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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9,639 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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. Decided16/181/LB

    Install concrete pad and post holes for demountable flood gates and reinstate stone surface

    Corn Slip, Kirkwall Harbour, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 14 Apr 2016
  2. Decided16/182/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Barnhouse (Land Near), Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2ND

    Received 19 Apr 2016
  3. Decided16/183/HH

    Erect a garage

    32 Dundas Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1PS

    Received 19 Apr 2016
  4. Decided16/184/PP

    Create a sandschool (retrospective)

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

    Received 21 Apr 2016
  5. Decided16/185/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Morvean (Land Near), Berstane Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1SZ

    Received 21 Apr 2016
  6. Decided16/186/HH

    Extend a house

    Yealdavale, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2LE

    Received 22 Apr 2016
  7. Decided16/187/PP

    Erect a GP shed

    Garth (Land Near), St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1SS

    Received 25 Apr 2016
  8. Decided16/190/HH

    Install an air source heat pump

    65B Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DF

    Received 28 Apr 2016
  9. Decided16/192/EB

    Install 2 additional poles

    Stromness Substation, Stromness, Orkney

    Received 28 Apr 2016
  10. Decided16/193/PP

    Create a house site, access and change of use of land

    Kirbister Mill (Land Near), Orphir, Orkney, KW17 2RA

    Received 29 Apr 2016
  11. Decided16/194/APN

    Erect a lambing shed

    Broland (Land Near), Bigland Road, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PR

    Received 29 Apr 2016
  12. Decided16/195/HH

    Extend a dwellinghouse and erect a garage

    The Laft, Viewfield Drive, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1RB

    Received 3 May 2016
  13. Decided16/196/PP

    Erect a slatted byre

    Nistaben (Land Near), Nistaben Road, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2LE

    Received 5 May 2016
  14. Decided16/197/PP

    Erect a building to house craft distillery and associated works.

    Newhall (Land Near), Stove Road, Deerness, KW17 2QJ

    Received 5 May 2016
  15. Decided16/198/PP

    Change of use from domestic to self-catering

    Upper Faulds, Southbreck Road, Burray, Orkney, KW17 2TA

    Received 6 May 2016
  16. Decided16/200/PP

    Extend a shop

    The Co-operative Food, 27 North End Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AG

    Received 6 May 2016
  17. Decided16/201/PP

    Upgrading of part of existing haul road to form permanent access road (retrospective)

    Grainbank, Kirkwall

    Received 6 May 2016
  18. Decided16/202/AMC

    Erect a house and detached garage (following planning permission in principle 15/093/PIP)

    Quoydandy Cottage (Land Near), St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1SR

    Received 9 May 2016
  19. Decided16/203/PP

    Repaint shop

    59 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HQ

    Received 9 May 2016
  20. Decided16/204/LB

    Display a sign

    80 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DQ

    Received 9 May 2016
  21. Decided16/205/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Beboran (Land Near), Nistaben Road, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2LE

    Received 9 May 2016
  22. Decided16/206/HH

    Extend a house

    Muckleskel, Heddle Road, Finstown, Firth, Orkney, KW17 2JX

    Received 10 May 2016
  23. Decided16/207/PP

    Change of use of land from domestic to camping site

    Howe, Evie, Orkney, KW17 2PJ

    Received 10 May 2016
  24. Decided16/208/PP

    Change of use of land from agricultural to industrial, retain existing shed and incinerator and erect an industrial building

    East Quoys, Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2JH

    Received 11 May 2016

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Researching a proposal in Orkney Islands

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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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