Dualchas Heritage And Cultural Centre Castlebay Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5XD
Approved on 12 November 2025
Council decision: Application Permitted with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition
Proposal
Installation of a 10Kw Solar panel array and a 5Kwh battery system at the rear of the building.
- Received
- 29 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Barraigh Agus Bhatarsaigh
- ReceivedReceived29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided12 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Dualchas Heritage And Cultural Centre Castlebay Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5XD. Western Isles has handled 1,137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 12 days longer than Western Isles's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Barraigh Agus Bhatarsaigh. We hold 69 applications in total for the HS9 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
- HS9 5XD
- Application type
- Planning Permission (Detailed)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Castlebay & Vatersay
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 31 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 14 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 November 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 25 September 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Source: Western Isles
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