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Land 30M SW Of Thorvald East End John O'groats

25/04346/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of house

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Wick And East Caithness
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Jan
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land 30M SW Of Thorvald East End John O'groats. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days 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.

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
Dunnet And Canisbay Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Consultation expiry
20 January 2026
Consultation start
6 January 2026
Consultation end
20 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2025
Last date for comments
20 January 2026
Target decision date
23 January 2026
Permission expires
21 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per: D Sutherland 15 Lindsay Drive Wick KW1 4PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
19 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Highland

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