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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.
9,551 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Scaristavore Isle Of Harris
Received 13 Oct 2017Day Centre 20 - 22 Doune Park Bragar Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DE
Received 16 Oct 20174 Orinsay Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 15 Oct 2017Broadcasting Tower Daliburgh Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 17 Oct 2017SSE Mast Hosta Tigharry Isle Of North Uist
Received 19 Oct 2017Grean Head Transmitter Cleat Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 19 Oct 2017Agricultural Building 6 Steinish Isle Of Lewis
Received 19 Oct 201728B Claddach Baleshare Isle Of North Uist
Received 19 Oct 2017I A And C Maciver Sand Quarry Carnish Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Oct 2017Mast Drimisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 23 Oct 20174C Benside Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Oct 2017Access Path Lower Sandwick Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Oct 2017Moracha Newpark Newmarket Isle Of Lewis HS2 0DT
Received 23 Oct 2017Telephone Exchange Ardmore Eochar Isle Of South Uist
Received 23 Oct 20179A Scaristavore Isle Of Harris
Received 24 Oct 2017Marine Site Mol Na Ceanamhoir Fish Farm Loch Odhairn Gravir Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 25 Oct 2017Marine Site Mol Na Ceanamhoir Fish Farm Loch Odhairn Gravir Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 25 Oct 2017Agricultural Building Croft 34 Breasclete Isle Of Lewis
Received 26 Oct 2017Agricultural Building 19 Aignish Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 26 Oct 2017Distillery Claddach Illeray Isle Of North Uist
Received 27 Oct 2017Tigh Ceilidh 10 Graham Park South Dell South Dell Ness Isle Of Lewis HS2 0ST
Received 30 Oct 2017Gormal Radio Mast Maraig Isle Of Harris
Received 30 Oct 2017Wind Turbines Muaitheabhal Wind Farm Eishken Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 4 Apr 2008Housing Development Tom Na Ba South Galson Isle Of Lewis
Received 1 Nov 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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