8 Strath Gairloch IV21 2BX
Approved on 25 February 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from residential (class 9) to HMO (Sui Generis) (capacity for upto 6 persons)
- Received
- 8 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Highland Council
- Ward
- Wester Ross, Strathpeffer And Lochalsh
- ReceivedReceived8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date14 Feb
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 Strath Gairloch IV21 2BX. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. The site is in the Northleach conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Wester Ross, Strathpeffer And Lochalsh. We hold 143 applications in total for the IV21 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
- IV21 2BX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Gairloch Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 12 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 21 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 25 February 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Source: Highland
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