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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Na h-Eileanan Siar. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Na h-Eileanan Siar website
9,479 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site 2 6 Reef Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Mar 2020Polytunnel 7 Borve Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 6 Mar 2020Agricultural Shed 14 Uachdar Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 6 Mar 202046C Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Mar 20208B Timsgarry Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Mar 2020Isle Of Harris Distillers Ltd Distillery Tarbert Isle Of Harris HS3 3DJ
Received 6 Mar 2020Storage Units 8 Ardhasaig Isle Of Harris
Received 9 Mar 2020102A Upper Borve Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 9 Mar 2020Polycrub 8 Loch Street Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Mar 2020Overhead Line Melbost Borve Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Mar 2020Agricultural Building 1 Craigestrome Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 11 Mar 2020Agricultural Building 14 Aignish Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Mar 2020Stornoway Wind Farm Pentland Road To Achmore Achmore Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Mar 2020AMK Plant And Tipper Hire Ltd 28 - 40 Inaclete Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2RN
Received 11 Mar 20202A Garrygall Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 12 Mar 2020Agricultural Building 4 Caltanish East Gerinish Isle Of South Uist
Received 12 Mar 202013A Tong Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Mar 2020D Campbell 20 South Beach Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2BJ
Received 16 Mar 2020D Campbell 20 South Beach Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2BJ
Received 16 Mar 2020The Old Croft House 6 North Locheynort Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SN
Received 16 Mar 2020Agricultural Building 9 Garyvard Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Mar 202018 Callanish Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DY
Received 17 Mar 2020Marine Site Mol Na Ceanamhoir Fish Farm Loch Odhairn Gravir Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 18 Mar 2020Telephone Exchange Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 18 Mar 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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