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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9,474 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Upper Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Apr 202010 Tong Road Tong Isle Of Lewis HS2 0JF
Received 13 Apr 2020Loch Cuilce Pipeline And Holding Pens Lochportain Isle Of North Uist
Received 10 Apr 2020Caravan 8B Lochcarnan Isle Of South Uist
Received 15 Apr 20201D Haun Eriskay Isle Of South Uist HS8 5JH
Received 16 Apr 202020A Valtos Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9HR
Received 17 Apr 2020Agricultural Building Croft 8 Tong Isle Of Lewis
Received 21 Apr 2020ESN Mast Locheport Isle Of North Uist
Received 16 Apr 202021A Lower Sandwick Isle Of Lewis
Received 22 Apr 2020Polytunnel 12C Tolstachaolais Isle Of Lewis
Received 22 Apr 2020Electric Sub Station Lochs Road Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 22 Apr 2020Callanish To Gisla Overhead Line Callanish Isle Of Lewis
Received 21 Apr 2020Polycrub 10 Shulishader Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 22 Apr 202046D Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Apr 2020Horisary 19 Knockline Bayhead Isle Of North Uist HS6 5DT
Received 23 Apr 2020Access Road 1-2 Balemartin Isle Of North Uist
Received 28 Apr 2020Agricultural Building 57C Leurbost Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Apr 202010A Reef Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9HU
Received 1 May 2020Self Catering Unit 61B Tangasdale Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 4 May 2020Polycrub Hybresi 28 Breasclete Isle Of Lewis
Received 4 May 202027A Liniclate Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 4 May 2020Agricultural Building 41 South Bragar Isle Of Lewis
Received 11 May 202039B Vatisker Back Isle Of Lewis
Received 11 May 2020Taste N Sea Kiosk 2 Bowglass Isle Of Harris HS3 3AD
Received 11 May 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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