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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Certificate of Lawfulness26/03039/CLE
Use of dwelling house as a short term let
The West Nest 17 Fasach Glendale Isle Of Skye IV55 8WP
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03042/FUL
Siting of caravan for farm worker's accommodation
Land 50M NE Of Cragganmore 1 Kinerras Kiltarlity
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03043/PNO
Peatland Restoration (Class 20A)
Land 2335M NE Of Dirdhu Grantown-on-spey
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03048/FUL
Erection of annexe (retrospective)
Cnoc Cridhe Steading Wester Lochloy Nairn IV12 5LE
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03050/S42
Application under Section 42 to amend Condition 1 (duration of permission) of 21/02664/FUL for siting of mobile home
The Cottage 426 Upper Doll Doll Brora KW9 6NN
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03053/FUL
Change design on Plot 1 to Shepherd's Hut (Amendment to 23/02963/FUL)
Land 265M North Of Cudrish View Culnakirk Drumnadrochit
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03054/FUL
Extension
Mackerel Skye 27B Fiscavaig Carbost Isle Of Skye IV42 8SN
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03055/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
6B Huntly Place Inverness IV3 8HA
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03056/FUL
Siting of 1 additional lodge to existing development (24/03006/FUL) and formation of new car park
Land 60M West Of Allt-Nan-Ros Apartments Onich
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03057/FUL
Erection of 2no. stable blocks (retrospective)
Land 90M NE Of 4 Old Meall Road High Burnside Aviemore
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03058/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
3 The Steadings Invertromie Kingussie PH21 1NS
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03060/FUL
Erection of dwelling house and garage (renewal of planning permission 23/02341/FUL)
Land North Of Garrachan Uiginish Dunvegan Isle Of Skye
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03061/FUL
Siting of cabin for use as short term let
Land 15M SW Of 4B Torvaig Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03062/FUL
Installation of balcony
9 Tower Gardens Inverness IV2 5DQ
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03063/PIP
Erection of house and garage
Land 320M SE Of Ardmair Bay House Ardmair Ullapool
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03064/FUL
Erection of sprinkler pump and tank enclosure
Land 200M East Of 23 Willow Avenue Slackbuie Inverness
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03065/FUL
Installation of welfare cabin
Land 45M NW Of Curlew Cottage Inshlaggan Invergarry
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03066/PNO
Formation of ATV track (restrocking; 2740m long; 2.5m wide) - Class 22
Land 1700M NW Of Ardechive House Achnacarry Spean Bridge
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03069/FUL
Installation of ground mounted solar array (11Kw)
Land 100M North Of Kylas Resipole Strontian
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03074/FUL
Removal of ATM, reinstatement of window
19A Union Street Inverness
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03075/LBC
Removal of ATM, reinstatement of window, installation of lift and internal alterations
19A Union Street Inverness
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03082/PNO
Prior Notification for a Forestry-related road. (Class 22)
Moss Of Toftingal Nr Spittal Caithness
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03088/FUL
Erection of house and detached garage for use as a dwellinghouse and short term let accommodation; Siting of caravan (for a temporary period)
Land 50M W Of 72 Camaghael Fort William
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03090/PIP
Erection of house for holiday letting
Land 50M NE Of 1 Ullinish Struan
Received 17 Jul 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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.
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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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