Tower Guest House 32 James Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2QN
Approved on 2 December 2025
Council decision: Application Permitted with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from guest house to house, demolition of boundary wall and creation of parking area. Create retaining structure to rear of house. Installation of new rooflights. Revision of existing annexe to ancillary outbuilding.
- Received
- 17 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Steòrnabhagh A Deas
- Agent
- MJC Inspection & Design Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date23 May
- DecidedDecided2 Dec
Decided in 253 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Tower Guest House 32 James Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2QN. Western Isles has handled 1,137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 288 days, 32 weeks longer than Western Isles's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Steòrnabhagh A Deas. We hold 38 applications in total for the HS1 postcode area.
99% of full applications at Na h-Eileanan Siar (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- HS1 2QN
- Application type
- Planning Permission (Detailed)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Stornoway
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 May 2025
- Committee meeting
- 2 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 1 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MJC Inspection & Design Ltd
- Agent address
- Per Malcolm Crate 9 Millar Road Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2RX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 April 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 37
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Associated applications
- 202517 Feb
Change of use from guest house to house, demolition of boundary wall and creation of parking area. Create…
This applicationApplication Permitted with conditionsFull25/00044/PPD - 202517 Feb
Removal of non-original rear porch (retrospective). Partial demolition of boundary wall and creation of…
Application Permitted with conditionsListed building consentFiled alongside25/00046/LBC
Source: Western Isles
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