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Orkney Islands
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Orkney Islands. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
11,951Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,047 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,613 approved · 434 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jun 1986 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas6 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.

More application records

  1. Withdrawn/Returned09/334/PPO

    Siting of a house and access

    Redbraes (Site 3) (Land Near), Ness Road, Stenness, KW16 3HA

    Received 23 Jul 2009
  2. Withdrawn/Returned09/335/PPO

    Siting of a house and access

    Redbraes (Site 4) (Land Near), Ness Road, Stenness, KW16 3HA

    Received 23 Jul 2009
  3. Decided09/336/PPF

    Extend a house

    Howdis Meadow, Rousay, KW17 2PR

    Received 23 Jul 2009
  4. Decided09/337/PPF

    Extend a house (retrospective)

    Breckaskaill, Papa Westray

    Received 23 Jul 2009
  5. Decided09/338/PPF

    Install a new foul drainage treatment plant

    Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, KW17 2DY

    Received 23 Jul 2009
  6. Decided09/339/PPF

    Renovate and extend former croft and erect a detached garage

    Thrave, Sanday

    Received 24 Jul 2009
  7. Decided09/340/PPF

    Extend a house

    Malvern, George Street, Kirkwall, KW15 1PW

    Received 27 Jul 2009
  8. Decided09/341/PPF

    Amendment to application number 07/426/PPF to allow extension of converted outbuilding and erect a garage

    Eastbrae, Stromness

    Received 27 Jul 2009
  9. Decided09/342/PPF

    Extend and alter office

    39A Victoria Street, Kirkwall, KW15 1DN

    Received 28 Jul 2009
  10. Decided09/343/PPF

    Extend a house

    Oak Villa, 5 Hillside Terrace, Stromness, KW16 3AQ

    Received 29 Jul 2009
  11. Decided09/344/PPF

    Extend a house

    6 Bilmaris Chalets, Glaitness Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1TW

    Received 29 Jul 2009
  12. Decided09/345/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Airsdale, Evie

    Received 29 Jul 2009
  13. Decided09/346/PPF

    Erect a slurry storage tank

    Newhall, Deerness, KW17 2QJ

    Received 29 Jul 2009
  14. Decided09/347/PPF

    Erect a house

    Springs (Land Near), Burray, KW17 2SX

    Received 30 Jul 2009
  15. Decided09/348/PPF

    Erect a sun lounge

    Annfield Park (Site 2) (Land Near), Kirkwall

    Received 30 Jul 2009
  16. Decided09/349/PPO

    Siting of two houses

    Daisybank (Land Near), Berstane Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1NA

    Received 30 Jul 2009
  17. Decided09/350/PPO

    Siting of a house

    Daisybank (Land Near), Berstane Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1NA

    Received 30 Jul 2009
  18. Decided09/351/PPO

    Siting of four houses

    Daisybank (Land Near), Berstane Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1NA

    Received 30 Jul 2009
  19. Decided09/352/AD

    Display signage

    Royal Mail Delivery Office 15 Junction Road Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1AA

    Received 31 Jul 2009
  20. Decided09/353/LB

    Erect a temporary timber handrail

    The Smithy, Shapinsay

    Received 31 Jul 2009
  21. Decided09/355/PP

    Demolish existing fire-damaged house and erect a new house

    Bayview Shapinsay Orkney KW17 2DY

    Received 5 Aug 2009
  22. Decided09/356/PP

    Erect a garage and granny flat

    Nordhavn, Bu Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JH

    Received 7 Aug 2009
  23. Decided09/357/PP

    Erect a wind turbine generator (max. height 18m)

    Wart Farm, Warthill Road, Holm, KW17 2SD

    Received 7 Aug 2009
  24. Decided09/358/PP

    Demolish redundant building, erect a boundary wall, erect a sign and formation of car parking

    Orkney Aggregates Ltd, Crowness Crescent, Hatston Industrial Estate, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1RE

    Received 7 Aug 2009

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Researching a proposal in Orkney Islands

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Orkney Islands, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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