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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
9,472 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Strond Road Leverburgh Isle Of Harris
Received 5 Jun 2020Carinish Church Carinish Isle Of North Uist HS6 5HR
Received 5 Jun 2020Housing Development Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Jun 2020Agricultural Building 10 Carinish Isle Of North Uist
Received 8 Jun 2020Communications Mast Lower Shader Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Jun 202047B Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Jun 202024E Valasay Bernera Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Jun 2020Dunan Station Carloway Pier Knock Carloway Isle Of Lewis HS2 9AG
Received 12 Jun 2020Agricultural Building Claddach Kyles Isle Of North Uist
Received 12 Jun 202012B Ardveenish Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 12 Jun 2020Tigh Na Bruaich Tolstachaolais Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DW
Received 15 Jun 2020Church Of Scotland Mission Hall Callanish Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DY
Received 15 Jun 2020Polycarbonate Tunnel Tong Farm Tong Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Jun 202017 Kyles Scalpay Isle Of Harris HS3 3BS
Received 17 Jun 2020Polycrub 61 New Street North Tolsta Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Jun 2020Criochan Woodland Brevig Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 18 Jun 202046C Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 22 Jun 2020Quarry Creed Enterprise Park Lochs Road Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 22 Jun 2020Polycrub 5 Melbost Borve Isle Of Lewis
Received 24 Jun 2020Liana Moire 9 Frobost Isle Of South Uist HS8 5RX
Received 24 Jun 2020Polochar Inn West Kilbride Isle Of South Uist HS8 5TT
Received 24 Jun 2020Agricultural Building Goulaby Clachan Farm Clachan Sands Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 24 Jun 2020Grianan 242 Lower Bruernish Bruernish Northbay Isle Of Barra HS9 5UY
Received 24 Jun 2020Claide 34 Upper Shader Isle Of Lewis HS2 0RQ
Received 25 Jun 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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