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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/02417/FUL
Erection of workshop and home office
Blackmill House Feshiebridge Kingussie PH21 1NG
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02418/FUL
Erection of two houses with associated drainage
Land 55M NE Of Skye Trekking Centre Suladale Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02419/FUL
Installation of flue
Unit 21 Fyrish Way Teaninich Industrial Estate Alness IV17 0PJ
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02420/FUL
Alterations to garage roof & installation of solar panels
Rivendell 14 Spey Avenue Aviemore PH22 1SP
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02425/FUL
Extensions to workshop
Highland Joinery & Glazing Contractors Ltd Unit 18 Dalcross Industrial Estate Dalcross Inverness IV2 7XB
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02429/MSC
Erection of replacement house
Land 60M SE Of 2 Allanfearn Farm Cottages Allanfearn Inverness
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02430/PNO
Erection of agricultural shed (Class 18)
Land 120M NE Of Isauld Croft Reay
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02431/MSC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 27, 28 & 30 of 24/01297/PIP for Phase 1 of residential development comprising 128 properties, roads, landscaping, public open space, drainage, infrastructure and associated works
Land 150M SE Of 22 Bowmore View Inverness
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02432/FUL
Demolition of existing porch and erection of extension
Maurlynd Inverfarigaig Inverness IV2 6XR
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02433/FUL
Temporary material laydown area & associated helispot for Aberarder Wind Farm Grid Connection
Land 835M SE Of Dunmaglass Mains Dunmaglass Inverness
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02435/FUL
Erection of house
Land 80M North Of 164 Scullomie Tongue
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02436/FUL
Erection of extension
Sortat House Lyth Wick KW1 4UD
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02437/FUL
Alterations and erection of extension to house
30 Birch Grove Boat Of Garten PH24 3BA
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02438/FUL
Erection of house
Land 20M East Of Flat 1 Old Post Office Building Bridge Street Avoch
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02439/FUL
Extension to commercial garage
ATS 37A Harbour Road Inverness IV1 1UA
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02440/FUL
Erection of building
Land 40M SE Of Lonan Inchnadamph Hotel Elphin
Received 6 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02441/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Land 50M SW Of Inverallan House Grantown-on-spey
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02443/FUL
Proposed First Floor Extension to Existing Beauty & Aesthetic Clinic
Unit 4 7 Canal Road Inverness IV3 8NF
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02445/FUL
Construction of approximately 450m length of active travel path (amendment to Section 4 of 25/01581/FUL)
Land 945M NE Of 8 Heath Park Croy
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02447/FUL
Alterations and Extension
Strathmore 24A Glencoe Ballachulish PH49 4HS
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02448/FUL
Alterations and Extension
43 Broom Drive Inverness IV2 4EQ
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02449/PIP
Erection of house (plot 1)
Land 220M NW Of Inver Kennels Lower Arboll Portmahomack
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02452/PIP
Erection of house (plot 2)
Land 60M NW Of An Cluaran Lower Arboll Portmahomack
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02453/FUL
Installation of generator
Staffin Transmitting Station Clachan Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 8 Jun 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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