Understanding planning · 13 min read
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9,468 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Shell Bay Caravan Park Liniclate Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 5 Nov 202013C Benside Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Nov 202034 Gress Isle Of Lewis HS2 0NB
Received 5 Nov 2020Noster Fish Farm Loch Seaforth Maraig Isle Of Harris
Received 5 Nov 2020Seaforth Fish Farm Loch Seaforth Maraig Isle Of Harris
Received 5 Nov 2020141 Cross Skigersta Road Ness Isle Of Lewis HS2 0TH
Received 5 Nov 202025A Upper Shader Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Nov 2020Noster Fish Farm Loch Seaforth Maraig Isle Of Harris
Received 5 Nov 2020Seaforth Fish Farm Loch Seaforth Maraig Isle Of Harris
Received 5 Nov 20201A Quidinish Isle Of Harris
Received 6 Nov 2020Community Centre Storage Building Crowlista Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Nov 2020Water Treatment Plant Newmarket Isle Of Lewis HS2 0SD
Received 10 Nov 2020Barn 9 Callanish Isle Of Lewis
Received 11 Nov 202026 Griminish Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 11 Nov 202031A Eoligarry Isle Of Barra
Received 11 Nov 202031B Eoligarry Isle Of Barra
Received 11 Nov 2020Tarbert Waste Water Pumping Station Tarbert Isle Of Harris
Received 12 Nov 202022 Torlum Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula HS7 5PP
Received 13 Nov 2020Residential Development Perceval Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 13 Nov 20206 Assaye Place Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2HA
Received 13 Nov 2020Holiday Let Accommodation Trumisgarry Clachan Sands Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 13 Nov 20209A Sand Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Nov 202038B Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Nov 202016 Rushgarry Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 16 Nov 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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