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Highland Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Highland Council decided more than 2,800 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 4% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 58 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Highland Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Highland Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Highland Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 2,800
Share refusedof those approved or refused 4%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 58 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years 95
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 34%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 79plan adopted 2012

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.