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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9,638 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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. Decided10/400/PP

    Erect a slurry tank and a general purpose shed

    Easthouse, Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2EB

    Received 28 Jul 2010
  2. Decided10/401/PP

    Erect a bedded court, a concrete midden and a brown water holding tank

    Cott, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PT

    Received 28 Jul 2010
  3. Decided10/402/LB

    Re-roof and extend existing lean-to link building

    Winterdyne, 6 King Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1JF

    Received 28 Jul 2010
  4. Decided10/403/PP

    Erect 4 semi-detached houses and create accesses

    Makerhouse (Land Near), Dounby, Orkney

    Received 28 Jul 2010
  5. Decided10/404/PP

    Erect 2 wind turbines (max. height 15m) and a plant room

    Quality Street, Westray, Orkney

    Received 28 Jul 2010
  6. Decided10/405/PP

    Create car parking and associated works (in relation to planning permission 06/667/PPF)

    The Orkney Brewery, Quoyloo, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LT

    Received 28 Jul 2010
  7. Decided10/406/PP

    Amend planning permission 06/660/PPF to change location and house type

    Cannigall (Land Near), Cannigall Road, St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1SX

    Received 29 Jul 2010
  8. Decided10/407/SCO

    Scoping opinion request for 6 wind turbines (max. height 39.1m)

    New Holland, Holm, Orkney, KW17 2SA

    Received 29 Jul 2010
  9. Decided10/408/PP

    Install a new foul drainage system (retrospective)

    Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DY

    Received 29 Jul 2010
  10. Decided10/409/PP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 18m)

    Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LR

    Received 4 Aug 2010
  11. Decided10/410/APN

    Erect a GP shed with cattle housing

    Redland, Firth, Orkney, KW17 2EU

    Received 4 Aug 2010
  12. Decided10/411/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house

    The Bu (Land Near), Burray, Orkney, KW17 2SZ

    Received 4 Aug 2010
  13. Decided10/412/PP

    Re-roof and install a dormer window

    Craigholm Cottage, Back Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AJ

    Received 4 Aug 2010
  14. Decided10/413/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Thurvoe (Land Near), Lyness, Hoy, Orkney, KW16 3NU

    Received 4 Aug 2010
  15. Decided10/414/LB

    Replace lead roof, lintels and floors, dry line walls, and repair stonework and windows

    Holland House, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2BG

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  16. Decided10/415/LB

    Demolish existing right hand chimney stack and re-build to match the original (retrospective)

    31-33 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HR

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  17. Decided10/416/PP

    Install gates adjacent to buliding

    46 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DN

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  18. Decided10/417/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Braebuster, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QL

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  19. Decided10/418/PP

    Erect a conservatory

    Fairfield, Cursiter Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1XN

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  20. Decided10/419/PP

    Erect 2 wind turbines (max. height 18m) and change of use of part of field to garden

    Skirlo, Berstane Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1SZ

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  21. Decided10/420/PP

    Extend a house

    Pallast, Kirbister, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3HU

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  22. Decided10/421/PP

    Erect a conservatory

    Nordene, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2NZ

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  23. Decided10/422/PP

    Demolish and replace rear extension, install bands around front windows and install an air source heat pump (retrospective)

    18 Clay Loan, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1EB

    Received 5 Aug 2010
  24. Decided10/423/LB

    Replace all floors and internal partitions, demolish and replace rear extension, install bands around front windows and install an air source heat pump (retrospective)

    18 Clay Loan, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1EB

    Received 5 Aug 2010

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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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