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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745 approved · 40 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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
- Decided26/03946/PNO
Erection of transformer building (Class 40)
SSE Kerryfalls Power Station Gairloch Achnasheen IV22 2HP
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03949/CLE
Use of property as short term letting unit
1 Gordon Hall Seafield Avenue Grantown-On-Spey PH26 3JF
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03951/FUL
Alterations and extension to form two storey garage
An Teallach Braes Ullapool IV26 2SZ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03961/PNO
Peatland Restoration - East Rhidorroch Phase 4 - Cnoc Damh - Class 20A
Cnoc Damh East Rhidorroch Estate
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03962/PAN
Construction and operation of a 132 kilovolt (kV) underground cable, approximately 5.79 km in length, between the proposed Garvary Wind Farm substation and the existing Loch Buidhe substation, south of Lairg, Scottish Highlands. Associated works comprise works within the operational footprint of Loch Buidhe substation to facilitate the new 132 kV connection, construction of temporary access tracks and/or upgrade to existing tracks, temporary construction compound, and reinstatement of underground cable construction corridor.
Land 1.25 KM SW Of Garvary Bonar Bridge
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03973/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (class 18)
Land 400M SW Of Miller Myrelandhorn Kirk Wick
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03975/SCOP
EIA Scoping Opinion request - the proposed new Coire Mashie 400kV substation, required to connect the Earba Storage - Pumped Storage Hydro Project.
Land 2KM SE Of Faegour Cottage Kinloch Laggan
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03985/SCRE
EIA Screening Opinion Request - Ben Sca Redesign and Balmeanach Wind Farm grid connections comprising two 33kV underground cables (UGC)
Land 4380M NE Of Burnside 12 Upper Feorlig Dunvegan Isle Of Skye
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03986/PNO
Reinstatement of forestry track - Class 22
Land 160M SW Of Glen Cottage Skelbo Dornoch
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03987/SCOP
EIA Scoping Opinion request - Royal Dornoch Golf Club - Formation of new 18 hole links golf course, par 3 course, alterations to existing Struie course and associated infrastructure, maintenance building, driving range and ancillary facilities.
Land 575M South Of Tigh-Na-Oir Meadows Park Road Dornoch
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03996/PNO
Peatland Restoration - Class 20A
Land 3200M East Of Shepherd's Cottage Ramasaig Glendale
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03997/PNO
Formation of forestry road (class 22)
Land 1.7KM NE Of Corrie View Benechielt Latheron
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04003/CLE
Use of house as short term let
6 Bosville Terrace Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9DG
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04007/FUL
Alterations and Extension
Leacan Dubha Invergarry PH35 4HR
Received 13 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04011/FUL
Proposed two storey side extension to bungalow.
Steading Bungalow Langwell Strathkanaird Ullapool IV26 2TP
Received 14 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04034/PNO
Installtion of replacement equipment - Class 21A, 21C and 21G
MOWI Fish Farm Ardessie Dundonnell Garve IV23 2QU
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04035/SCRE
Request for EIA Screening Opinion
MOWI Fish Farm Ardessie Dundonnell Garve IV23 2QU
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04039/PNO
Erection of agricultural building (class 18)
Kinlochy Tannach Wick KW1 5SF
Received 15 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03005/PAR
Formation of Access Track Including Bridge Crossing - Class 18
Land 265M SW Of Steading Bungalow Langwell Strathkanaird Ullapool
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04045/PNO
Replacement windows class 7A
1 High Street Fortrose IV10 8SX
Received 14 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03315/PAR
Formation of forest ATV tracks (restocking and deer management; 2260m long; 2.5m wide) - Class 22
Land 1310M SW Of Schoolhouse Morvern
Received 15 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04058/PNO
Peatland Restoration Project - Arichlinie & Loch Culaidh Flats
Land At Achentoul Estate Kinbrace Sutherland
Received 15 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/04107/FUL
Erection of porch
Lornhaven 4 Port Dunbar Wick KW1 4JJ
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/03461/PAR
Erection of agricultural shed (class 18)
Land 30M SW Of Brough Croft Hempriggs Row Wick
Received 16 Sept 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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