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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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 Consideration26/03091/FUL
Formation of temporary worker accommodation village comprising modular buildings, including living accommodation (circa 500 beds), welfare and recreation uses for staff, formation of access, car parking and associated works
Land 165M NW Of 63 Pennyland Drive Pennyland Drive Pennyland Thurso
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03092/FUL
Alterations & Extension
13B Carnoch Glencoe Ballachulish PH49 4HQ
Received 18 Jul 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/03171/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
25 Carn Elrig View High Burnside Aviemore PH22 1UL
Received 18 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03094/FUL
Erection of garage
Inverhouse Culrain Ardgay IV24 3DP
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03097/FUL
Erection of house and garage
Land 60M NW Of Mon A'Choille Insh Kingussie
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/03101/CLE
Use of property as short-term let
Viewhill 418 Knockan Elphin Lairg IV27 4HH
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03102/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Wildcat Lodge Invertromie Kingussie PH21 1NS
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03103/PNO
Upgrade of access track
Achlean Feshiebridge Kingussie PH21 1NH
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03104/PIP
Erection of house plot (Plot 1)
Land 60M South Of Myrtle Cottage Whitebridge Inverness
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03105/PIP
Erection of house plot (Plot 2)
Land 65M SE Of Bluebell Cottage Whitebridge Inverness
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03106/S42
Section 42 application to amend condition 2 (affordable housing) of application 25/00685/FUL for Erection of 10no. houses
Arbol Wood Land South Of 1-6 New Geanies Tain IV20 1SH
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03107/FUL
Formation of equestrian riding arena
Land 40M North Of Kilcamb 8 Blackhill Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03109/FUL
Garage conversion for use as a studio short term let
Land 25M SW Of Hillcrest Tarvie Strathpeffer
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03117/FUL
Erection of a dwelling house and shed, formation of access from public road, installation of secondary treatment tank & partial soakaway with discharge to burn, and siting of a mobile structure for duration of the house build.
Land 95M SW Of Sonas Cottage 5 Treaslane IV51 9NX
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03119/FUL
Erection of replacement garage
Mulanje Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3LW
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03120/ADV
Erection of 2no. totem signs and fascia signage
Mitsubishi Motors 45 Harbour Road Inverness IV1 1SY
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03123/FUL
Erection of house and installation of septic tank and soakaway
Land 130M SW Of Sputie Burn Bothy 52 Sputie Doll Brora
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03124/FUL
Siting of short term holiday letting unit
Land 20M NW Of Driseach Plockton
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03126/FUL
Erection of 32no dwellings
Land 90M South Of Sinamor Keiss
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03127/FUL
Erection of short term let accommodation
Land 10M South Of Studleigh Studleigh 9B Auldcastle Road Inverness
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03128/FUL
Erection of extension
23 Matheson Drive Fortrose IV10 8AD
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/03129/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Dunstaffnage House 19 Woodside Avenue Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3JR
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03130/FUL
Erection of house
Land 65M NE Of Braes House Upper Ollach The Braes Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03131/FUL
Rebuilding of spire and installation of new cross
Free Church Of Scotland Bank Street Inverness IV1 1QY
Received 22 Jul 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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