Cresset Upper Ollach The Braes Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9LJ
Approved on 30 January 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of garage to holiday letting unit, formation of access and ancillary development. Siting of mobile sauna, formation of access and hardstanding area
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Highland Council
- Ward
- Eilean A' Cheò
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided30 Jan
Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Cresset Upper Ollach The Braes Portree Isle Of Skye IV51 9LJ. Highland has handled 4,846 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Highland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Eilean A' Cheò. We hold 234 applications in total for the IV51 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
- IV51 9LJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Portree Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 30 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Per: Richard Neath Hartaval 9C Kildonan Edinbane Portree IV51 9PU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Source: Highland
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