Caledonian Hotel (Sty) Ltd Caledonian Hotel 5 South Beach Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2XY Data via plota.co.uk
26/00270/PPD - Planning Permission (Detailed)
Approved
Proposal
Conversion of keg store to ancillary suites to the Caledonian Hotel; alterations to external wall openings to create new door and window layout; installation of solar array on south roofscape; installation of 2no. ventilation units to roof; and cladding of south elevation, ground floor. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
8 Jul 2026
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Validated
9 Jul 2026
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Consultation
10 Jul 2026
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Approved
9 Sept 2026
Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 3
Stornoway conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
8 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Customs House, Quay Street, Stornoway, Lewis, Grade B, 45 m away · 1 Grade A, 6 Grade B, 1 Grade C
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 8 with distances
- 45 mCustoms House, Quay Street, Stornoway, LewisGrade B
- 51 m8 North Beach, Stornoway, LewisGrade B
- 53 m7 North Beach, Stornoway, LewisGrade B
- 53 mLewis Hotel, 9-10 North Beach, Stornoway, LewisGrade B
- 69 mMission, 5 North Beach, Stornoway, LewisGrade A
- 75 mStar Inn, 13 South Beach Street, Stornoway, LewisGrade C
- 83 mOld Caledonian Bank, 14 South Beach, Stornoway, LewisGrade B
- 135 mTown Hall, 2 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, LewisGrade B
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 195 m away: Lews Castle And Lady Lever Park.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Western Isles
- Application type
- Planning Permission (Detailed)
- Postcode
- HS1 2XY
- Received
- 8 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Ste�rnabhagh A Deas
- Parish
- Stornoway
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 8 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted with conditions
- Decision date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
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- Agent
- The Draftsman Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 62 days from validation, 9 days faster than Western Isles's median of 71 for changes of use. Approved, as 100% of changes of use here are.
This one62d
Council71d
UK56d
27%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
33decided in the last year
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Western Isles in the last twelve months, from validation. Western Isles decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
27 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 100761539-001
- Neighbours
- 9 Jul 2026
- Consultation
- 10 Jul 2026
- Comments by
- 30 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 16 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 8 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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