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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9,639 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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. Decided11/713/PP

    Extend a house and erect an integral garage

    Lismhor Heddle Hill Firth Orkney KW17 2JX

    Received 29 Nov 2011
  2. Decided11/714/SCR

    Screening opinion request to erect a wind turbine (max height 33m)

    Lyking Cottage (Land Near) Sandwick Orkney

    Received 29 Nov 2011
  3. Decided11/715/PN

    Install 'H' double pole and remove 2 single poles

    Rackwick (Land Near) Orkney

    Received 29 Nov 2011
  4. Decided11/716/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 19.1m)

    Kebro (Land Near) Orphir Orkney KW16 3HD

    Received 29 Nov 2011
  5. Decided11/717/PP

    Install an air source heat pump

    Laumar St Marys Holm Orkney KW17 2RT

    Received 29 Nov 2011
  6. Decided11/718/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 50m); temporary anemometer mast (31m); access road; cable; and switchgear building

    Newark (Land Near) Skelwick Westray Orkney

    Received 29 Nov 2011
  7. Decided11/719/TPN

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 17.8m)

    South Tuan (Land Near) Westray Orkney KW17 2DD

    Received 1 Dec 2011
  8. Decided11/720/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 17.8m)

    Holland Farm (Land Near) Firth Orkney KW17 2EU

    Received 1 Dec 2011
  9. Decided11/721/TPP

    Erect a replacement wind turbine (max height 27.2m)

    Heatherquoy (Land Near) Inganess St Ola Orkney KW15 1SR

    Received 1 Dec 2011
  10. Decided11/722/LB

    Install an air source heat pump

    23 Main Street Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1BU

    Received 2 Dec 2011
  11. Decided11/723/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Fairview (Land Near) Lowertown Road South Ronaldsay Orkney KW17 2TL

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  12. Decided11/724/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Redbanks (Land Near) Veness Road Eday Orkney KW17 2AA

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  13. Decided11/725/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 19m)

    Millcroft (Land Near) Mill Bay Road Eday Orkney KW17 2AB

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  14. Decided11/726/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Stackald (Land Near) Eday Orkney KW17 2AA

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  15. Decided11/727/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Newark Farm (Land Near) Guith Road Eday Orkney KW17 2AB

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  16. Decided11/728/TPP

    Erect 2 0.9MW wind turbines (max height 74m) and ancillary works including access track, control building, cabling, crane hardstandings and temporary site compound

    Hoy Community Turbine (Land Near), Ore Brae, Hoy, Orkney

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  17. Decided11/729/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 18.2m)

    Grindigar (Land Near) Deerness Orkney KW17 2QJ

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  18. Decided11/730/TPP

    Erect 2 wind turbines (max height 18.2m)

    Lynnside (Land Near) Lyde Road Harray Orkney KW17 2LA

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  19. Decided11/731/PIP

    Siting of 3 houses

    35 Hillside Road (Land Near) Stromness Orkney KW16 3HR

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  20. Decided11/732/PP

    Construct access road and services for 11 houses

    Watersfield (Land Near) Kirkwall Orkney

    Received 6 Dec 2011
  21. Decided11/733/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 21m)

    Smogen (Land Near) Orphir Orkney KW17 2RE

    Received 7 Dec 2011
  22. Decided11/734/EB

    Install overhead line to provide electricity connections

    The Old Manse Eday Orkney

    Received 7 Dec 2011
  23. Decided11/735/PP

    Install air source heat pumps, provide a disabled access to the main entrance and sub-divide to provide meeting room and ancillary accommodation

    North Church Shapinsay Orkney KW17 2EA

    Received 8 Dec 2011
  24. Decided11/736/TPP

    Erect a wind turbine (max height 22m)

    Houton (Land Near) Orphir

    Received 8 Dec 2011

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Researching a proposal in Orkney Islands

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Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.

How to search planning applications

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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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