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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9,638 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided10/570/PP

    Erect a house with integral garage (resubmission of 10/205/PP)

    Weyland Drive (Plot 4) (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 20 Oct 2010
  2. Decided10/571/PP

    Amend planning permission 10/069/PP to change roof covering from natural to man-made slate

    Dunkirk, Shore Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LG

    Received 20 Oct 2010
  3. Decided10/572/PP

    Extend a house

    Cruar, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PR

    Received 20 Oct 2010
  4. Decided10/573/PP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 18.1m)

    Hill Of Hamar, Eday, Orkney

    Received 21 Oct 2010
  5. Decided10/574/PP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 18m)

    Stratheast, Holm, Orkney, KW17 2SA

    Received 21 Oct 2010
  6. Decided10/575/LB

    Install secondary glazing

    Upper Flat, 8 Clay Loan, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1EB

    Received 21 Oct 2010
  7. Decided10/576/PP

    Erect a wind turbine (max. height 18m)

    Linneth, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2LQ

    Received 22 Oct 2010
  8. Decided10/577/PP

    Create a lorry park, storage and lay-down area with an earth bund and a new access - for an initial temporary period of three years

    Rothiesholm (Land Near), Stromness, Orkney

    Received 22 Oct 2010
  9. Decided10/578/APN

    Erect a machinery shed

    Furso, Harray, Orkney

    Received 22 Oct 2010
  10. Decided10/579/PP

    Create a new access

    Glowerowerum, Innertown, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JP

    Received 26 Oct 2010
  11. Decided10/580/PP

    Erect a house

    Ervadale Cottage (Land Near), Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PR

    Received 26 Oct 2010
  12. Decided10/581/PP

    Erect a store

    Baikies Stores, Finstown, Orkney, KW17 2EL

    Received 29 Oct 2010
  13. Decided10/582/PP

    Install two dormer windows

    Lochview, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2LE

    Received 29 Oct 2010
  14. Decided10/583/PP

    Extend a house

    3 Decca Station Houses, Sandwick, Orkney, KW17 2JE

    Received 2 Nov 2010
  15. Decided10/584/LB

    Demolish gable and extend a house

    44 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DF

    Received 2 Nov 2010
  16. Decided10/586/PP

    Form a new access and rebuild retained wall ends

    Seahaven, Ness Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DL

    Received 2 Nov 2010
  17. Decided10/587/CC

    Form an opening in wall for vehicular access (retrospective)

    Seahaven, Ness Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DL

    Received 3 Nov 2010
  18. Decided10/588/PP

    Demolish existing house and erect a new house with an integral garage

    Park Cottage (Land Near), Finstown, Orkney, KW17 2EG

    Received 3 Nov 2010
  19. Decided10/589/PP

    Extend a house

    Ayre Of Cara, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2TH

    Received 5 Nov 2010
  20. Decided10/590/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house

    Roadside Cottage (Land Near), Dounby, Orkney, KW17 2JE

    Received 5 Nov 2010
  21. Decided10/591/PP

    Erect a GP shed

    Dounby Show Park (Land Near), Dounby, Orkney

    Received 5 Nov 2010
  22. Decided10/592/PP

    Erect a replacement house with an air source heat pump, a garden shed and a green house

    Windwick (Land Near), South Ronaldsay, Orkney

    Received 9 Nov 2010
  23. Decided10/593/PP

    Convert former church into four holiday let flats

    Former Parish Church, Evie, Orkney, KW17 2PE

    Received 9 Nov 2010
  24. Appeal decided10/594/PP

    Erect 2 wind turbines (max. height 67m - in addition to wind turbine 09/547/PP) and install two access tracks and a borrow pit

    Barns Of Ayre, Deerness, Orkney

    Received 9 Nov 2010

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Researching a proposal in Orkney Islands

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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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