Land 75M SE Of Scottish Water Challenger Estate Lairg
Refused on 4 February 2026
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of 528no. Ground Mounted Solar Panels (2382mm x 1134mm x 30mm), 2no. Inverters, 4no. Manholes, New Kiosk and Underground Cabling
- Received
- 23 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Highland Council
- Ward
- North, West And Central Sutherland
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date6 Jan
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land 75M SE Of Scottish Water Challenger Estate Lairg. Highland has handled 1,466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across North, West And Central Sutherland.
97% of outline 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
- Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed use)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Lairg Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 24 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2031
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Highland
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