Planning application
Bakoo 39 High Street Inverness IV1 1HT
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from night club/pub to hotel apartments
As published by the council, reference 26/00791/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00791/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 23 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 1 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Inverness Central
- Parish
- Crown And City Centre Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IV1 1HT
Site history
Applications at this address on the Highland register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01053/LBC Granted
Bakoo 39 High Street Inverness IV1 1HT
Change of use from night club/pub to hotel apartments; internal alterations; new window openings
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Feb 2026
Received by Highland
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5 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
38 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Highland granted permission on 1 June 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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