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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
9,474 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Church Of Scotland Sollas Isle Of North Uist HS6 5BX
Received 19 Mar 2020153 Skallary Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5UP
Received 19 Mar 2020Catering Trailer Achmore Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Mar 2020Office 74 Kenneth Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DS
Received 23 Mar 2020Agricultural Building 6 Balranald Bayhead Isle Of North Uist
Received 23 Mar 202017 Perceval Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2UG
Received 23 Mar 2020Camping Pods 1 Luskentyre Isle Of Harris
Received 25 Mar 2020Holiday Pods 55 Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 25 Mar 2020Shepherds Huts 1 Leurbost Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 25 Mar 20207A Luskentyre Isle Of Harris
Received 27 Mar 2020Garage Springfield North Bragar Bragar Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Mar 2020Polycrub 13 Upper Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Mar 2020Polycrub 8 Loch Street Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Received 31 Mar 202029A Northton Isle Of Harris
Received 31 Mar 202019 Sand Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 1 Apr 2020Telephone Exchange Ardmore Eochar Isle Of South Uist
Received 2 Apr 202012 Middlequarter Sollas Isle Of North Uist HS6 5BU
Received 2 Apr 2020Polycrub 22 Melbost Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Apr 20202A Coilleag Eriskay Isle Of South Uist
Received 6 Apr 2020B A S F Pharma Callanish Ltd The Factory Breasclete Isle Of Lewis HS2 9ED
Received 8 Apr 2020B A S F Pharma Callanish Ltd The Factory Breasclete Isle Of Lewis HS2 9ED
Received 8 Apr 20201C Luskentyre Isle Of Harris
Received 9 Apr 2020Caravan Park 46A Kentangaval Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 10 Apr 2020Marine Site Caolas Lochportain Fish Farm Lochportain Isle Of North Uist
Received 10 Apr 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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