Power Station Arnish Isle Of Lewis
Approved on 18 September 2026
Council decision: Application Permitted with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Construct new steel frame diesel fired power station within the site of the existing Arnish Power Station to increase the back-up generation capacity on the island by up to 15MW, containing generator hall, mess rooms, WCs, office, control room and workshops and external ancillary equipment required for the operation of the generators.
- Received
- 11 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 6 November 2026
- Ward
- Ste�rnabhagh A Tuath
- Agent
- Mott Macdonald Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date15 Apr
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 214 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Power Station Arnish Isle Of Lewis. Western Isles has handled 1,137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 22 weeks longer than Western Isles's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Ste�rnabhagh A Tuath.
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
- Application type
- Planning Permission (Detailed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stornoway
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Mott Macdonald Ltd
- Agent address
- Moray House 16-18 Bank Street Inverness IV1 1QY
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Iain MacLeod
- Statutory period
- 58 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Source: Western Isles
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