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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9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Holiday Cottages 17C South Shawbost Isle Of Lewis
Received 15 Sept 2009Road Improvements Seilebost Isle Of Harris
Received 15 Sept 2009Free Church Of Scotland Mission Hall Scotvein Grimsay Isle Of North Uist HS6 5JA
Received 16 Sept 200946 Balallan Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9PT
Received 17 Sept 200935B Breasclete Isle Of Lewis HS2 9EF
Received 17 Sept 200922A Branahuie Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Sept 2009Annexe 2A Urgha Isle Of Harris
Received 17 Sept 2009Granite House 36 Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 18 Sept 2009St Josephs Church Howbeg Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SQ
Received 22 Sept 2009An Ard Holm Road Holm Isle Of Lewis HS2 0AY
Received 18 Sept 20097 Kershader Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9QA
Received 18 Sept 2009Loch Shell Fish Farm Eishken Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Sept 200932 Steinish Isle Of Lewis
Received 24 Sept 200951 Gress Isle Of Lewis
Received 24 Sept 2009Overhead Line West Tarbert Isle Of Harris
Received 25 Sept 200913A Port Of Ness Ness Isle Of Lewis
Received 28 Sept 2009Holmlea 5 Braighe Road Branahuie Isle Of Lewis HS2 0BQ
Received 28 Sept 20096 Middlequarter Sollas Isle Of North Uist HS6 5BU
Received 29 Sept 2009Duncan Mackay Parkend Industrial Estate Parkend Sandwick Isle Of Lewis HS2 0AN
Received 29 Sept 200914B Back Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Sept 2009Hangar Benbecula Airport Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 1 Oct 2009Marine Site Ornish Fish Farm Lochskipport Isle Of South Uist
Received 1 Oct 2009Baile Na Cille Timsgarry Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9JD
Received 30 Sept 2009Baile Na Cille Timsgarry Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9JD
Received 30 Sept 2009Records 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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