Planning application
Balblair Quarry Balblair Beauly IV4 7BG
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference 25/04801/S42
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04801/S42
- Type
- Section 42
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 15 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Aird And Loch Ness
- Parish
- Kilmorack Community Council
- 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.
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11/03487/PAN Awaiting decision
Balblair Quarry Balblair Beauly IV4 7BG
Extension of quarry to include extraction of sand and gravel
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Dec 2025
Received by Highland
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5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 February 2026, 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 67 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 67 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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