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16 Garrygall Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5UH

25/00426/PPDPlanning Permission (Detailed)Approved
Full

Approved on 26 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of part of agricultural shed to form nano distillery (Retrospective)

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barraigh Agus Bhatarsaigh
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 60 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 Garrygall Castlebay Isle Of Barra HS9 5UH. Western Isles has handled 1,137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 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 5UH
Application type
Planning Permission (Detailed)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Castlebay & Vatersay

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2025
Consultation expiry
22 December 2025
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
22 December 2025
Target decision date
26 January 2026
Permission expires
25 January 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Western Isles

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