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
9,465 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Marine Harvest Marine Site Marulaig Bay Fish Farm North Glendale Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 26 Sept 2023Peatland Restoration Phase 2A Arnol Isle Of Lewis
Received 26 Sept 202320A Strond Strond Isle Of Harris
Received 28 Sept 202324 Marvig Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9QP
Received 28 Sept 2023Overhead Power Line 3 Maraig Isle Of Harris
Received 28 Sept 20237A Perceval Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Sept 2023Tahabhal Ardroil Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9EU
Received 29 Sept 2023Monan Wind Company Limited Windfarm Ceann An Ora Ardhasaig Ardhasaig Isle Of Harris HS3 3AJ
Received 28 Sept 2023Substation Battery Point Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Sept 2023Plot 8 Barvas Industrial Estate Barvas Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Received 2 Oct 2023Loom Shed 3B Eileanabuich Maraig Isle Of Harris
Received 3 Oct 2023Cuan Na Hearadh Pod Drinishader Drinishader Isle Of Harris
Received 3 Oct 2023345A North Boisdale North Boisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 4 Oct 202322A Kintuliveg Leverburgh Isle Of Harris
Received 5 Oct 2023Agricultural Building Loch Shaile 6 Kyles Scalpay Isle Of Harris
Received 5 Oct 20238 Shulishader Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0PU
Received 6 Oct 202312B Kallin Grimsay Isle Of North Uist
Received 9 Oct 2023Barn 397 Garrynamonie Isle Of South Uist
Received 9 Oct 202314A Upper Aird Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Oct 20231A Meavaig North Meavaig Isle Of Harris
Received 10 Oct 2023Dam Knock Carloway Isle Of Lewis
Received 10 Oct 2023Loom Shed 33 New Shawbost New Shawbost Isle Of Lewis
Received 11 Oct 2023Rhu Ard 12 Ardveenish Northbay Isle Of Barra HS9 5YA
Received 12 Oct 2023Scottish Water Water Treatment Works Bayhead Bayhead Isle Of North Uist
Received 13 Oct 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage