31 Dempster Street Wick KW1 5QB
Approved on 4 February 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Alterations and change of use of building to house
- Received
- 20 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Highland Council
- Ward
- Wick And East Caithness
- ReceivedReceived20 Oct
- ValidatedValidated26 Oct
- Consult.Consultation19 Nov
- TargetTarget Date25 Dec
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 31 Dempster Street Wick KW1 5QB. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Wick And East Caithness. We hold 532 applications in total for the KW1 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
- KW1 5QB
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wick Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 4 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 17 Primrose Avenue Heathfield Thurso Caithness KW14 7QX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
Source: Highland
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