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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Na h-Eileanan Siar. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,489 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
An Tobar Claddach Baleshare Isle Of North Uist
Received 20 Dec 2019121A Cross Skigersta Road Ness Isle Of Lewis HS2 0TH
Received 20 Dec 201912 Blar Buidhe Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2UZ
Received 23 Dec 2019Marine Site Plocropol Finfish Farm East Loch Tarbert East Tarbert Isle Of Harris
Received 20 Dec 2019Scottish Salmon Hatchery Arnol Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DB
Received 23 Dec 2019Agricultural Building 2 - 3 Strumore Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 30 Dec 2019Telephone Exchange Laxay Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Jan 20201B Luskentyre Isle Of Harris
Received 6 Jan 2020Camping Pod 18 Liniclate Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 6 Jan 20205A Perceval Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2UG
Received 7 Jan 2020Marine Engineering Workshop Goat Island Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Jan 2020Whiteshore Cockles Kyles Paible Bayhead Isle Of North Uist
Received 8 Jan 20202 Moor Cottages Marybank Isle Of Lewis HS2 0DE
Received 9 Jan 20202B Tarbert Isle Of Harris
Received 10 Jan 202022A Branahuie Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Jan 2020Pods 447 North Lochboisdale Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 13 Jan 2020Mast Meavaig South Meavaig Isle Of Harris
Received 14 Jan 2020Holiday Accommodation Unit Meavaig South Meavaig Isle Of Harris
Received 15 Jan 2020Old Hospital Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist HS6 5AE
Received 15 Jan 20203A Flodabay Isle Of Harris
Received 15 Jan 2020Stable 3B Garrabost Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 15 Jan 2020Range Head West Gerinish Isle Of South Uist HS8 5RW
Received 16 Jan 20204 Perceval Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2UG
Received 16 Jan 20209C Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Jan 2020Records 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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