUL
Proposed reconfiguration of parking provision and inclusion of kerbing
Gleaner Evelix Filling Station Dornoch IV25 3NG
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02365/S42
Section 42 application to develop without compliance with Condition 2C of Planning Permission in principle of 22/03219/PIP - Mixed use development comprising up to 400 residential units, business/commercial and community uses and supporting infrastructure
Land S Of The A9 Interchange W Of The A9 Including Field On South Of Macaskill Drive Inverness
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02366/SCRE
EIA Screening Opinion - Phased residential development of a maximum of 60 dwellings on land adjacent to Embo, comprising a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced house types including affordable homes, together with biodiversity enhancement, landscaping, community woodland, amenity open space, a site for community use, and associated infrastructure.
Land 280M NW Of Station House Station Road Embo
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02367/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (Class 18)
Land 35M NE Of Balbirnie 6 Linicro Isle Of Skye
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02368/SCRE
EIA Screening Opinion - Residential-led mixed use development including a maximum of 315 dwellings, comprising a mix of house types including affordable homes, together with biodiversity enhancement, landscaping, amenity open space, a site for community/retail use, and associated infrastructure.
Land 350M South Of Southview Torbreck Inverness
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02369/SCRE
EIA Screening Opinion - Residential led mixed-use development including: a maximum of 400 dwellings, a 2 hectare community hub site safeguarded for education, healthcare and/or community uses; land for allotments / community growing space; publicly accessible greenspace including play park and other recreational area provision; high biodiversity value habitat creation; class 4 light industrial/business starter units; and, associated infrastructure works including onsite and offsite travel network improvements.
Land 255M East Of Station Cottage Station Road Ardersier
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/02372/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
East Sluggan Cottage Station Road Carrbridge PH23 3BJ
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02373/FUL
Erection of house and garage
Cawdearg Croft Syall Ardgay
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02374/PNO
Construction and reinstatement of forest track tuning point and passing bay (Class 22)
Land 320M NW Of Swiss Cottage Auchterawe Fort Augustus
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02375/PNO
Peatland restoration works
Land 1470M SE Of Munsary Latheron
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02376/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (Class 18)
Land 455M NW Of Balblair Cottage Golspie
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02377/RCC
Housing Development and associated infrastrcture
Ness Side West
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02384/FUL
Installation of air source heat pump on studio outbuilding
Fionn Cottage Achnasheen IV22 2EE
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02393/FUL
Erection of porch and creation of ancillary accommodation
1 Ullinish Struan Isle Of Skye IV56 8FD
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02396/FUL
Change of use from cafe to short-term let accommodation
Burr Takeaway Coffee And Cake 3 Kilmaluag Portree IV51 9UL
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02397/FUL
Replacement of existing septic tank with new septic tank
Bruaich Rainich 191A Polbain Achiltibuie Ullapool IV26 2YW
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02405/FUL
Extension & alterations to building entrance
Cameron House Culduthel Road Inverness IV2 4YG
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02408/FUL
Replacement atrium and installation of new doors
Croft 23 South Erradale Gairloch IV21 2AU
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02409/FUL
Installation of ramp
Gowanlea Mill Lane Nethy Bridge PH25 3EQ
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02412/FUL
Erection of polycrub
Urquhart Eyrie Rosemarkie Fortrose IV10 8SJ
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02415/FUL
Formation of car park
Crafts & Things Glencoe PH49 4HN
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02416/FUL
Erection of 3no. houses and community hub building
Land 40M NW Of Easter Bunloit Bunloit Drumnadrochit
Received 4 Jun 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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