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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9,638 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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. Decided09/535/LB

    Demolish block shed attached to stone steading and reinstate courtyard

    Quoy Of Houton, Orphir, Orkney, KW17 2RD

    Received 26 Nov 2009
  2. Decided09/536/AMC

    Erect a house with integral double garage for a farm worker

    Towerhill (Land Near) Inganess Road St Ola Orkney

    Received 27 Nov 2009
  3. Decided09/537/LB

    Repairs to agricultural shed including take down and rebuild gable wall and chimney stack, replace roof timbers, re-roof with Orkney slate and replace windows and doors

    Hall Of Tankerness, Tankerness, Orkney, KW17 2QS

    Received 27 Nov 2009
  4. Decided09/538/PP

    Convert barns into scuba diving facility and visitors centre and extend a house to create storage, toilet and shower facilities

    Maltbarn, Eday, Orkney, KW17 2AA

    Received 1 Dec 2009
  5. Decided09/539/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Odiness, Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AG

    Received 1 Dec 2009
  6. Decided09/540/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Frustigarth, Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DZ

    Received 1 Dec 2009
  7. Decided09/541/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Lenahowe, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3JA

    Received 1 Dec 2009
  8. Decided09/542/PP

    Erect a 50m anemometry mast at approved wind turbine site 08/249/PPF

    Ore Brae (Land Near), Lyness, Hoy, Orkney, KW16 3NT

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  9. Decided09/543/PP

    Erect a 20m anemometry mast at approved wind turbine site 08/252/PPF

    Howe (Land Near), Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2EA

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  10. Decided09/544/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Settersquoy, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3EZ

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  11. Decided09/545/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Balaclava, Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DZ

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  12. Decided09/546/PP

    Erect a sun lounge

    Bringsvard, 19 Burnside, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1TF

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  13. Decided09/547/PP

    Erect a wind turbine generator (max. height 67m) and transformer/switchgear enclosure and erect a temporary meteorological mast

    Barns Of Ayre Deerness Orkney KW17 2QJ

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  14. Decided09/548/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house

    Cooperhouse (Land Near), Birsay, Orkney

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  15. Decided09/549/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house

    Peatgate (Land Near), Birsay, Orkney

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  16. Decided09/550/PP

    Erect a boardwalk across a section of the Peedie Sea to tie in with newly constructed footpath and cycleway

    Peedie Sea, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  17. Decided09/551/AMC

    Erect a house and detached garage

    Mucklehouse (Land Near), Brims, Longhope, Orkney, KW16 3NZ

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  18. Decided09/552/PP

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

    Queenamuckle, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2EZ

    Received 2 Dec 2009
  19. Decided09/553/PP

    Replace front door

    108A Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3BU

    Received 4 Dec 2009
  20. Decided09/554/PN

    Install additional cabinet in existing cabin and replace existing antennae

    Maraquoy, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JU

    Received 4 Dec 2009
  21. Decided09/555/PP

    Replace windows and doors, paint part of building, relocate oil tank and prune tree

    58 Dundas Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DA

    Received 9 Dec 2009
  22. Decided09/556/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Sorquoy, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2TJ

    Received 9 Dec 2009
  23. Decided09/557/AMC

    Erect a house

    Hacco (Land Near), Deerness, Orkney

    Received 9 Dec 2009
  24. Decided09/558/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Millquoy, Burray, Orkney, KW17 2SX

    Received 9 Dec 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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