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Land 25M NW Of The Windy Roost Occumster Lybster

26/00037/PNOPrior Notifications - othersApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

A covered weatherproof sheep handling / Lambing shelter and formation of track and hard standing.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wick And East Caithness
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land 25M NW Of The Windy Roost Occumster Lybster. Highland has handled 1,466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker 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 146 applications in total for the KW3 postcode area.

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

Postcode
KW3 6AX
Application type
Prior Notifications - others
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Latheron, Lybster And Clyth Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 January 2026
Consultation start
12 January 2026
Consultation end
26 January 2026
Last date for comments
28 January 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026
Permission expires
22 January 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Highland

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