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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Under Consideration26/03432/FUL
Alterations and extension
Sicamous 18 Braeview Park Beauly IV4 7ED
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03453/FUL
Erection of house
Land 55M NE Of Mianree Hartfield Road Tain
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03455/FUL
Installation of replacement doors
29 High Street Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3EG
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Withdrawn26/03456/SCRE
Road Improvement Works along the A838 between its junction with the A836and the Sallachy Wind Farm access at Corrykinloch
Land 3500M NW Of Burnside West Shinness Lairg
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03458/FUL
Erection of holiday cabin (retrospective) amended proposal 26/02089/FUL
Land 100M West Of Duel Hill House Fendom Tain
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/03461/PNO
Erection of agricultural shed (class 18)
Land 30M SW Of Brough Croft Hempriggs Row Wick
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/03466/FUL
Extension and alterations
7 Grant Road Balloch Inverness IV2 7JN
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03284/PAR
26/03284/PNO - Peatland Restoration Class 20A
Land 2.8KM SW Of Loch Ossian Youth Hostel Corrour
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/03470/PNO
Formation of forestry track (forwarder track for timber extraction, 45m long, 5m wide) - Class 22
Land 435M SW Of Ionad Nibheis Glen Nevis Fort William
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03471/LBC
Internal alterations and replacement paving
The Studio 1 Innes Street Plockton IV52 8TW
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03473/S42
Application under Section 42 to vary Condition 2 of Planning Permisison 24/00719/FUL to include baking of items on site
The Studio 1 Innes Street Plockton IV52 8TW
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03474/FUL
Alterations and extension
Westfield 9 Nordwall Park Reiss Wick KW1 4SA
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03475/FUL
Erection of lambing shed and agricultural store, and retrospective formation of access and hardstanding
Land 275M SE Of Eddirdail Ardmeanach Fortrose
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03476/FUL
Extension to existing house
Little Logie Newlands Of Delnies Nairn IV12 5NZ
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03477/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory and replacement extension
20 Wolfburn Road Scrabster Thurso KW14 7UY
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03489/FUL
Erection of house
56 Elizabeth Crescent Dornoch IV25 3NN
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03490/FUL
Part change of use to Class 3 caf�/restaurant; Class 1A shop, and takeaway; external seating area/shelter, and external siting and storage (retrospective)
Unit 9/1 And Unit 9/2 Achnagonalin Industrial Estate Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3TA
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03492/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
8 Gordon Hall Seafield Avenue Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3JF
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/03494/CLE
Reinstatement of fire damaged house
184 St Valery Avenue Inverness IV3 5BB
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03498/FUL
Change of use to lorry parking and storage area, and erection of 1.8m security fence
7 Fodderty Way Business Park Dingwall
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03499/RCC
Erection of 49no. residential units and associated infrastructure as Per Planning 26/02361/FUL
Land 150M West Of Wyndhill Industrial Estate Muir Of Ord
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/03501/CLE
Use of the property for short term letting
Lorien Nethy Bridge PH25 3DA
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03502/FUL
Formation of touring caravan, motorhome and camping site, including serviced pitches, informal camping areas, amenity and reception facilities, access, parking, landscaping, utilities, drainage and associated infrastructure and works
Land 150M SE Of Seafield Kishorn
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03506/PIP
Erection of house, garage and formation of access
Land 50M SE Of Muirends Croft 4 Munlochy
Received 14 Aug 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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