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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/02855/ADV
Erection of fascia signs
Matthew's Foods Premier Oriental Food Store 21A Harbour Road Inverness IV1 1SY
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/02856/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Lochside Avielochan Aviemore PH22 1QD
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02857/FUL
Erection of house and detached garage with formation of new access
Land 40M SW Of Whinnybrae Academy Street Brora
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02858/FUL
Installation of flue and alterations to windows/doors
96 Grampian Road Aviemore PH22 1RH
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02860/FUL
Erection of extension to house
Quoylee Skirza Freswick Wick KW1 4XX
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02861/FUL
Alterations to industrial building, erection of fencing and gates, formation of fuel store and wash bay
Pasquill Unit 3 Dalcross Inverness IV2 7XB
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02862/FUL
Install 10 kW ground mounted solar array
Land 100M SE Of Torr An Albannaich Tarbet Bay Morar Mallaig
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02866/FUL
Siting of 2no. pods for holiday letting purposes and installation of drainage
Land 55M West Of Applecross Schoolhouse Camusterrach Applecross
Received 4 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02867/FUL
Use of annexe as short term letting
Balvenie Cottage Drumuillie Road Boat Of Garten PH24 3BD
Received 5 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02872/FUL
Installation of solar PV array and battery storage units
Nucleus The Nuclear And Caithness Archives Wick Airport Industrial Estate Wick KW1 4QS
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02874/CLE
Use of property as short-term let accommodation
Hawthorndene 4 Torrin Isle Of Skye IV49 9BA
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02878/PIP
Erection of house (Renewal of 23/02889/PIP)
Land 25M SE Of Juniper Lodge 21 Glebe Road Nairn
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02879/FUL
Demolition of house and erection of replacement house
Culreach Beag Grantown-on-spey Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3NH
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02880/FUL
Alteration and extension
15 Dubh Macdonald Road Inverlochy Fort William PH33 6JA
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00880/PAR
Installation of replacement windows (class 7A)
The Brackla Hotel 50 Harbour Street Nairn IV12 4NU
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02886/FUL
Installation of electrical control equipment and enclosures, fencing, security gates, and associated groundworks
Land 75M NE Of Allt Na Moine Powerhouse Callakille Applecross
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02888/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (Class 18)
Land 135M NE Of Rona Lodge Isle Of Rona
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02890/FUL
Erection of cabin for short term letting
Land 90M SE Of Lower Viewbank Kilmuir North Kessock
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02891/FUL
Groundworks at junction of the A9(T) and the A839 by the Mound, Golspie (Retrospective)
Land 105M East Of Crann Faibhile The Mound Dornoch
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02899/CLP
Alterations and use of house as short term let
Doune Cottage Dunvegan Isle Of Skye IV55 8WF
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02902/FUL
Erection of self-contained unit for family use
Heatherbank Mill View Crescent Kirkhill Inverness IV5 7PE
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02903/FUL
Erection of house
Land 495M NE Of Daviot Lodge Daviot Inverness
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/02904/FUL
Formation of roundabout
Land 95M SE Of Tomich Old Pump House Invergordon
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02908/FUL
Erection of domestic boathouse
Land 60M SW Of Conmara Laid Loch Eriboll
Received 7 Jul 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Highland
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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