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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9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
More application records
- Decided10/00149/PPD
Alterations to Dwelling House
8 Acarsaid Mhor Eriskay Isle Of South Uist HS8 5JP
Received 15 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00150/PPD
Erect New Dwelling House
68B Tangasdale Isle Of Barra
Received 16 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00153/PPD
Erect Laundry Building comprising laundry, drying room, WC and shower room
Hostel 25 Kenneth Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DR
Received 22 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00154/LBC
Construct laundry/drying room/WC and shower room
Hostel 25 Kenneth Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DR
Received 22 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00155/PPD
Change of shop frontage - new window and door
Chip Shop 33 Point Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2XF
Received 16 Feb 2010 - Decided10/00156/AGRIC
Erect agricultural building
Tullochard 7 Tigharry Isle Of North Uist HS6 5DE
Received 24 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00157/PPD
Erection of 70m high meteorological mast
Loch Nan Lub Mast Glen Gravir Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 22 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00159/PPD
Extension to existing 132kv grid substation and extension to existing building within existing substation. The replacement palisade fence around two sides of the existing substation is on operational land and will therefore be treated as permitted development and excluded from this application
Electric Sub Station Lochs Road Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 25 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00162/SCR_M
Modification to Fish Farm
Marine Site An Camus Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 25 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00163/PPD
Change of use from Loom to Dwelling House
Pier Ground Locheport Isle Of North Uist
Received 26 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00164/PPD
Erect storage shed
Burnside 2 Borve Berneray Isle Of North Uist HS6 5BJ
Received 26 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00165/PPD
Erect House
1A Park Carloway Isle Of Lewis
Received 24 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00167/PPD
Erect house
1 Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 29 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00168/OHL
Proposed 3430 metres of Trident wood pole alternating current overhead line operating at a voltage of 132 kilovolts
Transmission Line Arnish Isle Of Lewis
Received 26 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00170/PPD
Erect one westwind 10kw wind turbine (15m to the hub)
Back Football And Recreation Club Community Centre Upper Coll Isle Of Lewis HS2 0LS
Received 29 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00171/PPD
Erect Conservatory
73 Leurbost Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9NU
Received 30 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00172/PPD
Erect a 10kw wind turbine on a 15m tower to generate electricity for the community recycling site.
Urgha Community Recycling Site Wind Turbine Urgha Isle Of Harris
Received 30 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00173/PPP
Erect New House (where old house was)
6B Port Of Ness Ness Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00174/PPP
Knock down original ruined dwelling and replace with single storey dwelling using original stone on original position
13B Kyles Scalpay Isle Of Harris
Received 29 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00175/PPD
Sitting/Dining Extension
46 Kennedy Terrace Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2LG
Received 30 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00176/PPD
Erect house & construct access
3A Leanish Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 1 Apr 2010 - Decided10/00177/PPD
Erect house
10A Aird Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 1 Apr 2010 - Decided10/00178/PPD
Extension to existing dwelling house to provide separate accommodation for disabled person
22 Brue Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QW
Received 29 Mar 2010 - Decided10/00179/PPD
Extension to Church Hall for religious services
Free Church Kinloch Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9LA
Received 1 Apr 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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