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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
11,977Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,072 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,638 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 1979 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Development and Marine Planning (policy)Pre-application advice Pre-application AdviceConservation areas Conservation Area Consent

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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. Decided09/510/PP

    Erect a 7m high telecoms mast and 4 antennas

    Orkney College, East Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LF

    Received 13 Nov 2009
  2. Decided09/511/PP

    Extend and alter hotel to provide additional guest accommodation, replace bedroom windows with French windows, relocate kitchen and laundry facilities, modify bar/dining room access and extend and relocate owners living accommodation

    Taversoe Hotel, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PT

    Received 13 Nov 2009
  3. Decided09/512/PP

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

    Sorquoy, South Ronaldsay, Orkney

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  4. Decided09/514/PP

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

    Howe Farm, Harray, Orkney

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  5. Decided09/515/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Howe Farm, Harray, Orkney

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  6. Decided09/516/PP

    Erect a feed store

    Lyking, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3HY

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  7. Decided09/517/PP

    Erect a bedded court

    Lyking, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3HY

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  8. Decided09/518/PP

    Extend a house and erect a wind turbine generator (max. height 20m)

    East Kirbist, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DR

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  9. Decided09/519/TC

    Construct support for unstable Sycamore (Retrospective)

    59 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HQ

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  10. Decided09/520/PP

    Change of use from vacant industrial site to re-use/recycling centre

    Site G11 (Land Near), Garson Industrial Estate, Stromness, Orkney

    Received 17 Nov 2009
  11. Decided09/521/PP

    Erect an integral garage

    House At Site 4, Burnside, Harray, Orkney

    Received 18 Nov 2009
  12. Decided09/522/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Nigley, Evie, Orkney, KW17 2PH

    Received 18 Nov 2009
  13. Decided09/523/PP

    Erect a replacement house

    Pool (Land Near), Grimness, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2TH

    Received 18 Nov 2009
  14. Decided09/524/PP

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

    Howequoy, Holm, Orkney, KW17 2RY

    Received 18 Nov 2009
  15. Decided09/525/PP

    Change of use from toy shop to tea room

    3 North End Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AG

    Received 19 Nov 2009
  16. Decided09/526/PP

    Extend a house and create new vehicular access

    South Windbrake, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QL

    Received 19 Nov 2009
  17. Decided09/527/PP

    Extend a house

    Ayre Of Cara, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2TH

    Received 20 Nov 2009
  18. Decided09/528/LB

    Erect galvanised steel handrails on exposed stone steps

    The Smithy, Balfour Village, Shapinsay, Orkney

    Received 24 Nov 2009
  19. Decided09/529/PP

    Convert store to kitchen, form new pedestrian access and install replacement painted timber door and painted double-glazed sash and case windows

    14 Victoria Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DZ

    Received 24 Nov 2009
  20. Decided09/530/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Virginia, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3HG

    Received 24 Nov 2009
  21. Decided09/531/APN

    Erect a concrete/earth walled silo

    Virginia Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3HG

    Received 24 Nov 2009
  22. Decided09/532/PP

    Sand extraction

    Links Of Noltland, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DW

    Received 25 Nov 2009
  23. Decided09/533/PP

    Extend a house and erect an integral garage

    1 Clumly Avenue, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1YU

    Received 26 Nov 2009
  24. Decided09/534/PP

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

    Greenfield, Carness Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1UE

    Received 26 Nov 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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