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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
9,470 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7A Strumore Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 25 Jun 2020Marine Harvest Marine Site Marulaig Bay Fish Farm North Glendale Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 25 Jun 2020Marine Site North Shore Loch Erisort Ranish Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Jun 2020Agricultural Building 2 Paiblesgarry Bayhead Isle Of North Uist
Received 26 Jun 20206A Branahuie Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0BB
Received 26 Jun 2020Tabhaigh Fish Farm Loch Erisort Ranish Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Jun 20203A Ardroil Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Jun 2020Statue 1 Minish Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 30 Jun 2020Rodel Hotel Rodel Isle Of Harris HS5 3TW
Received 30 Jun 2020The Old Convent Askernish Isle Of South Uist HS8 5SY
Received 2 Jul 2020Polycrub 2 Manish Isle Of Harris
Received 1 Jul 2020Camping Pods 19 Tigharry Isle Of North Uist
Received 1 Jul 202045 Callanish Isle Of Lewis
Received 2 Jul 202015 Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 2 Jul 2020Barvas Community Association Community Centre Barvas Isle Of Lewis HS2 0RA
Received 2 Jul 202019A Knockline Bayhead Isle Of North Uist
Received 2 Jul 20205A Haun Eriskay Isle Of South Uist HS8 5JH
Received 2 Jul 2020Polycrub 24 Northton Isle Of Harris
Received 3 Jul 2020Agricultural Shed 12A Kallin Grimsay Isle Of North Uist
Received 3 Jul 2020Agricultural Building 13 Scarp Isle Of Harris
Received 7 Jul 2020Common Grazings Eoligarry Isle Of Barra
Received 7 Jul 202019A North Street Sandwick Isle Of Lewis HS2 0AD
Received 8 Jul 202047B Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Jul 20204 Vatersay Isle Of Barra
Received 9 Jul 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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