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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Under Consideration26/03133/FUL
Siting of 2 No. Shepherds Huts for Holiday Accommodation
Land 45M NE Of Inch Farmhouse Balblair
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03134/FUL
Demolition of shed and erection of staff accomodation units
Balmacara Hotel Balmacara Kyle IV40 8DH
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03135/FUL
Please visit, https://www.eplanningcnpa.co.uk/online-applications/#searchApplicationsExtension to caravan park to provide additional 38 caravans, wellness & leisure building, landscaping, and drainage works
Land 170M East Of 8 Seafield Avenue Grantown-On-Spey
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03136/FUL
Erection of house
Land 50M NW Of Ness View Cottage Dores
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03137/FUL
Erection of activity building
Land 25M SE Of Ardgay Game South Bonar Industrial Estate Ardgay
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03138/PNO
Extension of forestry road (Class 22)
Land 1860M NW Of Farmhouse Lower Camster Occumster Lybster
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03139/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (class 18)
Land 75M SW Of North Calder Farm Thurso
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03140/FUL
Erection of glamping pod for holiday letting purposes
Land 10M East Of Newton Of Petty Farmhouse Dalcross
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03141/FUL
Formation of new access
Copperfield Flemington Gollanfield Inverness IV2 7QP
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03144/FUL
Repair existing field access, culvert and provide temporary contractor access (retrospective)
Land 60M SE Of Beechwood Tongue
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03146/FUL
Extension to house
5 Lybster Road Forss Thurso KW14 7YA
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03149/FUL
Erection of 17no. houses and 30no. flats (revised design and layout to approved application 17/02007/FUL)
Land 290M West Of Tesco Dores Road Inverness
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03151/S42
Section 42 application to vary condition 4 of 22/01289/PIP
Land 80M South Of Achnagonalin Inchmore Kirkhill
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03154/FUL
Alterations and extension to house, extension to garden room and use of garden room for short term letting
Swordale Lodge Swordale Evanton Dingwall IV16 9XA
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03156/LBC
Internal alterations
Haven Hotel Innes Street Plockton IV52 8TW
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03157/FUL
Erection of pump shed and storage tank forming part of a new irrigation system
Skibo Golf Club Greenkeepers Building Skibo Golf Club Dornoch
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03159/FUL
Erection of extensions
Rhubaan Inverness Road Carrbridge PH23 3AU
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03160/FUL
Erection of extension
Tigh-Na-Coille Nethy Bridge PH25 3DR
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03161/FUL
Change of use of land to form a caravan site with 2 mobile structures for holiday lets, installation of secondary treatment tank with partial soakaway and discharge to drain
Land 30M North Of Blarcrian Culnacnock
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03162/FUL
Alterations to House; Demolition and Erection of Porch and Workshop (domestic use)
Damar 9 Blaich Fort William PH33 7AN
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03163/PIP
Erection of two houses
Land 50M SW Of Broadford Youth Hostel Broadford Isle Of Skye
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03164/FUL
Alterations and change of use from shop to house, forming one residential unit with existing adjoining house
Stepping Stones Dundonnell Garve IV23 2QN
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03165/FUL
Alterations and change of use from existing garages to 3no. short term letting units
Land 20M NW Of New House Ardochy Lodge Invergarry
Received 25 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03166/FUL
Erection of house and ancillary studio/workshop
Gi�thsaich Anns � Ghaoith Brae Munlochy IV8 8PB
Received 26 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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