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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.
9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 - 27 Tuzo Close Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 18 Sept 2008186 Snishival Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SG
Received 23 Sept 2008British Broadcasting Corporation Rosebank 52 Church Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2LS
Received 23 Sept 2008British Broadcasting Corporation Rosebank 52 Church Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2LS
Received 23 Sept 2008Carinish Hall Claddach Baleshare Isle Of North Uist HS6 5EN
Received 23 Sept 2008New House 1B Scaristaveg Isle Of Harris
Received 23 Sept 20081C Haun Eriskay Isle Of South Uist
Received 26 Sept 200820B Glen Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 29 Sept 200824A Ardmhor Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 29 Sept 2008Aerial And Cable Eitshal Transmitter Achmore Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Sept 2008Telecommunications Mast Stromban Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 1 Oct 200812 Upper Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Sept 200820A Marybank Isle Of Lewis
Received 1 Oct 2008Community Hall Breasclete Isle Of Lewis HS2 9ED
Received 3 Oct 20088A Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 6 Oct 2008Loch Na Ciste Hydro Project Ardhasaig Isle Of Harris
Received 30 Sept 2008Hydro Project Bunavoneader Isle Of Harris
Received 30 Sept 2008Aldorville 11 Vatisker Back Isle Of Lewis HS2 0JS
Received 6 Oct 2008Woodside 34 Scotland Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2JR
Received 6 Oct 200811B Airidhbhruach Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Oct 20086A Garrygall Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 8 Oct 20085 South Locheynort Locheynort Isle Of South Uist
Received 8 Oct 2008Brevig Hacklett Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula HS7 5PR
Received 9 Oct 2008Day Centre Tobair Mairi Tarbert Isle Of Harris HS3 3DJ
Received 9 Oct 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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