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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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 Consideration26/03167/FUL
Alterations to building, erection of walls and awning; extension of car park
Aros Heritage Centre Viewfield Road Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9EU
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03168/FUL
Siting of short term holiday letting unit
Land 10M SE Of Taigh Fearna 1 Garvan Fort William
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03169/S42
Application under Section 42 to vary Condition 5 of Planning Permission 1975/616/RC
Gruinard Bay Caravan Park Laide Achnasheen IV22 2ND
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/03170/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Bennachie 13 Carn Elrig View High Burnside Aviemore PH22 1UL
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03172/FUL
Change of use of guesthouse (class 7) to residential house for supported living (class 8)
Inverglen Guest House 7 Abertarff Road Inverness IV2 3NW
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03173/FUL
Alterations to carpark
Glencoe Visitor Centre Inverigan Glencoe Ballachulish PH49 4LA
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03174/FUL
Erection of dwelling (amended design of 23/05604/FUL)
Land 30M SE Of Englebelmer 72 Fairfield Road Inverness
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03175/FUL
Alterations and extension
Land 15M SE Of Englebelmer 72 Fairfield Road Inverness
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03176/FUL
Formation of decking areas
The Pines Carrbridge PH23 3ND
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03177/FUL
Erection of Extensions/Alterations to Hotel, amended roof of Glasshouse and associated works (amended design of 25/03633/FUL)
Summer Isles Hotel Achiltibuie Ullapool IV26 2YQ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03178/FUL
Erection of house with ASHP and detached garage (amended deasign 22/02574/FUL)
Foinaven Assynt Street Evanton Dingwall IV16 9YH
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03179/FUL
Erection of extension to house. Erection of ancillary outbuilding, Solar PV array and wind turbine. Temporary siting of shipping container and caravan.
Croft 7 Big Sand Gairloch
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03180/FUL
Erection of extension with balcony
Achaidh Curtaig Morar Mallaig PH40 4PD
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03181/FUL
Formation of truck stop with refuelling station formation of access and toilet/shower block
Land 150M NW Of Caledonian Stadium Stadium Road Inverness
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03182/LBC
Paint frontage and the formation of extract fan
118 Academy Street Inverness
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03184/FUL
Erection of conservatory
1 Mitchells Lane Inverness IV2 3HQ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03190/LBC
Change of use from house to shop, erection of extension, demolition of extensions - amended design (retrospective)
15 Riverside Place Thurso KW14 8BZ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03191/PAR
26/02764/PNO - Addition of 1 x 120m circumference pen within a 65m empty mooring - Class 21A (fish farming)
Nevis A Loch Nevis Land 4380M East Of 1 Mallaig Mhor Mallaig
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03193/FUL
Change of use to house
Grampian View Kincraig Kingussie PH21 1NA
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Withdrawn26/03196/CLP
Installation of air source heat pump, solar PV & battery
Tigh A'Bhlair Culloden Moor Inverness IV2 5EH
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03200/PIP
Erection of house
Land 275M SE Of Oakview Courage Farm Nairn
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03202/LBC
Removal and replacement of the internal plaster of the powerhouse
Alvance British Aluminium North Road Fort William PH33 6TH
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Under Consideration26/03204/RCC
Ness Side Area A1 (phase 2) - (Part of a muti-phased housing development)
Land At Dores Road Inverness
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Decided26/03207/S42
S42 to extend time limit in Condition 3 of 21/03253/FUL by 2 years
Glenmoriston Estate North Of Levishie Invermoriston
Received 28 Jul 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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