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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
9,468 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Valet Stornoway Airport Melbost Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0BN
Received 24 Sept 2020Creagan Ard Aird Tong Isle Of Lewis HS2 0HT
Received 25 Sept 2020Agricultural Building 26 North Bragar Bragar Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Sept 2020Marine Site Aird Taranaish East Loch Roag Kirkibost Bernera Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Sept 2020Community Campus Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 24 Sept 202012 Achmore Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Sept 202010 Claddach Vallay Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 30 Sept 2020Stables Claddach Vallay Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 5 Oct 202013B Melbost Borve Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Oct 2020Dam Knock Carloway Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Oct 202024 Northton Isle Of Harris HS3 3JA
Received 6 Oct 2020Telecommunications Mast Baymore Grimsay Isle Of North Uist
Received 7 Oct 202016C Knockaird Ness Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Oct 2020Agricultural Building 11 Grimshader Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Oct 2020Polycrub 4 Kneep Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Oct 2020Stornoway Airport Housing Development Melbost Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Oct 20203 Stoneyfield Sandwick Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Oct 202018 Uigean Kneep Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9HX
Received 9 Oct 2020Coastal Works Gualan Island South Ford Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 9 Oct 2020Polycrub 57 Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 12 Oct 202056 Kenneth Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DS
Received 13 Oct 2020Cliff Beach Motor Home Park Cliff Valtos Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 14 Oct 2020Marybank Lodge Marybank Isle Of Lewis HS2 0DD
Received 14 Oct 2020Caravan 1D Haun Eriskay Isle Of South Uist HS8 5JH
Received 14 Oct 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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