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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 dates12,174Searchable applications
76Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 9,703 approved or refused records
141Refused applications
9,562 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided16/00453/PPP
Erect house
2B Croir Bernera Isle Of Lewis
Received 13 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00454/PPD
Erect house
7 Rodel Isle Of Harris
Received 13 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00455/PPD
Erect retail shop (retrospective)
Coralbox 3 Backhill Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00456/PPD
Extend premises to create goods display and storage. Clad existing 40' containers with timber.
Lewis Crofters Limited Island Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2RD
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00457/PPD
Change of use from a residential dwelling to a domestic storage building ancillary to 11A Habost
11B Habost Ness Isle Of Lewis HS2 0TG
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00458/PPD
Erect detached garage
61 Upper Coll Isle Of Lewis HS2 0LT
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00459/PPD
Install dormer window
Lower Town 8 Carinish Isle Of North Uist HS6 5HL
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00460/PPD
Change of use from workshop/garden shed to commercial food smoking production unit. Erect new garden shed.
74A Keith Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2JG
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00461/PPD
Erect sunroom extension to existing dwelling house
An Cnocan Gorm 38 Garrabost Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0PW
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00462/PPP
Erect house
31 Brue Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00463/TPO
Removal of tree
R Doig Optometrist Rosebank 52 Church Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2LS
Received 20 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00464/PPD
Demolish existing house; erect new house and shed; install air source heat pump (amendment to 15/00299/PPD)
Iomal Na Traigh Malaclate Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00465/PPD
Erect bunkhouse
John's Bunkhouse 23 Borve Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00466/PPD
Construct additional vehicular and pedestrian access and low frontage concrete block wall (partially retrospective)
6 Braighe Road Branahuie Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0BQ
Received 20 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00468/ADV
Display of 4 x internally illuminated logos; 2 x non-illuminated acrylic letters; and 22 x non-illuminated wall-mounted aluminium panel signs.
Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited Co-op Daliburgh Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SS
Received 21 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00470/FULTEL
Generator and fuel tank
Telecommunications Mast Scaladale Isle Of Harris
Received 22 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00471/PPD
To temporarily locate 4 No. 20 foot and 2 No. 40 foot storage containers within the old carpark area
B A S F Pharma Callanish Ltd The Factory Breasclete Isle Of Lewis HS2 9ED
Received 23 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00473/PPD
Extend Dwelling House
24 Jamieson Drive Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2LF
Received 26 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00474/PPD
Site two camping pods and related amenity pod on croft
Camping Pods 38 Fivepenny Borve Isle Of Lewis
Received 26 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00475/PPD
Erect house
6E Seilebost Isle Of Harris
Received 26 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00476/PPD
Extend House
25 East Street Sandwick Isle Of Lewis HS2 0AG
Received 26 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00477/FULTEL
Emergency services network mast installation and compound
Beinn Buidhe Mast Balallan Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 27 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00480/FULTEL
Install Telecoms Mast and compound
Mast Ahmor Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 27 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00481/PPD
Construct pipe bridge
Pipe Bridge Grenitote Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 28 Sept 2016
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 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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