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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 · National park authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,909 approved · 82 refused · 198 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jan 2019 to 18 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
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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.
Blairnurich 24 Balmaha Road Drymen Stirling G63 0BY
Received 18 Dec 2019High Wards Farm Gartocharn Alexandria G83 8SB
Received 19 Dec 2019Loch Lomond Waterfront Balmaha
Received 19 Dec 2019Treetops Rowardennan Balmaha Glasgow G63 0AR
Received 19 Dec 201917 Main Street Drymen Glasgow G63 0BQ
Received 20 Dec 2019Cononish Farm Cononish Road Tyndrum Stirling FK20 8RX
Received 21 Dec 2019Duchray Castle Lodge Duchray Road Aberfoyle Stirling FK8 3XL
Received 23 Dec 2019Duchray Castle Lodge Duchray Road Aberfoyle Stirling FK8 3XL
Received 23 Dec 2019Plot 1 Keip Road Strathyre FK18 8NQ
Received 23 Dec 2019Village Hall Balquhidder Lochearnhead FK19 8PA
Received 23 Dec 2019Flat 1 1 Glenartney Court Callander Stirling FK17 8EB
Received 23 Dec 2019Benmore Forest Kilmun
Received 23 Dec 2019Gartmore Village Hall Main Street Gartmore Stirling FK8 3RW
Received 24 Dec 2019Tigh-na-Craig St Fillans Crieff PH6 2NF
Received 6 Jan 2020Glebe Wood Land To The North Of Donich View Lochgoilhead
Received 6 Jan 2020Monevechadan Lochgoilhead Cairndow PA24 8AN
Received 7 Jan 2020McDonald's Restaurant Luss Road Balloch Alexandria G83 8QP
Received 8 Jan 2020Loch Venachar Dam Invertrossachs Road Callander Stirling
Received 13 Jan 2020Elrig Main Street Gartmore Stirling FK8 3RW
Received 14 Jan 2020Drymen Woods Access B837 North East Of Overmains Between Buchanan Smithy And Milton Of Buchanan
Received 14 Jan 2020Ashburnum Buchanan Castle Estate Drymen Glasgow G63 0HX
Received 15 Jan 2020Water Tank East Of Invermay Lochgoilhead
Received 14 Jan 2020Public Toilet At Firkin Point Tarbet Argyll And Bute
Received 15 Jan 2020Boturich Castle Boturich Road Balloch Alexandria G83 8LX
Received 16 Jan 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, 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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