Thurso And North West Caithness planning approval rate
Thurso And North West Caithness ward in Highland has a 96.7% approval rate based on 30 planning decisions. Highland overall: 94.4%.
Last updated: March 2026
96.7%
ward approval rate
30
Decisions
29
Approved
1
Refused
94.4%
Highland average
Thurso And North West Caithness sits slightly above the Highland average, with a 2.3 point advantage. Planning outcomes here are generally favourable.
How Thurso And North West Caithness compares
Thurso And North West Caithness ward
96.7%
Highland overall
94.4%
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Recent decisions in Thurso And North West Caithness
25/04419/PNO
Erection of domestic wind turbine · Wed 19 Nov 2025
24/03864/FUL
Erection of house, formation of access, installation of soakaway; temporary siti · Mon 09 Sep 2024
22/00801/FUL
Change of use from salon to residential · Mon 21 Feb 2022
20/04513/FUL
Erection of garage · Sun 15 Nov 2020
13/01225/FUL
Addition of first floor to existing single storey extension. · Wed 03 Apr 2013
What gets approved near your property?
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Highland
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 1,987 decisions.
Other wards in Highland
Cromarty Firth (98.0%)
Caol And Mallaig (93.9%)
Inverness West (89.5%)
East Sutherland And Edderton (98.8%)
Aird And Loch Ness (94.8%)
Fort William And Ardnamurchan (90.4%)
Eilean A' Cheò (95.6%)
North, West And Central Sutherland (97.3%)
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer And Lochalsh (100.0%)
Dingwall And Seaforth (96.1%)
Inverness South (90.3%)
Nairn And Cawdor (87.0%)