Understanding planning · 13 min read
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9,595 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Upper Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 4 Oct 2010Lewis Sporting Gun Club Aline Isle Of Lewis
Received 4 Oct 2010Carnan Hill South Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BJ
Received 5 Oct 2010273A Daliburgh Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 6 Oct 20109 Luskentyre Isle Of Harris HS3 3HL
Received 7 Oct 20104 Lochcarnan Isle Of South Uist HS8 5NU
Received 12 Oct 2010Boots The Chemist 4 - 6 Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DA
Received 12 Oct 2010Development Of 30 Units Ripley Place Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 13 Oct 2010Urras Tac Chalanais Office Callanish Isle Of Lewis
Received 12 Oct 201020A Valtos Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Oct 2010Overhead Line New Garrabost Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Oct 2010Parking Area Urgha Isle Of Harris
Received 4 Oct 20109 Rushgarry Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 14 Oct 20107C Aignish Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 14 Oct 2010Rubha Liath Wind Turbines 5 Scaristavore Isle Of Harris
Received 7 Oct 2010Frobost Machair Frobost Isle Of South Uist
Received 12 Oct 20102 Manish Isle Of Harris
Received 14 Oct 2010New Development South Gisla Gisla Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 15 Oct 2010Caravan Park Goular Hougharry Isle Of North Uist
Received 12 Oct 2010Barn 52 Back Isle Of Lewis
Received 19 Oct 2010Urgha Community Recycling Site Urgha Isle Of Harris
Received 19 Oct 201011B Airidhbhruach Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 19 Oct 201020 Tolstachaolais Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DW
Received 18 Oct 2010Marine Recycling The Smokehouse Kirkibost Pier Kirkibost Bernera Isle Of Lewis HS2 9LX
Received 19 Oct 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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