Skip to content

Industrial Site Scrabster Mains Scrabster

25/03628/SCREScreening ApplicationsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 October 2025

Council decision: Screening Application EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion Request for the creation of serviced development plots to accommodate industrial and port-related uses, with associated indicative plot layout, re-grading works, landscaping, formation of new access, installation of roads and drainage.

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thurso And North West Caithness
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Industrial Site Scrabster Mains Scrabster. Highland has handled 1,466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker 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.

97% of outline applications at Highland Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Application type
Screening Applications
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Caithness West Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Last date for comments
14 October 2025
Target decision date
14 October 2025
Permission expires
14 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Arngrove Court Barrack Road Newcastle NE4 6DB

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Highland

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.