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Na h-Eileanan Siar planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,187Searchable applications
79Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 9,606 approved or refused records
141Refused applications
9,465 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building StandardsContact planning Contact Building StandardsLocal plan Planning Policy and GuidancePre-application advice Pre-application Advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01851822692Council source
- Planning enquiries01870602425Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas4 mapped area records
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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.
More application records
- Decided24/00074/PPD
Alteration works to existing house including: remove roof, raise wall head and ridge on existing attached store building to form additional bedroom; conversion of existing detached garage to form ancillary domestic studio with shower room and kitchenette; extended parking area and other ancillary works.
19B Achmore Isle Of Lewis HS2 9DU
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00075/PPD
Alter & Extend house
Tigh An Uillt Leverburgh Isle Of Harris HS5 3TS
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00076/PPD
Erect domestic outbuilding
103 Plasterfield Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2UR
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00077/ADV
Installation of up to 33no. signage elements including: 1no. illuminated projecting sign; fascia signs; menu boards; and others.
Rascals 13 South Beach Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00080/PPD
Erect dwelling house along with air source at pump and mounted solar voltaic array
12 Reef Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided25/00061/PPPM
Proposed Construction and Operation of a Strategic Electricity Transmission Hub Consisting of a 400kV AC Substation, an HVDC Converter Station, and the Associated Undertaking of Earthworks, the Formation of Platforms, Landscaping, Means of Access, Means of Enclosure, Site Drainage, Temporary Construction Compounds, Peatland Reinstatement and Improvement and Other Associated Operations (National Development)
HVDC Converter Station Arnish Isle Of Lewis
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00062/PPD
Site static caravan for staff accommodation and container for shop storage (renewal of previous consents)
Hebridean Bistro Ltd Ardmaree Borve Berneray Isle Of North Uist HS6 5BJ
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided24/00078/LBC
Repainting of external walls, windows, doors and dormers. Installation of numerous external light fixtures; signage; and information boards.
Rascals 13 South Beach Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00081/PPD
Create access and erect house
111 Leurbost Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00086/AGRIC
Erect polytunnel
Polytunnel 13 Ardroil Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00088/PPD
Erect rear extension and front dormer
3B Branahuie Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0BB
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00090/AGRIC
Erect polycrub
Polycarbonate Tunnel 45 Flesherin Point Isle Of Lewis
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00091/PPD
Installation of ensiling plant and storage tank
Base Shed Breasclete Isle Of Lewis
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00093/PPD
Formation of access track
North Lochs Water Treatment Works 2 Grimshader Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00094/PPD
Install 40000 litre Kerosene tank in 4-metre high blockwork enclosure
Harris Tweed Hebrides Shawbost Limited Harris Tweed Mill North Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BD
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided25/00063/AGRIC
Erect agricultural building
130 Cross Skigersta Road Ness Isle Of Lewis HS2 0TH
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided24/00095/LBC
Consolidation works to enable renovation of ruined house and steading for use as one dwelling with ancillary accommodation.
Seann Taigh Rodel Rodel Isle Of Harris
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00100/PPD
Convert existing outbuilding to annexe
17A Shulishader Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0PU
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00101/PPD
Erect rear extension
Seafield 16 Portnaguran Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0HD
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided25/00064/LBC
Comprehensive works to the building to include maintenance and repair and replacement of some historic and non-historic fabric (previous interventions): Roofworks - Remove existing slates and replace with new Cupa H3 slates to match existing slate sizes. Replace 2no. rooflights with conservation rooflights. Remove mortar beds at abutment flashings and replace with new Code 5 lead flashings. Chimneys render removed, re-pointed with lime and re-rendered with lime. New parapet cappings and lead valleys. New aluminium cast iron effect gutters to front elevation. Elevations: All paint and cement-based render to be carefully removed. Repointed with lime where required. Structural repairs at major cracks at elevation. Rebuild of damaged chimney. Repainting elevation with lime paint, colours to be as existing.
Thorlee Guest House 1 Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DB
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided24/00102/FULTEL
Increase height of existing telecommunications mast from 9.6 metres to 18.9 metres and installation of associated antennas
ESN Mast Bedersaig Isle Of Harris
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00103/PPD
Temporary installation of LiDAR (Light detection and ranging) wind monitoring device for a period of 12 months.
Lidar Weather Station 29 North Shawbost Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Decided25/00065/PPD
Change of use of land to Erect Pod for holiday let
Pod 5 Rubha Ban Eriskay Isle Of South Uist
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00066/FFSCO
New Atlantic salmon marine finfish farm comprising of 8 x pens of 160 m held within a single group, arranged in two lines of four (2 x 4) and moored within a 100 m x 100 m grid and a a maximum biomass of 5,050 tonnes with assocIated feedbarge.
Morrison's Rock Fish Farm Uskivagh Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula
Received 4 Mar 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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