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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9,638 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Development and Marine Planning (policy)Pre-application advice Pre-application AdviceConservation areas Conservation Area Consent

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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. Decided10/449/PP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 15m)

    North Unigarth, Quoyloo, Sandwick, Orkney

    Received 27 Aug 2010
  2. Decided10/450/PP

    Amend planning permission 09/408/PP to increase height

    Mullach Mor, Westshore, Burray, Orkney, KW17 2SS

    Received 27 Aug 2010
  3. Decided10/451/SCR

    Screening opinion request for a wind turbine (max. height 39.1m)

    Seaview, Holm, Orkney

    Received 27 Aug 2010
  4. Decided10/452/PP

    Continued extraction of stone

    Gairsty Quarry, Quoyloo, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LT

    Received 30 Aug 2010
  5. Decided10/453/PP

    Erect a replacement house with an air source heat pump

    Newhaven (Land Near), Bigswell Road, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3LA

    Received 30 Aug 2010
  6. Decided10/454/PP

    Erect a slatted court

    Tormiston, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3HH

    Received 30 Aug 2010
  7. Decided10/455/PP

    Replace existing flat roof with pitched roof

    Ian R Swanney, Great Western Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1AN

    Received 30 Aug 2010
  8. Decided10/456/PP

    Install two wind turbines (max. height 18.1m) and an air source heat pump (amendment to planning permission 09/590/PP and planning application 10/381/PP)

    Wheems, Eastside, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2TJ

    Received 30 Aug 2010
  9. Decided10/457/PP

    Form additional laydown area for plant and containers

    Sandybank (Land Near), Eday, Orkney

    Received 30 Aug 2010
  10. Decided10/458/PP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 15m)

    Blackbanks, Eday, Orkney, KW17 2AA

    Received 30 Aug 2010
  11. Decided10/459/SCR

    Screening opinion request for the erection of 2 wind turbines (max. height 35m)

    Skea Brae, Sandwick, Orkney

    Received 31 Aug 2010
  12. Decided10/460/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump

    Old Manse (Land Near), Pierowall, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DH

    Received 31 Aug 2010
  13. Decided10/461/PP

    Erect a communications mast, associated control cabinet and solar panel

    Flaughton Hill, Eday, Orkney

    Received 31 Aug 2010
  14. Decided10/462/VR

    Vary condition 1 of planning permission 05/448/PPF to extend consent for the erection of a replacement house

    Drury (Land Near), Holm, Orkney

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  15. Decided10/463/PP

    Extend a house, erect a wind turbine (max. height 18m) and a polytunnel

    Lower Linklater, Twatt, Sandwick, Orkney, KW17 2JG

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  16. Decided10/464/PP

    Re-harl external walls and chimney

    6 South End, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DJ

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  17. Decided10/465/PP

    Install an air source heat pump

    8 Parkside, Finstown, Orkney, KW17 2EN

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  18. Decided10/466/PN

    Install an air source heat pump

    Furriegarth, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DW

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  19. Decided10/467/PP

    Convert and extend outbuilding to form a house

    Maraquoy, Cairston Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JU

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  20. Decided10/468/PP

    Erect 3 wind turbines (max. height 15m)

    Hammer, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DE

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  21. Decided10/469/PP

    Convert part of barn to a photographic studio/shop

    Setter, Firth, Orkney, KW17 2JU

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  22. Decided10/470/PP

    Erect an attached garage

    Daisybank, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DP

    Received 3 Sept 2010
  23. Decided10/471/PP

    Erect 3 wind turbines (max. height 15m)

    Tifter, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DR

    Received 7 Sept 2010
  24. Decided10/472/AD

    Display signage

    Tesco, Pickaquoy Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1RP

    Received 7 Sept 2010

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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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    Planning application documents: what to read first

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    Planning permission drawings: how to read plans

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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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