Old Free Church Of Helmsdale Stittenham Road Helmsdale
Approved on 30 April 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of former church into a dwelling.
- Received
- 21 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Highland Council
- Ward
- East Sutherland And Edderton
- ReceivedReceived21 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation6 Mar
- TargetTarget Date21 Feb
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 495 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Old Free Church Of Helmsdale Stittenham Road Helmsdale. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 496 days, 63 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across East Sutherland And Edderton.
98% of full applications at Highland Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Helmsdale Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 6 March 2024
- Consultation start
- 21 February 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 21 February 2024
- Decision issued
- 2 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 2 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Per: Iona Currie Askernish Evelix Dornoch IV25 3NG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 January 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 February 2024
- Site notice start
- 9 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 23 January 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 33
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Source: Highland
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