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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
11,978Searchable applications
140Recorded 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9,639 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided12/209/AD

    Display a fascia advertisement

    31 Albert Street Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1HL

    Received 30 Mar 2012
  2. Decided12/210/PP

    Remove existing rooflight and replace with dormer window

    Stroma Inganess Road Kirkwall KW15 1SP

    Received 30 Mar 2012
  3. Decided12/211/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house

    The Tower Orphir Orkney KW17 2RD

    Received 30 Mar 2012
  4. Decided12/212/PP

    Erect 2 semi-detached houses

    Kalisgarth Care Centre (Land Near) Pierowall Westray Orkney KW17 2DG

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  5. Decided12/213/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Dale Farm Outertown Stromness Orkney

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  6. Decided12/214/TPP

    Erect a 5kW wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Hyval (Land Near) Howaback Road Dounby Orkney KW17 2JA

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  7. Decided12/215/TPP

    Erect a 20kW wind turbine (max height 22m) (To supersede planning permission 10/369/PP)

    Salwick (Land Near) Brims Longhope Orkney KW16 3NZ

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  8. Decided12/216/TPP

    Erect a 5kW wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Shortie (Land Near) Evie Orkney KW17 2PJ

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  9. Decided12/217/TPP

    Erect a 5kW wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Groatha' (Land Near) Eday Orkney KW17 2AA

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  10. Decided12/218/TPP

    Erect a 5kW wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Clickimin (Land Near) Sanday Orkney KW17 2AZ

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  11. Decided12/219/TPP

    Erect a 5kW wind turbine (max height 15m)

    Breck (Land Near) Eday Orkney KW17 2AA

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  12. Decided12/220/TPP

    Erect a 5kW wind turbine (max height 18m)

    Aviedale (Land Near) Rendall Orkney KW17 2PB

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  13. Decided12/221/PP

    Erect 6 houses and associated works

    Berstane Road/Papdale Close/Papdale Loan (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 2 Apr 2012
  14. Decided12/222/TPP

    Erect 2 x 5kW wind turbines (max height 17.8m)

    Windbreck (Land Near) St Margaret's Hope Orkney KW17 2TG

    Received 3 Apr 2012
  15. Decided12/223/TPP

    Erect a 5kW wind turbine (max height 18m)

    Ayre (Land Near) Coo Road Sanday Orkney KW17 2AY

    Received 3 Apr 2012
  16. Decided12/224/PP

    Extend existing house to incorporate adjoining disused agricultural steading

    Lucknow Shapinsay Orkney KW17 2EB

    Received 3 Apr 2012
  17. Decided12/225/TPP

    Erect 2 x 5kW wind turbines (max height 18m)

    Gossigair (Land Near) South Ronaldsay Orkney

    Received 3 Apr 2012
  18. Decided12/226/PP

    Erect a two-storey extension to existing veterinary surgery

    Unit 1 Garrison Road Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1GN

    Received 3 Apr 2012
  19. Decided12/227/PIP

    Demolish a redundant outbuilding and siting of a house

    Rubiquoy (Land Near) Biggings Road Toab Orkney

    Received 4 Apr 2012
  20. Decided12/228/PP

    Erect an agricultural GP shed

    Georth Evie Orkney KW17 2PJ

    Received 4 Apr 2012
  21. Decided12/229/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house

    Moa Cottage Stoneyhill Road Stenness Orkney KW16 3HQ

    Received 4 Apr 2012
  22. Decided12/230/TPP

    Erect a 80kW wind turbine (max height 40m)

    Gill Pier (Land Near) Westray Orkney KW17 2DL

    Received 4 Apr 2012
  23. Decided12/231/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Grindally (Land Near) Sanday KW17 2BA

    Received 5 Apr 2012
  24. Decided12/232/PP

    Erect a house for a farm worker

    Rossmyre (Land Near) Grimbister Firth Orkney KW15 1TS

    Received 10 Apr 2012

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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

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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