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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
137Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,076 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,642 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Withdrawn/Returned17/395/PP

    Construct a pitched roof over flat roof to create a flat, install an air source heat pump and prune a tree

    58 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HQ

    Received 29 Aug 2017
  2. Decided17/396/PP

    Erect a replacement house with an air source heat pump (amendment to 12/693/AMC)

    Grahamsha, Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney

    Received 29 Aug 2017
  3. Decided17/397/HH

    Erect a shed and amend an access

    Peace, Quoyloo Road, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LT

    Received 30 Aug 2017
  4. Decided17/398/PP

    Erect a house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump

    13 Moar Drive (Site 2B), Watersfield, Kirkwall, Orkney,

    Received 31 Aug 2017
  5. Decided17/399/PP

    Extend a hostel and replace roof covering, windows and doors.

    Beltane House, Papa Westray, Orkney, KW17 2BU

    Received 31 Aug 2017
  6. Decided17/400/PP

    Erect a house with integral garage, install an air source heat pump and a shed

    4 Repeater Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1ZP

    Received 31 Aug 2017
  7. Decided17/401/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Carnmore, Annfield Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NS

    Received 1 Sept 2017
  8. Unknown17/403/HH

    Extend a house

    6 Grimsetter Drive, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1XT

    Received 1 Sept 2017
  9. Decided17/404/PP

    Erect a replacement house (one for one) with an outbuilding and create an access

    Mirland (Land Near), Deerness, Orkney

    Received 1 Sept 2017
  10. Decided17/405/PP

    Erect a house and create an access

    Ingleside (Land Near), Vetquoy Road, Dounby, Sandwick, Orkney, KW17 2HT

    Received 6 Sept 2017
  11. Decided17/406/PP

    Create an exterior licensed area

    The Sands, Pier Road, Burray Village, Burray, Orkney, KW17 2SS

    Received 6 Sept 2017
  12. Decided17/407/HH

    Extend a house.

    Halssund, Braehead Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JW

    Received 7 Sept 2017
  13. Decided17/408/TC

    Remove dead wood and crown lift

    Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY

    Received 7 Sept 2017
  14. Decided17/409/HH

    Extend a house

    40 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DF

    Received 7 Sept 2017
  15. Decided17/410/LB

    Extend a house

    40 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DF

    Received 7 Sept 2017
  16. Decided17/411/HH

    Install replacement windows and doors and wall cladding

    31 Dundas Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3BZ

    Received 8 Sept 2017
  17. Decided17/412/PP

    Erect a house with integral garage and an air source heat pump

    11 Moar Drive, Watersfield, Kirkwall, Orkney,

    Received 8 Sept 2017
  18. Decided17/413/PP

    Erect a house with integral garage and install an air source heat pump

    5 Repeater Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1ZP

    Received 11 Sept 2017
  19. Decided17/414/HH

    Extend a house and install an air source heat pump

    St Johns Manse, Hoy, Orkney, KW16 3NY

    Received 11 Sept 2017
  20. Decided17/415/TC

    Crown reduction and crown thin

    Big Tree, Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 12 Sept 2017
  21. Decided17/417/PP

    Erect a storage shed

    J & W Tait, Sparrowhawk Road, St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1GE

    Received 12 Sept 2017
  22. Decided17/418/HH

    Extend a house

    Correllia, Tankerness Hall Road, Tankerness, St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QR

    Received 12 Sept 2017
  23. Decided17/419/APN

    Erect a agricultural shed

    Trumland Farm, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PU

    Received 13 Sept 2017
  24. Decided17/420/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump

    6 Watersfield Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1ZR

    Received 13 Sept 2017

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Researching a proposal in Orkney Islands

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How to search planning applications

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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