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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/02643/FUL
Erection of stables
Land 160M SE Of Faodail Culloden Moor Inverness
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02644/FUL
Alterations and extension
Tigh Na Gheal Station Road Newtonmore PH20 1AR
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02647/FUL
Reinstatement of a road load facility, installation of a welfare cabin and associated infrastructure
Exolum Petroleum Storage Depot Longman Drive Inverness
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02650/FUL
Erection of extension, alter window to form door, formation of access, installation of windows.
DANDHLAW LTD 7 - 9 Princes Street Thurso KW14 7BQ
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02652/FUL
Engineering works to form a new berthing quay on the east side of the Inner Dock at the Port of Nigg (amended application boundary 24/02674/FUL)
Land 430M NW Of Nigg Welding School Nigg Tain
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02657/FUL
Demolition of existing garage and erection of workshop and shed
3 Cromartie Gardens Tain IV19 1BY
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02662/FUL
Change of use from shed to guest accommodation
Land 30M SW Of Meikle Ferry Station Tain
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02663/ADV
Installation of fascia and projecting signage
50 - 52 High Street Inverness IV1 1JE
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02664/FUL
Installation of new shopfront, ATM, external plant and ventilation ductwork
50 - 52 High Street Inverness IV1 1JE
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02666/FUL
Extension
8 Wellside Road Balloch Inverness IV2 7GS
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02667/PNO
Extension to agricultural building (Class 18)
Brae Duncanston Dingwall IV7 8JB
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02668/FUL
Erection of house
The Steading Ardersier Inverness IV2 7QX
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02669/FUL
Replacement roof & alterations
The Half House Nethy Bridge PH25 3ED
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02670/FUL
Formation of 4no touring pitches
Land 35M West Of Mingarry Park Guest House Acharacle
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02671/FUL
Change of use from Guest House to house (Class 9)
Caledonian House Main Street Portmahomack Tain IV20 1YS
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02672/PIP
Erection of base building and garage for mountain rescue team
Land 270M NE Of Moyvegan House Glenshiel
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02673/MSC
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 27 and 28 pursuant to Planning Permission in Principle 22/00221/PIP for Phase 2 comprising 18no. flats
Land 80M North Of 9 Storr Road Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02674/CLP
Partial renovation of outbuilding to form a residential annexe
Croyard House Croyard Road Beauly IV4 7EX
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02681/LBC
External and internal alterations (Retrospective)
59 High Street Dingwall IV15 9HL
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02684/FUL
Erection of house
Land 30M North Of Tigh-A-Cnuic Quarry Glenelg
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02687/FUL
External and internal alterations (Retrospective)
59 High Street Dingwall IV15 9HL
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02690/PNO
Formation of farm access track (Class 18)
Land 380M SE Of Daviot Lodge Daviot Inverness
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Under Consideration26/02694/FUL
Reconfiguration of access road (amendment to 25/00566/FUL)
The Highland Council Weigh Bridge Office Stadium Road Inverness
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/02697/FUL
Erection of dormer extension
Airidh Bheag Lochaline Morvern Oban PA80 5XU
Received 25 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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