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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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 Consideration26/02454/FUL
Siting of caravan for staff accommodation
Land 25M SE Of Lochy Bar Kilmallie Road Caol Fort William
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02460/FUL
Erection of house
Land 60M SE Of Leth Eile 15 Upper Breakish Breakish
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02462/FUL
Demolition of stores and erection of house and garage
Land At Seafield Place Aviemore
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02463/FUL
Erection of extension
The Grove 5 Dell Of Inshes Inshes Inverness IV2 5BG
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02464/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
Ballinlaggan Cottage Carrbridge PH23 3ND
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02471/FUL
Erection of house and garage
Land 75M SW Of Drumgora Beauly
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02472/FUL
Erection of balcony and porch
Cairn Lochan Golf Course Road Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3HY
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02475/LBC
Improvements to an existing dwelling, including ventilation and replacement doors and secondary glazing.
1 Duncraig Square Plockton IV52 8TZ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02477/FUL
Erection of House
Garden Ground Of Sunnyside Tradespark Road Nairn
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02479/FUL
Erection of extension
Badarroch 3 Fairy Glen Road Spinningdale Ardgay IV24 3AE
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02482/FUL
Erection of extensions
Sheigra 35 Upper Burnside Drive Thurso KW14 7XB
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02483/CLE
Use of house as short term let
Wave Crest 6 Beaumont Crescent Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9DF
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02484/CLE
Use of house as short term let
The Shorehouse, Half Of 8 Broadford Isle Of Skye IV49 9AQ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02490/FUL
Erection of extensions
Druim Ard 4 Flodigarry Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9HZ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02497/FUL
Erection of house
Plot 3 Upper Myrtlefield
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02498/FUL
Temporary retention of existing 70m high meteorological mast
Land 5820M NE Of Shepherds Cottage Drummin Laggan
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02499/FUL
Alterations and erection of decking
Cul Na Sith 11 Woodburn Drive Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3FD
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02500/PNO
Formation of forestry road (class 22)
Land 520M NE Of The Bungalow Ousdale Berriedale
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02501/PNO
Erection of agricultural shed (Class 18)
Land 85M NE Of Daviot Lodge Daviot Inverness
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02508/PIP
Erection of 10no. housing units
Land 70M East Of Glenelg Health Centre Allt Ruadh Glenelg
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02510/FUL
Erection of extension
The Monadh 15 Damfield Road Inverness IV2 3LP
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02511/FUL
Alterations and change of use to bunkhouse
Sonas Kylerona Farm Ardersier Inverness IV2 7QZ
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02512/FUL
Partial change of use of building to office space (Class 4 Business) and food seating area
Fort William Public Toilets Station Square Fort William PH33 6DZ
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02514/FUL
Installation of rooflight
Daniela Braehead Avoch IV9 8QL
Received 11 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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