Land To North West Of Mackay Terrace Shebster
Approved on 22 January 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of 2no houses and 2no. short term letting units
- Received
- 16 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Highland Council
- Ward
- Thurso And North West Caithness
- ReceivedReceived16 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation21 Nov
- TargetTarget Date27 Dec
- DecidedDecided22 Jan
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land To North West Of Mackay Terrace Shebster. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. The site is in the Devonshire Park and Cliffe Castle conservation area. 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
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 22 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 7 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 21 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 22 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Springwood Urray Muir Of Ord IV6 7UL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Source: Highland
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