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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Na h-Eileanan Siar. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,555 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Broadband Cabinet Kershader Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 14 Feb 2017Mast Balla Eriskay Isle Of South Uist
Received 14 Feb 2017Broadband Cabinet Lower Bayble Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 14 Feb 2017239A Upper Bruernish Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 14 Feb 2017Freshwater Storage Reservoirs Lochskipport Isle Of South Uist
Received 15 Feb 2017Agricultural Building 380 Garrynamonie Isle Of South Uist
Received 15 Feb 2017Freshwater Storage Reservoirs Loch Shell Eishken Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 15 Feb 2017Enercon Wind Turbines Locheport Isle Of North Uist
Received 13 Feb 2017Schoolside Cottage Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 16 Feb 2017Telecommunications Mast Seilebost Isle Of Harris
Received 16 Feb 2017Mast Doune Carloway Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Feb 2017Mast South Bragar Bragar Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Feb 2017Telecommunications Mast North Tolsta Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Feb 2017Airwave 02 Telecom Antennae Mast Airigh Na Gaoithe Cross Skigersta Road Ness Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Feb 2017Barn 3 Carnish Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Feb 2017Cafe Gasaigh Island Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist Na H-Eileanan An Iar
Received 16 Feb 2017Mast Barvas Moor Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Feb 20174 Tong Road Tong Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Feb 2017Agricultural Building 21 North Bragar Bragar Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Feb 2017ESN Mast Ardhasaig Isle Of Harris
Received 20 Feb 2017Mast Airidhbhruach Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Feb 2017Town Hall Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DB
Received 20 Feb 20176B Kirkibost Bernera Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Feb 2017Agricultural Track 18 Illeray Clachan Clachan Locheport Isle Of North Uist
Received 20 Feb 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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