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Land 310M SW Of 3 Lybster Road Forss Thurso

25/03261/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Siting of 3no shipping containers, radome and satellite antenna within fenced enclosure. Formation of 4 parking spaces.

Received
30 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Thurso And North West Caithness
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land 310M SW Of 3 Lybster Road Forss Thurso. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 8 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Thurso And North West Caithness.

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
Caithness West Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 December 2025
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Consultation end
4 November 2025
Last date for comments
12 December 2025
Target decision date
3 December 2025
Permission expires
23 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
12 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Highland

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