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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Consideration26/03859/FUL
Installation of water storage tank
Land 340M SW Of Balblair Quarry Balblair Beauly
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03861/PNO
Prior Notification for Peatland Restoration
Land 3800M SE Of Dalharold Strathnaver Kinbrace
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Decided26/03871/SCRE
Repowering of the existing turbine at Thurso Wastewater Treatment Works from the existing WES100 (34.85m to blade tip) to an EWT DW54X (67m to blade tip).
Scottish Water Thurso Waste Water Treatment Works Thurso
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03875/SCRE
EIA Screeing Request - a barge berth at Port of Inverness
Inverness Harbour Office Longman Drive Inverness IV1 1SU
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03881/FUL
Siting of holiday letting unit
Land 65M SW Of 5 Fernilea Carbost
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03885/LBC
Installation of 3 no. replacement rooflights, replacing windows with timber sash and case (stable), alterations to form new bathrooms/suites or small kitchen areas, removal of glasshouse
Glenborrodale Castle Glenborrodale Acharacle PH36 4JP
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03889/CLP
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming proposed use as short-term let accommodation is lawful
Bal-Mara 24 Bornisketaig Kilmuir Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9YS
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03900/S42
Section 42 application to amend condition 2 of 23/05939/FUL for the temporary siting of ice rink within marquee (renewal) to extend cessation date by 3 years
Land 105M West Of Macdonald Aviemore Hotel The Aviemore Centre Grampian Road Aviemore
Received 6 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03901/FUL
Replacement roof on byre
Kinlochetive Glen Etive
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03902/LBC
New roof coverings, install rainwater goods and ground drainage, renew floor fabric, repairs and conservation works
Church Of Scotland Isle Of Canna
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03904/S42
Section 42 application, seeking the variation of Condition 4 of planning permission 17/04834/FUL to allow Birch Grove Cabin to be used as a permanent residential dwelling
Birch Grove Cabin 10 Wester Alligin Achnasheen IV22 2HD
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03905/FUL
Use of property as short term letting unit
6 Barclay Road Aviemore PH22 1UH
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03906/PNO
Formation of forest ATV and forwarder tracks (maintenance and deer management; 1990m long; 2.5m wide)
Land 655M NE Of 12 Upper Inverroy Roy Bridge
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03909/PNO
Erection of 2 feed silos (class 18)
Land 60M South Of Rhemullen Dunbeath
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03910/TPNO
Removal of 6no. antennas, 15no. ERs, 6no. combiners, and 3no. PSUs and installation of 9no. antennas
BT Telephone Exchange Friars Lane Inverness IV1 1BA
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03913/FUL
Installation of ramp
4 Balloch Farm Cottages Cherry Park Balloch Inverness IV2 7HE
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03915/FUL
Proposed roofing change from concrete tiles to black corrugated steel
Brae House 212 Altandhu Achiltibuie Ullapool IV26 2YR
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03916/FUL
Erection of garage and alterations to house
35 Bellfield Park Inverness IV2 4TA
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03921/FUL
Erection of agricultural shed (retrospective)
Land At Killara Wester Galcantray Cawdor Nairn
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03924/PIP
Erection of two houses
Land To The South Of Bella Mackay Place Thrumster Wick
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03940/PNO
Formation of deer grid
Land 200M SW Of Tigh-An-Laggan Aigas Beauly
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03941/PNO
Prior Notification under Regulation 62 - Strath Carnaig & Strath Fleet Moors SPA - Intention to undertake Ground Investigation (GI) works within the Strath Carnaig & Strath Fleet Moors SPA and SSSI as Permitted Development under Part 13, Class 40(1)(c) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended).
Land 1KM SE Of Brae Torboll Dornoch
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03942/PIP
Erection of house
Land 125M South Of Torwood Blairninich Strathpeffer
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03945/FUL
Erection of boat house
Land Between Rockybank And Broom Cottage Alligin
Received 9 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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