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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
9,465 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Suilisgeir Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist HS6 5AE
Received 17 Feb 2023Grodhaigh Island Mast Rushgarry Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 20 Feb 2023Dunarain 7A Diracleit Isle Of Harris HS3 3DP
Received 22 Feb 2023Polycarbonate Tunnel 15 Crowlista Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Feb 2023Holiday Accommodation Kintuliveg Leverburgh Isle Of Harris
Received 27 Feb 2023Telecommunications Mast Borve Borve Harris Isle Of Harris
Received 27 Feb 2023Agric Building 5 Quidinish Quidinish Isle Of Harris
Received 27 Feb 2023Sewerage Undertakings Vatersay Vatersay Isle Of Barra
Received 24 Feb 2023Quarry Loch Leiniscol Lochs Road Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9NF
Received 27 Feb 2023Caravan Ardmhor Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 28 Feb 2023Penumbra 23 Bayhead Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DU
Received 28 Feb 20234B Seilebost Isle Of Harris
Received 28 Feb 2023Stulaigh Island South Fish Farm Locheynort Isle Of South Uist
Received 1 Mar 2023Woodland 17 Carinish Carinish Isle Of North Uist
Received 3 Mar 2023Taigh An T-Seada Barn 6 Adabrock Ness Isle Of Lewis
Received 3 Mar 2023Telecommunications Mast Market Stance Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 3 Mar 202313F Steinish Steinish Isle Of Lewis
Received 3 Mar 2023Shed 46C Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 3 Mar 2023Accommodation Pod 8 Bornish Bornish Isle Of South Uist
Received 6 Mar 2023Calanais Visitor Centre Car Park Callanish Isle Of Lewis
Received 3 Mar 202339E Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Mar 2023Housing Development Ferry Road Leverburgh Isle Of Harris
Received 6 Mar 20235A Mangersta Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Mar 2023Housing Development Ferry Road Leverburgh Isle Of Harris
Received 7 Mar 2023Records 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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