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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
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 dates11,206Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 9,358 approved or refused records
420Refused applications
8,938 approved · 420 refused · 531 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Sept 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Development and Marine Planning (policy)Pre-application advice Pre-application AdviceConservation areas Conservation Area Consent
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01856873535Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@orkney.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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
- Decided07/161/PPO
Siting of house
Hacco (Land Near), Deerness
Received 20 Mar 2007 - Decided07/162/PPF
Create new access
Pegal, Glaitness Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1BA
Received 21 Mar 2007 - Decided07/163/LB
Alterations to building to accommodate conversion from shop to form part of existing dwelling
108/110 Victoria Street, Stromness
Received 21 Mar 2007 - Decided07/165/PPF
Extend a house
Crook, Rendall, KW17 2HA
Received 22 Mar 2007 - Decided07/166/LB
Erect rear entrance and vestibule and install internal partition to create store
17 & 19 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, KW15 1HR
Received 22 Mar 2007 - Decided07/164/PPF
Erect a slatted byre
Groundwater Farm, Orphir,
Received 22 Mar 2007 - Decided07/169/PPF
Extend a house
Glenavon, Dounby,
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/170/PPF
Erect a house
Newbanks (Land Near), Holm
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/171/PPO
Siting of a house and formation of new access
Brookfield, (site 1), Rendall,
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/172/PPO
Siting of a house and formation of new access
Brookfield, (site 2), Rendall,
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/173/PPO
Siting of a house and formation of new access
Brookfield (site 3), Rendall
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/174/PPO
Siting of a house and formation of new access
Brookfield (site 4), Rendall
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/175/PPO
Siting of a house and formation of new access
Brookfield (site 5), Rendall
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/176/PPF
Extend a house and erect garage
Braehead, Innertown, Stromness, KW16
Received 26 Mar 2007 - Decided07/177/PPF
Erect a replacement house
Park Of Heddle, Firth
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Decided07/178/LB
Temporary roof repairs and install window screens
Hall Of Clestrain, Orphir
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Decided07/168/PPR
Erect a house
Burnside (Site 2) (Land Near) Dounby
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Decided07/167/PPF
Erection of rear entrance
17 & 19 Bridge Street, Kirkwall,
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Decided07/179/PPF
Erect a totem pole
Rockworks (Land Near), Holm
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Decided07/180/PPO
Siting of a house
Kingshouse, Harray,
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Decided07/181/PPF
Erect a house and garage
West Links (land Near), Burray Village, Burray,
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Decided07/182/PPF
Demolish existing sheds and erect store/workshop
Pier Restaurant, Rousay
Received 27 Mar 2007 - Withdrawn/Returned07/183/PPO
Siting of a house
Skeetquoy (land Near), Tankerness
Received 28 Mar 2007 - Decided07/184/PPO
Siting of a house
Myrtle Cottage (land Near), Harray
Received 28 Mar 2007
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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