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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9,468 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Overhead Line Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 12 Nov 2020Old Schoolhouse Loch Croistean Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9EP
Received 16 Nov 2020Cafe Gallan Beag Aird Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9JA
Received 16 Nov 2020Access Track 4 Luskentyre Isle Of Harris
Received 17 Nov 20201C Scaristaveg Isle Of Harris
Received 17 Nov 2020The Tractor Shed Campsite Knockline Bayhead Isle Of North Uist HS6 5DZ
Received 18 Nov 202044 Lower Barvas Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QY
Received 18 Nov 202032 Shulishader Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 18 Nov 2020Agricultural Shed 6 Finsbay Isle Of Harris
Received 18 Nov 2020Bernera Bridge Replacement Hacklete Bernera Isle Of Lewis
Received 19 Nov 202013A South Shawbost Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Nov 202082A Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Nov 202023 South Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BJ
Received 20 Nov 202012B Geocrab Isle Of Harris
Received 20 Nov 20207B Cleat Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 23 Nov 2020Agricultural Building 31 Liniclate Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 23 Nov 2020Camping Pod Rubha A Charnain Newton Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Received 23 Nov 2020Caravan 2 North Street Sandwick Isle Of Lewis HS2 0AD
Received 23 Nov 2020Campsite 9 West Kilbride Isle Of South Uist HS8 5TT
Received 23 Nov 2020Marine Site Kyles Vuia West Loch Roag Hacklete Bernera Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Nov 2020The Creel Yard Camping Kallin Grimsay Isle Of North Uist HS6 5HY
Received 25 Nov 20201A Meavaig North Meavaig Isle Of Harris
Received 25 Nov 202054B Coll Isle Of Lewis
Received 25 Nov 20209B Aignish Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 26 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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