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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
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Na h-Eileanan Siar. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,173Searchable applications
76Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 9,736 approved or refused records
141Refused applications
9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Contact Building StandardsLocal plan Planning Policy and GuidancePre-application advice Pre-application Advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01851822692Council source
- Planning enquiries01870602425Council 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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas4 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
- Decided95/00051/FUL
Erection of dwellinghouse
18D Matheson Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2LA
Received 9 Feb 1995 - Decided95/00053/FUL
Extension to dwellinghouse
Old Schoolhouse Airidhbhruach Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9LE
Received 10 Feb 1995 - Decided95/00054/FUL
Siting of portacabin
Unit 3 Mossend Industrial Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2ST
Received 24 Jan 1995 - Decided95/00055/FUL
Improvements to house
24 New Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2JJ
Received 13 Feb 1995 - Decided96/00001/FUL
Extend house
42 Goathill Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2NS
Received 3 Jan 1996 - Decided96/00002/FUL
Erect House
15 Tolstachaolais Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DW
Received 24 Dec 1995 - Decided96/00003/FUL
Erect House
9 Scaristavore Isle Of Harris HS3 3HX
Received 4 Jan 1996 - Decided96/00004/FUL
Alter and Extend House
Loretta Cottage 14 Garrygall Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5UH
Received 3 Jan 1996 - Decided96/00005/COU
Erect House
2 Garrygall Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5UH
Received 3 Jan 1996 - Decided96/00006/COU
Alteration / Change of Use from Barn to Chalet
16 Hougharry Isle Of North Uist HS6 5DL
Received 3 Jan 1996 - Decided96/00007/FUL
Erect House
5 Eagleton Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QD
Received 10 Jan 1996 - Decided96/00090/FUL
Erect Loomshed
5 Church Street North Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BE
Received 1 Mar 1996 - Decided96/00125/FUL
Form Caravan/Camp Site
Horgabost Isle Of Harris HS3 3HR
Received 20 Mar 1996 - Decided96/00140/FUL
Alter & Extend Building
Stornoway Trust 20 Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DD
Received 29 Feb 1996 - Decided96/00141/FUL
Erect House
10 Cleat Isle Of Barra HS9 5XX
Received 18 Mar 1996 - Decided96/00142/FUL
Erect Garage
Tarbert Isle Of Harris HS3 3HJ
Received 4 Apr 1996 - Decided96/00143/FUL
Site LPG tank
47 Upper Bayble Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QH
Received 5 Apr 1996 - Decided96/00144/FUL
Alter & Extend House
Carradale North Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BD
Received 5 Apr 1996 - Decided96/00145/FUL
Erect house
Torsaig 50 North Galson Isle Of Lewis HS2 0SJ
Received 9 Apr 1996 - Decided96/00146/FUL
Site caravan
34 Torquil Terrace Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2HN
Received 8 Apr 1996 - Decided96/00147/FUL
Erect house
Adj. 21 Benside Newmarket Isle Of Lewis HS2 0DZ
Received 11 Apr 1996 - Decided96/00148/FUL
Replace Flat Roof With Pitched Roof
24 Flesherin Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0HE
Received 15 Mar 1996 - Decided96/00149/FUL
Improve Pier
Wee Pier Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 18 Mar 1996 - Decided96/00150/FUL
Erect Agricultural Building
1 Ahmor Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist HS6 5BW
Received 11 Apr 1996
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Na h-Eileanan Siar, 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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