Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 New Tolsta Isle Of Lewis HS2 0NN
Received 28 Jan 2008Uig Lodge Timsgarry Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9ET
Received 22 Jan 200853 Tong Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Jan 20086 Enaclete Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Feb 200888A Bakers Road Newmarket Isle Of Lewis HS2 0EA
Received 4 Feb 2008Co Chomunn Na Pairc Ravenspoint Kershader Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9QA
Received 28 Feb 2008Borve Tavern Borve Isle Of Lewis HS2 0RX
Received 13 Feb 20088A Newlands Shulishader Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 1 Feb 200813A Claddach Kirkibost Isle Of North Uist
Received 30 Jan 2008FinFish Farm Loch Stockinish Kyles Stockinish Isle Of Harris
Received 1 Feb 2008Marine Site Plocropol Finfish Farm East Loch Tarbert East Tarbert Isle Of Harris
Received 1 Feb 200812B Habost Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 4 Feb 2008Coastal Walkway Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 6 Feb 20086A Crossbost Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 4 Feb 200845A Gress Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Feb 200811 Hougharry Isle Of North Uist
Received 6 Feb 2008101 Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Feb 20088B Valtos Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Feb 2008The Cottage High Street Skigersta Ness Isle Of Lewis HS2 0TS
Received 11 Feb 20089A Scaristavore Isle Of Harris
Received 12 Feb 20082 Clachan Na Luib Clachan Locheport Isle Of North Uist
Received 12 Feb 200811 Gravir Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9QX
Received 12 Feb 200860A Aird Tong Isle Of Lewis
Received 18 Feb 200811 Bun-A-Mhullin Eriskay Isle Of South Uist
Received 11 Feb 2008Records 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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