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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
139Recorded 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9,639 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided11/314/EB

    Install a new overhead line

    Rothiesholm Wind Farm, Stronsay, Orkney

    Received 30 May 2011
  2. Decided11/316/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Sandsend, Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2EB

    Received 3 Jun 2011
  3. Decided11/317/AMC

    Erect a house with a detached double garage and an air source heat pump

    Peatgate (Land Near), Birsay, Orkney

    Received 6 Jun 2011
  4. Decided11/318/PP

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

    Grainbank (Plot 12a) (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 6 Jun 2011
  5. Decided11/319/PP

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

    Grainbank (Plot 12b) (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 6 Jun 2011
  6. Decided11/320/PP

    Erect an agricultural GP shed

    Easthouse Garage, Tankerness, Orkney, KW17 2QX

    Received 6 Jun 2011
  7. Decided11/321/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Quoys (Land Near), Lyness, Hoy, Orkney

    Received 6 Jun 2011
  8. Decided11/322/PP

    Amend planning permission 10/046/PP to extend the roof area

    Former Printworks, Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1AR

    Received 7 Jun 2011
  9. Decided11/323/PP

    Construct a VTS radar site and lay power cable for control cabinet

    Hill Of Midland (Land Near), Orphir, Orkney

    Received 7 Jun 2011
  10. Appeal decided11/324/PP

    Extend a house and install an air source heat pump and solar panels

    Genafea, Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2NB

    Received 8 Jun 2011
  11. Decided11/325/PP

    Extend a house

    Newhaven, St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1SX

    Received 8 Jun 2011
  12. Decided11/326/LB

    Replace four windows

    22 High Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1AZ

    Received 8 Jun 2011
  13. Decided11/327/TC

    Pruning works to two mature sycamores

    29 Main Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1BU

    Received 9 Jun 2011
  14. Decided11/328/MAR

    Install an extension to the grid and moorings (retrospective) and install two additional cages to the existing site

    Veantrow Bay, Shapinsay, Orkney

    Received 9 Jun 2011
  15. Decided11/329/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 40m) and a switchgear building

    Nearhouse, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PT

    Received 13 Jun 2011
  16. Decided11/330/EB

    Amend 11/130/EB to change position of additional pole

    Old Scapa Road (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 13 Jun 2011
  17. Decided11/331/TPP

    Amend planning permission 10/562/PP to change position of approved wind turbine (max. height 18m)

    Feaval, Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2LT

    Received 13 Jun 2011
  18. Decided11/332/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 15.05m)

    Casa Nuestra, Blackhill Road, St. Ola, Orkney, KW15 1FP

    Received 13 Jun 2011
  19. Decided11/333/EB

    Install an additional pole

    Spurness Wind Farm, Sanday, Orkney

    Received 14 Jun 2011
  20. Decided11/334/PP

    Install an air source heat pump

    The Girnel, Harbour Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LE

    Received 15 Jun 2011
  21. Decided11/335/LB

    Install an air source heat pump and replace front door

    The Girnel, Harbour Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LE

    Received 15 Jun 2011
  22. Decided11/336/PP

    Erect a replacement house with an air source heat pump

    Morven (Land Near), Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LR

    Received 15 Jun 2011
  23. Decided11/337/SCO

    Scoping opinion request to erect 5 wind turbines (max. height 67m) and a switchgear building

    Enyas Hill, Rendall, Orkney

    Received 15 Jun 2011
  24. Decided11/338/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump

    Shalmar (Plot 1) (Land Near), Dounby, Orkney

    Received 16 Jun 2011

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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 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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