10 Kneep Uig Isle Of Lewis

1. 1.The change of use of land to accommodate a proposed 'caravan pod' and related development, sited on elevated topography in a largely undeveloped landscape will result in adverse landscape and visual impact. Accordingly, it would be contrary to Policies PD1, ED3 and NBH1 of the Outer Hebrides Local Development Plan and the policies within the Supplementary Guidance: Caravans, Huts and Temporary Buildings.
2. 2.The proposed development on account of its siting on a raised grassy knoll in an area of largely undeveloped undulating and low lying machair would be likely to compromise the integrity of the machair landscape character type directly and views of the wider machair (which was designated as a good example of the machair feature by the Tràigh na Berie Special Area of Conservation); and would therefore be contrary to Policies DS1 (Settlement Strategy Outwith Settlement), PD1 (Placemaking and Design), and NBH1 (Landscaping) of the Outer Hebrides Local Development Plan 2018, and Policy 4 (Natural Places), of National Planning Framework 4.
3. 3.The proposed development would be in an inappropriate and prominent setting and would establish an undesirable precedent for the use of land for the siting of static caravans and for other built development on this largely undeveloped area of machair potentially resulting in significantly adverse cumulative landscape and visual impacts and significant adverse effects on the integrity of machair, the feature of the Tràigh na Berie Special Area of Conservation. If the applicant is aggrieved by the decision of the planning authority to (i) to refuse permission for the proposed development (ii) to refuse approval required by a condition in respect of the proposed development or (iii) to grant permission or approval subject to conditions, the applicant may appeal to the Scottish Ministers under section 47 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 within three months from the date of this notice. The notice of appeal should be addressed to: Planning and Environmental Appeals Division Scottish Government Ground Floor Hadrian House Callendar Business Park Callendar Road Falkirk FK1 1XR E-mail: DPEA@gov.scot Appeal Forms can be downloaded from: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/Appeals/howtosubmitanappeal If permission to develop land is refused or granted subject to conditions and the owner of the land claims that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state and cannot be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development which has been or would be permitted, the owner of the land may serve on the planning authority a purchase notice requiring the purchase of the owner of the land’s interest in the land in accordance with Part 5 of the Town & Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Planning Permission (Detailed)

Scale / size

Medium

Parish

Uig

Date validated

22 October 2025

Consultation expiry

10 November 2025

Consultation start

27 October 2025

Consultation end

10 November 2025

Last date for comments

20 November 2025

Target decision date

21 December 2025

Committee meeting

10 February 2026

Agent address

Total Design 22 Melbost Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS2 0BG

Statutory period

60 days

Last advertised

6 November 2025

Documents

11

Constraints

5