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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9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided97/00268/FUL
Erect House
43 Upper Bayble Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QH
Received 7 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00269/FUL
Widen Storm Window (SW end of house)
Teachers House 1 Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BJ
Received 19 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00271/FUL
Erect house
1 Bayherivagh Northbay Isle Of Barra HS9 5YQ
Received 21 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00272/FUL
Alter house
The Anchorage Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5XD
Received 21 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00273/NID
Provide serviced business park
Business Park Adjacent To Track Lochs Road Isle Of Lewis HS2 9JN
Received 5 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00275/FUL
Erect House
1A Lochganvich Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DT
Received 20 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00276/FUL
Erect Septic Tank
5 Flodabay Isle Of Harris HS3 3HA
Received 21 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00277/FUL
Extend Agricultural Building
14 Lemreway Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9RD
Received 3 Jun 1997 - Decided97/00278/ADV
Display Advert
Edmundson Electrical Ltd Shell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2BS
Received 6 May 1997 - Decided97/00279/FUL
Demolish existing/Erect Houses
Housing Development 42 Newton Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2RW
Received 21 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00280/ADV
Display two sign boards
Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist HS6 5AA
Received 25 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00282/OUT
Erect eight houses
Old Caravan Site Howmore Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SH
Received 26 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00283/FUL
Improvements and Extension to House
48 Upper Carloway Isle Of Lewis HS2 9AG
Received 26 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00284/FUL
Alter House
Creagmhor 33 Upper Shader Isle Of Lewis HS2 0RQ
Received 26 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00285/FUL
Improve and Extend House
31 Valtos Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9HR
Received 26 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00286/FUL
Site Caravan
Meadowbank Oliver's Brae Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2SU
Received 26 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00287/ADV
Erect three sign boards
Locheport Isle Of North Uist HS6 5HA
Received 27 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00288/FUL
Continuation of sand extraction
Hosta Tigharry Isle Of North Uist HS6 5DF
Received 28 Aug 1997 - Decided97/00289/FUL
Erect dwelling
Oran Mara 5 Eoligarry Isle Of Barra HS9 5YD
Received 1 Sept 1997 - Decided97/00290/OUT
Provide Access to A859/Form Car Park
Loch Na H-Aibhne Ruaidha Aline Isle Of Lewis HS2 9JL
Received 5 Mar 1998 - Decided97/00292/FUL
Erect House
8 Grosebay Isle Of Harris HS3 3ER
Received 1 Sept 1997 - Decided97/00293/FUL
Extension to House
3 Kendibig Isle Of Harris HS3 3HQ
Received 1 Sept 1997 - Decided97/00294/OUT
Erect House
Land Adjacent To Tullochard Barvas Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QX
Received 2 Sept 1997 - Decided97/00295/FUL
Change of Use
Caberfeidh Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2SE
Received 2 Sept 1997
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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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