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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.
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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Consideration26/03777/FUL
Extension to form external covered seating area
Dalwhinnie Tearoom & Bar Station Road Dalwhinnie PH19 1AB
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03778/PIP
Erection of house
Land 35M NE Of Stroma Beauly
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03780/FUL
Erection of extension and dormer
1 Mid Street Clachnaharry Inverness IV3 8RD
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Decided26/03781/PNO
Erection of shed - Class 18
Easter Balfreish Cawdor Nairn IV12 5XY
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03782/FUL
Alterations to form Additional Self Catering Unit
Lyn-Leven Cottages West Laroch Ballachulish PH49 4JP
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03786/PNO
Peatland Restoration - Class 20A
Land 3575M SE Of Dalmor House Skelpick Bettyhill
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03787/FUL
Erection of house and garage and temporary siting of caravan
Land 140M SW Of 1 Balmeanach Glenhinnisdal Portree
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03795/PNO
Replacement of 2no. windows (Class 7A)
St Anns 5 Petley Street Tain IV19 1BU
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03796/FUL
Erection of garage (retrospective) and erection of fence.
2 Grebe Avenue Inverness IV2 3TD
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided26/03797/SCRE
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion Request for a proposed Solar PV Array and associated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Land 560M SW Of Torvean Golf Club Inverness
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Under Consideration26/03800/FUL
Installation of replacement public toilets
Land 50M SW Of Mains Of Aberarder Kinloch Laggan
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03801/FUL
Installation of decking to front of house (Retrospective)
14 Riverside Road Kinlochleven PH50 4QH
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03804/ADV
Erection of freestanding sign
Land 220M NW Of Castlehill Heritage Centre Harbour Road Castletown
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Certificate of Lawfulness26/03810/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
Millview Boat Of Garten PH24 3BY
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03818/FUL
Conversion of garage
36 Heatherley Crescent Inverness IV2 4AW
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03822/FUL
Change of use to self storage facility
Rollerbowl 167 Culduthel Road Inverness IV2 4BQ
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03823/FUL
Change of use to HMO to provide staff accommodation (Retrospective)
Dunire 20B Carnoch Glencoe Ballachulish PH49 4HS
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03824/FUL
Erection of house and garage, formation of access
Land 30M SW Of Creac An Fheilidh 1 Ellishadder Culnacnock
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03826/FUL
Construction of 300m Forest Road
Land 860M West Of Carbisdale Castle Ardgay
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03830/FUL
Erection of house, shed and associated drainage
Land 45M SE Of Schoolwood Roy Bridge
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03831/FUL
Installation of Air Source Heat Pump with Solar PV and Battery
Tigh A'Bhlair Culloden Moor Inverness IV2 5EH
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03832/FUL
Erection of extension
2 Borlum Road Inverness IV2 4RN
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03833/FUL
Change of Use of Units 1 and 2 from Class 4 to Class 11
Units 1 And 2 24 Longman Drive Inverness
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03834/PIP
Erection of house
Land 65M SE Of Jacks Cottage Dunnet
Received 2 Sept 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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