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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9,465 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Cleit Nisabost Mast Borve Borve Harris Isle Of Harris
Received 11 Aug 2023205A Bakers Road Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 16 Aug 20233B Lacklee Lacklee Isle Of Harris
Received 16 Aug 20236A Ardmhor Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 17 Aug 2023Boathouse Cuddy Point Castle Grounds Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS2 0XS
Received 17 Aug 2023Peatland Restoration Phase 2A Arnol Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Aug 2023Caravan Pod 20 Kirkibost Bernera Isle Of Lewis
Received 17 Aug 202344 Lewis Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2JL
Received 18 Aug 2023Murray Place Grounds Murray Place Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 18 Aug 202313B Grimshader Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Aug 2023Woodland 17 Lemreway Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 23 Aug 2023Croft 31 Upper Coll Upper Coll Back Isle Of Lewis
Received 28 Aug 2023370 South Boisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 29 Aug 2023West Camp Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 18 Aug 2023Coastal Works Gualan Island South Ford Creagorry Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 30 Aug 202323A South Galson Isle Of Lewis
Received 30 Aug 2023Uisenis Wind Farm Eishken Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 31 Aug 2023Holiday Accommodation Kintuliveg Leverburgh Isle Of Harris
Received 1 Sept 2023Agricultural Shed 34 Muir Of Aird Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 4 Sept 2023Polycarbonate Tunnel 24 Cross Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Sept 202352A Balgarva Eochar Isle Of South Uist HS8 5RB
Received 5 Sept 2023Agricultural Building 8 Lemreway Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 4 Sept 20236A Carnish Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Sept 2023New House 22 Cromore Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Sept 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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