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George Reid Photography 5 Novar Road Alness IV17 0QG

24/04191/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 March 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conversion of ground floor photographers studio to two residential apartments

Received
2 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Cromarty Firth
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 142 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at George Reid Photography 5 Novar Road Alness IV17 0QG. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Cromarty Firth. We hold 379 applications in total for the IV17 postcode area.

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

Postcode
IV17 0QG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Alness Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2024
Consultation expiry
5 April 2025
Consultation start
13 March 2025
Consultation end
27 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 April 2025
Last date for comments
5 April 2025
Target decision date
20 December 2024
Permission expires
12 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per: William MacDonald 11 Mansefield Park Kirkhill Inverness IV5 7ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 November 2024
Advertisement expiry
15 November 2024

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Highland

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