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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decision26/03231/PAR
26/03231/PNO - Peatland restoration project Class 20A
Land 5100M SE Of Samadalan Airor Inverie Knoydart
Received 20 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03600/FUL
Erection of garage/workshop
Fox Hollow Hillhead Ardersier Inverness IV2 7QQ
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Decided26/03601/PNO
Hollandmey Moss Peatland Restoration Works
Land 580M SW Of Heatherbell Gills Canisbay
Received 20 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03603/FUL
Demolition of house and erection of 2no. houses
41 Duncanston Dingwall IV7 8JB
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03604/FUL
Erection of extension for storage
32 Millburn Road Inverness IV2 3TR
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03605/FUL
Demolition of conservatory and erection of extension
14 Ormonde Terrace Avoch IV9 8QU
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03606/FUL
Erection of sun lounge
39 Braeside Park Balloch Inverness IV2 7HN
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03607/FUL
Erection of 2no. detached houses
Land NE Of Heatherley Brae Clephanton Ardersier
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03608/FUL
Erection of house
Land 240M NE Of Bochruben Farm Torness Inverness
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03609/CLE
Use of house as short term let
8 Kildonan Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9PU
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03610/FUL
Erection of house
Land North Of Birchwood Nairn
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03611/PIP
Erection of house (renewal of 23/02951/PIP)
Land 105M SW Of 7 Scullamus Moss Breakish
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03612/FUL
Erection of house and garage (renewal of 23/03016/FUL)
Land 90M NE Of Berneray Staffin Road Portree Isle Of Skye
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03613/PIP
Erection of holiday lodge
Land 30M East Of Dundonnell Lodge Dunsmore Lodges Beauly
Received 22 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03616/FUL
Internal alterations and formation of dormer
4 Thistle Road Conon Bridge Dingwall IV7 8FG
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03621/FUL
Formation of dormer window and erection of balcony
Sealladh Aluinn Drimnin Oban PA80 5XZ
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Decided26/03623/DEM
Demolition of building - Class 70
Former Travis Perkins Woodlands Industrial Estate Woodlands Terrace Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3NA
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03624/S36
Tomchrasky Wind Farm Variation - application to increase the blade tip height from 185m to 250m and extend the operational lifetime from 30 years 40 years of the consent for Tomchrasky Wind Farm (THC ref. 22/05955/S36) comprising 14 turbines, battery energy storage system (BESS), anemometer mast, access tracks, four borrow pits, and associated infrastructure.
Land 3200M NW Of Dalchreichart Cemetery Dalchreichart Glenmoriston
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03626/FUL
Siting of retail pod
Land 60M NW Of Sainsbury's Nairn
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03627/ADV
Erection of signage
Land 60M NW Of Sainsbury's Nairn
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03628/HSC
Hazardous Substance Consent
Clynelish Distillery Old Brora Distillery Brora KW9 6LR
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03631/CLE
Operation as bed and breakfast
Riverside Cottage Staffin Road Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9HS
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03632/PNO
Application under Regulation 62 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended) for ground investigation (GI) works for the proposed Loch na Cathrach Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme Grid Connection
Land 630M East Of Park Cottage Dores
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03633/PNO
Peatland restoration - Class 7A
Dounie Estates Ardgay IV24 3BW
Received 21 Aug 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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