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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Consideration26/02700/FUL
Erection of annexe
Rehiran Beg Cawdor Nairn IV12 5XU
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn26/02713/FUL
Erection of conservatory
12 Lairig Ghru View Aviemore PH22 1AR
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02714/LBC
Demolition and reconstruction of masonry infill wall to east gable to form double doors
Church Of Scotland 24 High Street Rosemarkie Fortrose IV10 8UF
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02715/FUL
Demolition of existing barns, erection of building and greenhouse and formation of access track
Land 90M NW Of Seaview Caravan Park Hilton Dornoch
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02716/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit and house
9 Rowan Park Carrbridge PH23 3BE
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02725/FUL
Erection of cabin for short term letting purposes
Land 30M North Of 11 Linicro Isle Of Skye
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02726/LBC
Exterior steps and platt providing access to flats
3 Huntly Place Inverness IV3 8HA
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02727/FUL
Repair and reinstatement of entrance steps and platt
3 Huntly Place Inverness IV3 8HA
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02729/FUL
Conversion of garage to annexe
The Artist's Cottage Farr Inverness IV2 6XB
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02732/FUL
Change of use from 2no. self catering units to 2no. houses
Corryview Lodges Spean Bridge PH34 4DX
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/02733/PAN
Residential development and associated infrastructure
Land At Milton Of Culloden South Inverness IV2 7NZ
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02735/FUL
Erection of cabin for ancillary use (retrospective)
34 Alma Road Fort William PH33 6HB
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02737/FUL
Instalation of Air Source heat pump
Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Invergordon Fire Station Academy Road Invergordon IV18 0LB
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02739/SCOP
Farr Wind Farm Extension - 10 wind turbines with up to 200m blade to tip height
Farr Windfarm Moy Tomatin Inverness IV13 7ZA
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02740/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (Class 18)
Land 255M SE Of Hill View House Drumnadrochit
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02741/CLP
Alterations to existing house
Woodlands Nethy Bridge PH25 3DR
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02744/MSC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1-5 for Planning Permission in Principle 25/00383/PIP - Erection of House and outbuilding
Land 180M NE Of Tigh-Na-Coille Kiltarlity
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02745/FUL
Erection of 3 holiday let pods, maintenance building, and cycle store
Land 225M NE Of Farm Cottage Bunchrew Inverness
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02746/FUL
Extension
5 Railway Cottages Station Road Newtonmore PH20 1AR
Received 27 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02747/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (Class 18)
Land 220M SE Of Lochness House Kerrowdown Drumnadrochit
Received 27 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02748/FUL
Change of use from basement storage area to residential
14 Bridge Street Wick
Received 27 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02749/LBC
Alterations to basement storage area to accommodation
Jacks Flooring Bridge Street Wick KW1 4NG
Received 27 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02750/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
13 Braeriach Court Aviemore PH22 1TL
Received 27 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02752/FUL
Extension
53 Milton Park Aviemore PH22 1RS
Received 28 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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