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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Withdrawn26/02605/FUL
Erection of house, shed and associated drainage
Land 45M SE Of Schoolwood Roy Bridge
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02606/PNO
Erection of Agricultural Shed (Class 18)
Land 50M South Of Mackinnon 12 Torrin Isle Of Skye
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02608/ADV
Erection of sign
3 - 4 Ardross Terrace Ness Walk Inverness IV3 5NQ
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02609/FUL
Relocation of LPG storage tanks and erection of 2m high fire wall enclosure
Premier Inn Hotel Glenurquhart Road Inverness IV3 5TD
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02610/FUL
Installation of defibrillator and bleed kit cabinets
Nationwide 16 Eastgate Inverness IV2 3NA
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02613/FUL
Change of use from garage to short term letting unit and erection of extension
Land 10M West Of 3 Quarry Cottages Park Road Ballachulish
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02615/FUL
Alterations to form self-contained accommodation (Family Use/Short Term Letting)
Land 10M East Of Tighdram 10A Blaich Fort William
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02616/FUL
Demolition and Erection of 2 houses
The Bothy Clebrig Altnaharra Lairg IV27 4UQ
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02621/FUL
Installation of drainage
Sabhal Mor Ostaig Teangue Isle Of Skye Isle Of Skye IV44 8RQ
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02622/FUL
Conversion of 1st and 2nd floors of commercial unit to form 2no. short term letting unitsChange of use of first and second floors from Class 1a retail to 2no. for short term letting
76 High Street Fort William PH33 6AD
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02623/FUL
Erection of storage and workshop building
1 And 3 Blairnaparc Road Business Park Dingwall
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02625/S42
S42 application to vary condition 2 of 21/03701/FUL - Siting of 3no. temporary site accommodation units
Land 55M NE Of The Bungalow Mid Strome Lochcarron
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02630/FUL
Alterations and extension; installation of septic tank
26 Achtoty Skerray Tongue Thurso KW14 7TH
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02631/PNO
Peatland Restoration Scheme
Land 4740M SW Of Marrach Kylerhea Breakish
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02632/PNO
Peatland Restoration Phase 1
Land 3540M NE Of Upper Diabaig Diabaig Torridon
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02633/FUL
Erection of house
Land 350M SE Of Old School House Achow Lybster
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02634/FUL
Erection of house and detached garage
Land 100M SW Of Heatherley Cottage Bridge Street Halkirk
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02635/LBC
Internal repairs and alterations
Carrie's Voice 4 Market Street Tain IV19 1AR
Received 20 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02636/PIP
Erection of 2no. houses
Land 45M S Of West Highland Hotel Mallaig
Received 20 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02637/PNO
Siting of polytunnel (Class 18)
Land 85M North Of The Croft Cottage Kenmore Shieldaig
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02638/FUL
Extension to form garage
Ness View Cottage Dores Inverness IV2 6TR
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02639/MSC
Erection of house
Land 130M South Of Ginnesta Scarfskerry
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02640/FUL
Demolition of shed and erection of house
Land 10M SE Of The Blue Cottage Torridon
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02642/FUL
Erection of meteorological mast up to 120 metres in height for temporary period of 36 months
Land 2600M SE Of Amat Cottage Rosehall
Received 22 Jun 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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