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Balblair Quarry Balblair Beauly IV4 7BG

Awaiting decision Highland 11/03487/PAN Proposal of Application Notice

Works: Extension

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Extension of quarry to include extraction of sand and gravel

As published by the council, reference 11/03487/PAN

Application record

Reference
11/03487/PAN
Type
Proposal of Application Notice
Status
Under Consideration
Received
23 Sep 2011
Validated
23 Sep 2011
Ward
Inverness West
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
IV4 7BG

Site history

Applications at this address on the Highland register

This site has had 2 applications since 2011.

  • 25/04801/S42 Awaiting decision

    Balblair Quarry Balblair Beauly IV4 7BG

    Section 42 application to vary Condition 2 (17/00127/S42) to include an additional area of extraction to yield a further 400,000 tonnes of sand and gravel

    Submitted 15 Dec 2025

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Sep 2011

    Received by Highland

  2. 16 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 November 2011, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Highland took a median of 68 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Highland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Highland's median decision took 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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