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Scotland · Local authority
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 dates11,978Searchable 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9,639 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Development and Marine Planning (policy)Pre-application advice Pre-application AdviceConservation areas Conservation Area Consent
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01856873535Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@orkney.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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
- Decided15/162/AMC
Erect a house with integral garage, install an air source heat pump and create an access (following permission on principle - 13/512/PIP)
Daisybank (Plot 6) (Land Near), Berstane Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NA
Received 2 Apr 2015 - Decided15/163/AMC
Erect a house with integral garage, install an air source heat pump and create an access (following permission on principle - 13/512/PIP)
Daisybank (Plot 5) (Land Near), Berstane Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NA
Received 2 Apr 2015 - Decided15/164/PP
Erect house with integral garage, install an air source heat pump and create an access
8 Jubilee Court (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1XR
Received 3 Apr 2015 - Decided15/165/PP
Replace roof covering with alternative natural slates and other minor works
Muirs, Hoy, Orkney, KW16 3NY
Received 3 Apr 2015 - Decided15/166/PP
Erect a house incorporating existing shed and create an access (resubmission following withdrawal of 15/038/PP)
Springfield Cottage (Land Near), Back Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AW
Received 3 Apr 2015 - Decided15/167/PP
Install an air source heat pump (retrospective)
Rosebank, Sower Road, Orphir, Orkney, KW17 2RE
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/168/TPP
Erect a 6kW wind turbine (max height 17.8m) and create an access
The Hill (Land Near), Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AT
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/169/TPP
Erect a 6kW wind turbine (max height 17.8m)
Odiness (Land Near), Odiness Road, Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AG
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/170/PP
Extend a house and install timber cladding to existing extension
Cassie, Sunnybank Road, St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1TP
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/171/PP
Erect house with integral garage, install an air source heat pump and create an access
9 Jubilee Court, (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1XR
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/172/TPP
Erect a 6kW wind turbine (max height 17.8m)
Park Of Hunda (Land Near), Everbay Road, Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AG
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Unknown15/173/TPP
Erect a 6kW wind turbine (max height 17.8m)
Fea (Land Near), Moss Road, Holm, Orkney KW15 1SX
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/174/APN
Erect a GP Shed
Brinkies House (Land Near), Brownstown Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JN
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/175/TPP
Erect a 6kW wind turbine (max height 17.8m)
Smiddy (Land Near), Fairhill Road, Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AJ
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/176/PP
Erect a house with integral garage, install an air source heat pump and create new access
Strathearn (Land Near), Orphir, Orkney KW17 2RB
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/177/PP
Extend a house including an integral garage (part retrospective)
Stavanger, Off Inganess Road, St Ola, Orkney
Received 8 Apr 2015 - Decided15/178/PP
Install an air source heat pump (retrospective)
22 Hordaland, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1UN
Received 8 Apr 2015 - Decided15/179/SCR
Screening opinion request to erect 2 x 6kW wind turbines (max height 17.8m)
Huip (Land Near), Huip Road, Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AT
Received 7 Apr 2015 - Decided15/180/PP
Erect a house with an air source heat pump and create an access
South Farahouse (Land Near), Eday, Orkney
Received 8 Apr 2015 - Decided15/181/PP
Erect a house with integral garage, install an air source heat pump and create an access (amendment to approval of 14/422/AMC)
28 Burnside (Land Near) Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1TF
Received 10 Apr 2015 - Decided15/182/PP
Extend a house
Newington, Holm Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1PY
Received 10 Apr 2015 - Decided15/183/PP
Erect a conservatory
Easdale Newark Road Deerness Orkney Islands KW17 2QH
Received 10 Apr 2015 - Decided15/184/PP
Install replacement timber windows, rooflights, metal rainwater goods, and an air source heat pump, re-point walls with lime, and form and enlarge three window openings
6 Melvin Place, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DD
Received 14 Apr 2015 - Decided15/185/LB
Install replacement timber windows, rooflights, metal rainwater goods, and an air source heat pump, re-point walls with lime, form and enlarge three window openings, and move partition walls
6 Melvin Place, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DD
Received 14 Apr 2015
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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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