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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
11,841Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 9,942 approved or refused records
432Refused applications

9,510 approved · 432 refused · 559 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 May 1998 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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. Decided09/189/PPF

    Create a new access ramp

    Commercial Union House, Castle Street, Kirkwall, KW15 1DF

    Received 20 Apr 2009
  2. Decided09/190/PPR

    Erect a house with integral double garage

    Braemor (Land Near), Downie's Lane, Stromness

    Received 20 Apr 2009
  3. Withdrawn/Returned09/191/PPF

    Erect 3 houses

    Redlums (Land Near), Rousay, KW17 2PR

    Received 20 Apr 2009
  4. Decided09/192/PPR

    Erect a house

    Westshore Site 5 (Land Near), Burray

    Received 20 Apr 2009
  5. Decided09/193/PPO

    Siting of a house

    Beckington (Land Near), Hillside Road, Stromness, KW16 3AH

    Received 22 Apr 2009
  6. Decided09/194/PPF

    Erect a chemical storage building

    Kirbister Water Treatment Works, Orphir

    Received 22 Apr 2009
  7. Decided09/195/PPF

    Erect a water treatment works building and link corridor

    Boardhouse Water Treatment Works, Birsay

    Received 22 Apr 2009
  8. Decided09/196/PPF

    Extend a house

    24 Alfred Street, Stromness, KW16 3DF

    Received 24 Apr 2009
  9. Decided09/197/LB

    Extend and alter house including insert hardwood sash and case windows and alter store

    24 Alfred Street, Stromness, KW16 3DF

    Received 24 Apr 2009
  10. Decided09/198/PPF

    Extend a house, install a dormer window, demolish outbuilding to form courtyard and fell mature tree

    87 John Street, Stromness

    Received 24 Apr 2009
  11. Decided09/199/LB

    Expose stone gable and frontage with lime mortar repairs; wet harl outbuildings and extensions; re-roof with slate and stone; internal alterations including new toilets; convert outhouse to kitchen/dining area; add scullery and two storey rear extension; and demolish part of outbuilding to form courtyard.

    87 John Street, Stromness

    Received 24 Apr 2009
  12. Decided09/200/PPF

    Extend a house

    Voybreck, East Road, Kirkwall

    Received 28 Apr 2009
  13. Decided09/201/PPF

    Erect a wind turbine generator (max. height 15m)

    Hilldavale, Dykeside, Westray

    Received 28 Apr 2009
  14. Decided09/202/APN

    Erect a feed store

    Brockan, Stromness

    Received 28 Apr 2009
  15. Decided09/203/PPF

    Erect a house

    Farrivald (Land Near), Westray, KW17 2DW

    Received 30 Apr 2009
  16. Decided09/204/PPF

    Erect a wind turbine generator (max. height 67m) with hard standing and switchgear enclosure

    Upper Stove (Land Near), Deerness

    Received 30 Apr 2009
  17. Decided09/205/APN

    Erect a straw court

    Avelsay, Rousay, KW17 2PR

    Received 1 May 2009
  18. Decided09/206/MAR

    Change from C-Cap Barge to Akva Barge (boat design)

    Bay Of Vady, Egilsay

    Received 1 May 2009
  19. Decided09/207/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Twatt Farm, Twatt, Birsay

    Received 1 May 2009
  20. Decided09/208/PPF

    Vary house type from two storey to bungalow

    Quoybrae (Plot 1) (Land Near), Toab

    Received 5 May 2009
  21. Decided09/209/VR

    Vary house type approved under 08/152/PPF

    Whitecleat (Plot 3) (Land Near), Tankerness

    Received 5 May 2009
  22. Decided09/210/PPF

    Temporary storage of building modules and associated equipment

    Orkney Auction Mart (Land Near), Hatston Industrial Estate, Kirkwall

    Received 5 May 2009
  23. Decided09/211/PPF

    Extend a house

    Earlsfield, Palace Road, Kirkwall

    Received 5 May 2009
  24. Decided09/212/PPO

    Siting of a house

    Quoys (Land Near), Westside, Westray

    Received 6 May 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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