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Highland planning applications

SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to The Highland Council, updated daily. The Highland Council received 569 planning applications in the last 90 days, 35 of them major schemes. 96% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 65 days.

569Applications (90 days)
35Major applications
96%Approval rate
65 daysMedian decision time
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Filter by type, value, date and status. The council's own register is on the official The Highland Council planning portal.

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Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.

26/04397/MSCResidentialMajor£20m+est.

Sub-Phase 2B Land North East Of Tornagrain Dalcross

143-home Tornagrain sub-phase 2B scheme, matters specified approval. Details for 143 homes and six shop units on 3.95 hectares, approved under the Tornagrain planning permission in principle. Groundworks, drainage, brickwork and roofing packages for volume builders, plus roads and landscaping for…

GroundworksDrainageStructural frame

Pending
26/04357/FULInfrastructureMajor£10k-50kest.

Land 50M NE Of Aultnacoarach Shinness Lairg

Micro wind turbine, 11.8m tip height, Lairg, full application. Single 9m hub-height turbine on a 26.56 hectare Highland site at full application stage. Foundation groundworks, tower steel and electrical connection are the packages for local contractors.

GroundworksSteelRenewables

Pending
26/04306/FULCommercial£500k-1mest.

Land 90M NW Of Cambusavie Farm Dornoch

Five-unit holiday letting scheme, Dornoch, at full application stage. New-build holiday units on a 0.96-hectare rural site near Cambusavie Farm. Groundworks, drainage and M&E packages suit local subcontractors, with envelope and fit-out to follow.

GroundworksDrainageM&E

Pending
26/03643/FULInfrastructure£100k-500kest.

Land At Allt Gharagain Ledgowan Achnasheen

Hydro scheme extension, Achnasheen, Highland, full application stage. Extends an existing hydro scheme at Allt Gharagain, Ledgowan, adding generation capacity to a consented installation. Intake civils, pipework and powerhouse M&E are the packages for groundworks and mechanical contractors.

GroundworksM&E

Pending
26/04549/FULCommercial£100k-500kest.

Tollemache House High Street Thurso KW14 8AZ

Office-to-aparthotel conversion, Thurso, Highland. Converts Tollemache House on a 0.08 ha High Street site to aparthotel use at full application stage. Fit-out, M&E, fire separation and wet-room drainage are the packages for specialist installers, with joinery for room partitions.

Fit-outM&EJoinery

Pending
26/04384/FULResidential£100k-500kest.

Land At 26 Kilmuir Dunvegan Isle Of Skye

Single new house plot on Skye, full application stage. Erects one dwelling on a 0.19 hectare rural site at Kilmuir, Dunvegan, with access and servicing. Groundworks, drainage, masonry and roofing packages are open to local trades, with M&E connections to follow.

GroundworksBrickworkRoofing

Pending
26/04580/FULResidential£100k-500kest.

Land 75M NW Of 19 Earlish

Single new house on 0.18ha plot, Highland, full application. Erects one dwelling on a 0.18 hectare site at Earlish, Highland, at full application stage. Groundworks, drainage, masonry and roofing packages suit local subcontractors, with plumbing and electrical fit-out to follow.

GroundworksBrickworkRoofing

Pending
26/04559/PIPResidential£100k-500kest.

Land 50M SW Of 4 Sand Laide

Single house plot in principle, Sand Laide, Highland. Outline consent for one new dwelling with siteworks and service connections, at principle stage before detailed design. Groundworks, drainage and M&E service connections are the packages for local subcontractors once detailed consent follows.

GroundworksBrickworkRoofing

Pending
26/04461/FULResidential£100k-500kest.

Land 50M SW Of The Old Croft House Bishop Kinkell Conon Bridge

Single new house with detached garage, Conon Bridge, Highland. Full application for one dwelling, garage and new access on a rural plot near Bishop Kinkell. Groundworks, masonry, roofing and drainage packages suit local subcontractors.

GroundworksBrickworkRoofing

Pending
26/04360/FULInfrastructure£100k-500kest.

Land 210M North Of Corran Inverie Knoydart

Forest road extension and borrow pit, Knoydart, Highland. Extends an existing estate track and opens a new borrow pit for aggregate at full application stage. Earthworks plant, aggregate supply and culvert drainage work suit local civil groundworks contractors.

GroundworksDrainageHard landscaping

Pending
26/03964/PIPResidential£100k-500kest.

Land 265M SE Of Svala 20 Lower Breakish Breakish Isle Of Skye

Single dwelling and residential workshop, Isle of Skye, at planning permission in principle stage. New house and workshop plot near Breakish, with design details still to come at reserved matters. Groundworks, roofing, drainage and M&E packages will go to local Skye contractors after detailed…

GroundworksBrickworkRoofing

Pending
26/03981/FULResidential£100k-500kest.

Land 4025M NE Of Kilchoan Farmhouse Inverie Knoydart

Replacement cottage with ancillary works, Inverie, Knoydart. One new dwelling replacing an existing cottage, intended for short-term lets, at full application stage. Demolition, remote-site groundworks and drainage or renewables packages suit specialist subcontractors and material suppliers.

DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork

Pending
26/04449/PIPResidential£100k-500kest.

Land To South East Of Luskentyre Badicaul Kyle

Single-house permission in principle, Kyle, Highland. Outline consent for one new dwelling on land south-east of Luskentyre, Badicaul, Kyle; detailed design still to come. Groundworks, drainage and brickwork packages follow once detailed approval is granted.

GroundworksBrickworkRoofing

Pending
26/04419/FULResidential£100k-500kest.

Seafield Edderton Tain IV19 1LJ

Single-house replacement scheme, Tain, full application stage. Demolition of an existing house and outbuildings, with a new dwelling erected on the Edderton plot. Demolition, groundworks, masonry and roofing packages open first, with M&E and drainage connecting the new build to services.

DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork

Pending
26/04378/FULIndustrial£100k-500kest.

Land 45M NW Of NHS Scotland Wick Business Park Wick

240 sqm vehicle repair workshop with new access, Wick, full application. New workshop and access formation on Wick Business Park land, at full application stage. Steel frame, cladding, roofing and access groundworks suit local steel erectors, cladders and civil subcontractors.

GroundworksSteelCladding

Pending

Planning appeals in The Highland Council

The Highland Council 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.

Appeals recorded
772
Judged either way
748
Allowed / dismissed
355 / 393
Overturn rate
Still collecting
That nation's rate
Not published

SiteLens is still collecting the DPEA's record, so a rate now would reflect which parts have been collected, not how The Highland Council fares.

Source: the DPEA's own published case record. Still being collected, so the counts are a floor.

The Highland Council approval rates by application type

Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.

  • householder98% (122 decided)
  • residential88% (67 decided)
  • commercial98% (56 decided)
  • agricultural97% (30 decided)

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Constraints and tenders

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