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Na h-Eileanan Siar
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Na h-Eileanan Siar. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,173Searchable applications
76Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 9,736 approved or refused records
141Refused applications
9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building StandardsContact planning Contact Building StandardsLocal plan Planning Policy and GuidancePre-application advice Pre-application Advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01851822692Council source
- Planning enquiries01870602425Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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.
More application records
- Decided10/00042/PPD
Change of use - Double garage used for storage and distribution of newspapers and related goods. Domestic garage for business use.
Garage 13 Inaclete Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00043/PPD
Alter, renovate & extend house
Sunhill 13 Rushgarry Berneray Isle Of North Uist HS6 5BD
Received 25 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00044/COU
Change of use from a residence to office space
Glen House Willowglen Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2EN
Received 25 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00045/LBC
Create an opening of up to 20 metres in the Castle Grounds wall. The portion of wall which is removed will be re-built following a new alignment within the site area.
Glen House Willowglen Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2EN
Received 25 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00046/LBC
Renovate 2 blackhouses; one to dwelling, one to studio & construct access track
Listed Thatched Cottage Rushgarry Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 27 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00047/PPD
Erection of House
18A Back Isle Of Lewis
Received 25 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00048/PPD
The erection of a 1� storey 2 bed dwelling with an annexed single bed unit to the west elevation and detached car port structure.
8A Borrisdale Isle Of Harris
Received 25 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00049/PPD
Extension to the front of the house to provide an additional bedroom
35B Breasclete Isle Of Lewis HS2 9EF
Received 27 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00051/PPD
Construct Garage
Garage 28 Fivepenny Borve Isle Of Lewis
Received 27 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00052/PPD
Extension of rear of property. Changing current single storey into a two storey. The proposed change will add a double bedroom above the current kitchen and also enlarge the existing bathroom for family use.
Carragh Ban Carminish Strond Isle Of Harris HS5 3UD
Received 28 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00054/FFPA
Alter existing 12 cage, 100m circular pen fish farm from two cage groups in 50m matrix to one cage group held in a 65m matrix and re-site feeding barge to west of cage group
Marine Harvest Marine Site Fish Farm Marulaig Bay North Glendale Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 28 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00055/FULTEL
Installation of three 1.2 metre Gridpack antennas and one 0.9 metre Gridpack antenna on the existing tower with associated feeder cables and removal of four existing antennas for Airwave Solutions Limited
Aerial And Cable Eitshal Transmitter Achmore Isle Of Lewis
Received 28 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00056/FFPA
Modification to an existing fish farm. Replace the existing equipment with a single Wavemaster raft, a 100T Capacity C-CAP feeding system and 8 (100m circumference) plastic circular pens, to be arranged in a 1x8 configuration, held in 65m matrix
Marine Site Geobeag Fish Farm 1 West Loch Tarbert West Tarbert Isle Of Harris
Received 29 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00057/FFSCSC
Proposed installation of 16no 100m circular fish pens with feeding barge
Marine Site Helisay Fish Farm Sound Of Helisay Bruernish Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 1 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00058/PPD
Proposed alterations to frontage
Chip Shop 6 Church Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DH
Received 1 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00059/PPD
Extend house to form sun lounge
Torwood Lower Barvas Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QY
Received 2 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00060/OHL
Proposed High Voltage Overhead Line to 13 - 23 Gearraidh Ghuirm, Back
Gearraidh Ghuirm High Voltage Line Upper Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Jan 2010 - Decided10/00061/PPD
Erection of 2No 15 metre high Evance wind turbines linked into the Ravenspoint Centre at Kershader
Ravenspoint Wind Turbines 1 Kershader Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 1 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00062/PPD
Erect Front Porch
33 St Brendan Road Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5XJ
Received 2 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00063/PPD
Extend House
Carnach House 5 Clachan Locheport Isle Of North Uist HS6 5ET
Received 3 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00064/PPD
Demolish existing house & erect new house
New House 4 Leanish Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 3 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00065/PPD
Site temporary mobile home
7A Aird Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 4 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00066/PPP
Erect house
228 Bruernish Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 4 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00067/PPD
Erect House
16C Balemore Bayhead Isle Of North Uist
Received 3 Feb 2010
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What these statistics cover
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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