Western Isles planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, updated daily. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar received 101 planning applications in the last 90 days, 3 of them major schemes. 100% of the applications it decided were approved.
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Filter by type, value, date and status. The council's own register is on the official Comhairle nan Eilean Siar planning portal.
Recent applications in Western Isles
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Substation Coll Back Isle Of Lewis
Substation expansion with switchroom and transformers, Isle of Lewis, at full planning stage. Adds a 300 sqm switchroom building, 33kV and 11kV transformers and a new access road across a 1.22 hectare site. Groundworks, concrete plinths, steel and electrical M&E packages are the immediate…
GroundworksSteelM&E
Tarenish Fish Farm Lochcarnan Daliburgh Isle Of South Uist
Six-pen Atlantic salmon marine fish farm, Isle of South Uist, full application. Installs six 120m circular pens on a 70m mooring grid, with a 400-tonne feed barge and 1,500-tonne maximum biomass, under an environmental statement. Marine moorings, anchoring, barge services and feed systems are the…
GroundworksM&E
Housing Development Lochmaddy Isle Of North Uist
Six-house scheme with access and infrastructure, North Uist Phase 2. Delivers six new dwellings plus roads, water, drainage and utility connections at full application stage. Groundworks, drainage and frame packages suit local contractors, with Highland and Island logistics factored into material…
GroundworksDrainageStructural frame
2 Newton Gateway Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
485 sqm vehicle workshop and garage, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. New industrial building at detailed planning stage, with floorspace below the major threshold. Steel portal frame, cladding, roofing and workshop fit-out, including vehicle lifts and M&E, are the packages open to local contractors.
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
Lighthouse Road Arnish Isle Of Lewis
Track diversion and HDD landfall works for a 1.8MW interconnector cable, Isle of Lewis. Diverts an existing track and creates 50m of new track to support horizontal directional drilling at Arnish Point Industrial Estate. Groundworks, drainage and specialist drilling services dominate the enabling…
GroundworksDrainageHard landscaping
74 Upper Carloway Carloway Isle Of Lewis
Single new house with access, Carloway, Isle of Lewis, detailed permission. Erects one dwelling on a 0.26-hectare plot with a new access and associated works, at full detailed planning stage. Groundworks, drainage, masonry and roofing packages suit local Hebridean contractors, with access civils a…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Office 71 Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DG
Two-flat conversion with recladding, Stornoway. Converts office and storage space into two flats with new window and door openings, rooflights and reroofing at full planning stage. Re-roofing, recladding and glazing packages suit local contractors, with M&E fit-out for two kitchens and bathrooms.
Fit-outM&ERoof repair
22A Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Single dwelling with new access road, Isle of Benbecula. Planning in principle for one house and approach road on a 0.18-hectare site. Access construction, groundworks and standard building packages are the first trades engaged.
GroundworksDrainageStructural frame
17B Back Isle Of Lewis
Single dwelling with garage on Isle of Lewis. Erects a new house and detached garage with site access and ancillary works at full application stage. Groundworks and drainage dominate island-location delivery, with structural frame, brickwork and roofing following.—
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
18 Vatersay Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Single dwelling with outbuilding on Barra, Hebrides. Erects a new house and shed with access and utility infrastructure on a 0.16 ha site at full application stage. Groundworks, drainage and cladding packages suit island-based contractors with cost and logistics pressure.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Pods West Kilbride Daliburgh Isle Of South Uist
Caravan pod site with hardstanding, South Uist. Converts land to accommodate two caravan pods and creates hardstanding at full application stage. Groundworks, hardstanding and utilities installation drive the project for civil contractors and site operators.
GroundworksHard landscapingM&E
82A Leurbost Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Single-storey replacement dwelling, Isle of Lewis. Demolishes an existing property and erects one new home on 0.2 hectares at full application stage. Groundworks, structural frame and roofing dominate; remote island location elevates material logistics and labour scheduling.
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
1 Enaclete Uig Isle Of Lewis
Single-storey house with caravan pod holiday-let conversion, Isle of Lewis. Erects one dwelling, converts site to two holiday pods, adds access, parking and a wastewater system at full application stage. Groundworks, drainage and brickwork for the house; caravan foundations and site infrastructure…
GroundworksDrainageStructural frame
Duncan Mackay Parkend Industrial Estate Parkend Sandwick Isle Of Lewis HS2 0AN
116 sqm storage building, Isle of Lewis, full permission sought. New industrial-estate storage unit at Parkend, Sandwick, on a 0.02-hectare plot. Steel frame, cladding and groundworks packages suit local fabricators and builders.
GroundworksSteelCladding
Uig Sands Rooms Timsgarry Uig Isle Of Lewis HS2 9ET
Staff accommodation pods redesigned on consent, Isle of Lewis. Changes approved caravan layout and adds a private wastewater treatment system at full application stage. Drainage and off-grid water-handling packages dominate; mobile/modular accommodation fit-out follows.
DrainageM&EFit-out
Planning appeals in Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is not in England, so the Planning Inspectorate does not decide its planning appeals. They are decided by Scottish Government Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA). SiteLens holds that body’s own record, read against that nation’s rate instead.
SiteLens is still collecting the DPEA's record, so a rate now would reflect which parts have been collected, not how Comhairle nan Eilean Siar fares.
Source: the DPEA's own published case record. Still being collected, so the counts are a floor.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- commercial100% (12 decided)
- householder100% (11 decided)
- residential100% (11 decided)
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