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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9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Ken Macdonald Lawyers 9 Kenneth Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DP
Received 5 Feb 20105A Drimisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 5 Feb 2010Road Sign Lochportain Isle Of North Uist
Received 2 Feb 201048B Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Feb 2010Barn Tong Common Grazings Milking Hill Tong Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Feb 201015A Cross Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2UF
Received 8 Feb 2010Campsite 24 Eoligarry Isle Of Barra
Received 9 Feb 201047A Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Feb 20109C Ranish Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Feb 2010Dunard Camp Site Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 8 Feb 201014 Allt Ruadh Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2UU
Received 10 Feb 2010Wind Turbine 43 Vatisker Back Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Feb 2010Uist House Daliburgh Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SS
Received 12 Feb 201030 Claddach Baleshare Isle Of North Uist
Received 11 Feb 2010Chalet 3 Ardnastruban Grimsay Isle Of North Uist
Received 12 Feb 201034B Eoligarry Isle Of Barra
Received 10 Feb 201058 Newvalley Isle Of Lewis HS2 0DN
Received 12 Feb 2010Sealladh Na Mara Rhue Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5XD
Received 15 Feb 2010Croft 77 - 79 Lower Borve Isle Of Barra
Received 15 Feb 201020 Lochside Upper Aird Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0EX
Received 12 Feb 2010Burndale Daliburgh Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SS
Received 15 Apr 201031 Bentangaval Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5XN
Received 16 Feb 2010Kilmuir 11 Tong Road Tong Isle Of Lewis HS2 0JF
Received 17 Feb 2010Civic Area Perceval Square Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Feb 2010Records 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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