Planning Service
Development Management (Planning Applications)
Central to the planning system is the requirement to obtain Planning Permission for development of land, unless consent is deemed to be granted, by a planning regulation or order. Development is defined as “the carrying out of building, engineering mining or other operations in, on, over or under land or the making of any material change in the use of buildings or other land or the operation of a marine fish farm …”. Details of planning applications received; copies of planning application forms, planning application fees and the Comhairle’s policy on Planning Enforcement can be found here.
- Weekly list - Planning Applications
- List of Extant Applications and Proposal of Application Notices (PDF, 50K)
- ePlanning
- Planning Application forms
- Planning Fees (PDF, 70K)
- Planning Enforcement Charter (PDF, 200K)
- Guidance on OS Maps (PDF, 60K)
- Approved Scheme of Delegation, June 2009 (PDF, 20K)
Information provided by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman on the process of handling complaints can also be downloaded here.