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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
11,978Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,073 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,639 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 1979 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided17/209/PP

    Erect a house, install an air source heat pump and create an access (amendment to 07/048/PPF)

    Southend Mill, Whitemire Road, Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NL

    Received 3 May 2017
  2. Decided17/210/PIP

    Siting of a house

    The Mill (Land Near), Wyre, Orkney, KW17 2QA

    Received 4 May 2017
  3. Decided17/211/MARSS

    Screening and scoping request to increase the consented cage sizes from 8 x 70m circumference cages to 8 x 90m circumference cages

    Pegal Bay, Scapa Flow, Orkney

    Received 4 May 2017
  4. Decided17/212/PIP

    Siting of 5 houses including footway and street lighting

    St Clair (Land Near), Old Finstown Road, St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1TW

    Received 5 May 2017
  5. Decided17/213/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Glen (Land Near), Rackwick, Hoy, Orkney

    Received 8 May 2017
  6. Decided17/214/MARSS

    70m circumference circular cages removed and replaced with 90m circumference cages.

    Lyrawa Bay, Scapa Flow, Orkney

    Received 8 May 2017
  7. Decided17/215/OBL

    Discharge a Section 75 planning obligation

    Cruhill, Toab, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QG

    Received 8 May 2017
  8. Decided17/216/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Stank, Heatherybraes Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JP

    Received 8 May 2017
  9. Decided17/220/PP

    Erect a garage workshop for motor vehicle repairs

    Isbister Bros Ltd, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LT

    Received 9 May 2017
  10. Decided17/217/PP

    Erect a stone seating area and paving (retrospective)

    Thorshaven, Back Road, St Margarets Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2SP

    Received 9 May 2017
  11. Decided17/218/HH

    Extend a house

    Braemar, Aikerskaill Road, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QH

    Received 9 May 2017
  12. Decided17/221/HH

    Extend a house.

    The Round, St Andrews, Orkney KW17 2QU

    Received 11 May 2017
  13. Withdrawn/Returned17/219/PP

    Alterations to a brewery, including re-roofing

    Swannay Brewery, Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2NP

    Received 11 May 2017
  14. Decided17/222/PP

    Install external insulation and replacement windows and doors

    Papdale Primary School, Willow Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1PJ

    Received 11 May 2017
  15. Decided17/223/HH

    Replace windows and rain water goods

    Ivy House, 43 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HQ

    Received 15 May 2017
  16. Decided17/224/HH

    Install replacement windows and door

    31 Dundas Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3BZ

    Received 15 May 2017
  17. Decided17/226/PP

    Change of use from shop and restaurant to craft studio and workshop with retail element (class 1 & 4) and install four air source heat pumps (part retrospective)

    25 - 27 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HR

    Received 16 May 2017
  18. Decided17/227/HH

    Install two air source heat pumps (Retrospective)

    Timaru, 58 Clay Loan, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1QG

    Received 16 May 2017
  19. Decided17/228/HH

    Extend a house

    Waterfield, Denwick Road, Deerness, Orkney KW17 2QL

    Received 16 May 2017
  20. Decided17/229/PN

    Replace 600mm microwave dish with 900mm microwave dish on existing tower

    Wardhill Radio Site, Orkney KW17 2RL

    Received 17 May 2017
  21. Decided17/230/LB

    Display one commemorative plaque

    Alexander Graham Fountain, Stromness Town Centre, Stromness, Orkney

    Received 17 May 2017
  22. Decided17/231/HH

    Extend a house

    Meadow Park Hoose, 3 Meadow Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HA

    Received 18 May 2017
  23. Decided17/233/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Benstonhall (Land Near), Eday

    Received 18 May 2017
  24. Decided17/234/PP

    Change of use from retail to domestic

    2 Dundas Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3BZ

    Received 19 May 2017

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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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