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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
11,976Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,071 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,637 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jun 1981 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided09/408/PP

    Erect a detached garage

    Mullach Mor, Burray, Orkney, KW17 2SS

    Received 18 Sept 2009
  2. Decided09/409/PP

    Erect a garage

    Tevith, Dounby, Orkney, KW17 2JQ

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  3. Decided09/410/PP

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

    Arwick, Evie, KW17 2PF

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  4. Decided09/411/PP

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

    Laga, Evie, KW17 2PF

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  5. Decided09/412/PP

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

    Henley, Evie, Orkney

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  6. Decided09/413/PP

    Amend planning permission 09/052/PPF to change house type

    East Heddle (Plot 5) (Land Near), Firth

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  7. Decided09/414/PN

    Install 2 and relocate 1 flat panel antennas on the existing 30m lattice tower

    Existing Lattice Tower, Flotta Oil Terminal, Flotta, KW16 3NP

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  8. Decided09/415/MARSCO

    Scoping opinion regarding installing a group of six 90 metre circumference cages

    Ore Bay, Scapa Flow

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  9. Decided09/416/PP

    Erect a house

    The Meadows (Plot 55) (Land Near), Kirkwall

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  10. Decided09/417/PP

    Upgrade shop frontage

    71 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DQ

    Received 22 Sept 2009
  11. Decided09/418/PP

    Replace 3 single-glazed windows at rear of house with double-glazed windows

    7 Laing Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NW

    Received 23 Sept 2009
  12. Decided09/419/MARSCO

    Scoping opinion regarding installing a group of eight 90 metre circumference cages

    Glimps Holm, Scapa Flow

    Received 23 Sept 2009
  13. Decided09/420/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Ramsquoy, Stenness, KW16 3EZ

    Received 25 Sept 2009
  14. Decided09/421/PP

    Amendment to planning permission 05/575/PPF to erect a detached garage with increased roof height

    Acrelea, Finstown, Orkney, KW17 2EJ

    Received 28 Sept 2009
  15. Decided09/422/PP

    Change of use from hatchery building to house, convert tank base to open boat storage and form bunding

    Birsay Hatcheries, Whitemire Road, Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NL

    Received 28 Sept 2009
  16. Decided09/423/LB

    Amendment to listed building consent 07/691/LB to take account of site conditions involving demolition of sections of rear wall and the construction of a porch and details of replacement windows

    6 Wellington Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1AY

    Received 28 Sept 2009
  17. Decided09/424/PP

    Extend a house

    4 Marston Road, Lady, Sanday, Orkney, KW17 2BB

    Received 29 Sept 2009
  18. Decided09/425/PP

    Erect a 50m anemometry mast at approved wind turbine site 08/253/PPF

    Kingarly Hill, Sourin, Rousay

    Received 29 Sept 2009
  19. Decided09/426/PP

    Convert and extend existing barn to create house extension

    Goldigarth, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LP

    Received 29 Sept 2009
  20. Withdrawn/Returned09/427/MAR

    Amendment to planning application 08/358/MAR to install 9 x 250m longlines

    Whelkmulli Bay, Wyre

    Received 29 Sept 2009
  21. Decided09/428/PP

    Amend planning permission 07/407/PPF to change house type

    Upperhouse (Land Near), Tufta, Harray

    Received 1 Oct 2009
  22. Decided09/429/PP

    Erect a detached double garage and change existing integral garage to a study

    High Tor, Annfield Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NS

    Received 1 Oct 2009
  23. Decided09/430/PP

    Erect a grain store

    Seatter, Work Road, St Ola, KW15 1TB

    Received 2 Oct 2009
  24. Decided09/431/PP

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

    Gerraquoy, Grimness, South Ronaldsay, KW17 2TH

    Received 2 Oct 2009

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Researching a proposal in Orkney Islands

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Guides to planning records

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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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