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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 dates11,306Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 9,449 approved or refused records
423Refused applications
9,026 approved · 423 refused · 533 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided07/403/PPR
Erect a house
Littlequoys (Land Near), Lighthouse Park, Deerness
Received 4 Jul 2007 - Withdrawn/Returned07/404/PPF
Demolish store and erect 2 flats
2 & 4 Wellington Street, Kirkwall
Received 4 Jul 2007 - Withdrawn/Returned07/405/LB
Demolish store and erect 2 flats
2 & 4 Wellington Street, Kirkwall
Received 4 Jul 2007 - Decided07/406/PPF
Demolish existing store and erect 4 two-bedroom apartments
Great Western Road, Kirkwall
Received 4 Jul 2007 - Decided07/407/PPF
Erect a replacement house
Upperhouse, (land Near), Bimbister, Harray
Received 4 Jul 2007 - Decided07/408/PPR
Erect a house and garage
Quoylanks, (land Near), Deerness
Received 5 Jul 2007 - Decided07/409/APN
Erect GP shed
Beaquoy, Dounby
Received 5 Jul 2007 - Decided07/410/PPF
Erect 8 flats and town house
25 Broad Street (land Near), Kirkwall
Received 5 Jul 2007 - Decided07/411/PPF
Erect house and integral garage
Westshore (Site 1) (Land Near), Burray
Received 5 Jul 2007 - Decided07/412/PPF
Extend a house
3 Soulisquoy Loan, Kirkwall, KW15 1BY
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Decided07/413/PPO
Siting of a house for an agricultural worker
Bullabrow Bridge, (land Near), Swartland Road, Dounby
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Decided07/414/PPF
Erect a garage
22 Royal Oak Road, Kirkwall
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Withdrawn/Returned07/415/PPO
Siting of 3 houses
Berriedale Farm, (land Near), South Ronaldsay
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Decided07/416/PPF
Extend a house and create dormer
West Puldrite, Rendall, KW17 2PB
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Decided07/417/PPF
Extend a house
Kveldsro, Weyland Terrace, Kirkwall
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Decided07/418/PPO
Siting of a house
Newgarth, (land Near), Sandwick
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Decided07/419/PPO
Siting of a house
Newgarth, (land Near), Sandwick
Received 6 Jul 2007 - Decided07/420/PPF
Erect a house
Westshore (Site 8) (Land Near), Burray
Received 9 Jul 2007 - Decided07/421/PPF
Erect slatted court
Ballarat, Harray, KW17 2LE
Received 9 Jul 2007 - Decided07/422/PPF
Erect a wind turbine generator
Burgar Hill (land Near), Evie
Received 9 Jul 2007 - Decided07/423/PPF
Extend a house and create access
Frennebo, 32 Hillside Road, Stromness, KW16 3HR
Received 9 Jul 2007 - Decided07/424/PPF
Extend a house
Mayfield, Stenness, KW16 3LB
Received 9 Jul 2007 - Decided07/425/SCR
Refurbish fuel storage tanks and install and repair fuel pipeline with associated engineering works and cabins
Lyness, Hoy
Received 15 Jun 2007 - Decided07/426/PPF
Conversion to create a house
Eastbrae, Stromness
Received 10 Jul 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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