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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
137Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,076 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,642 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18/088/LB

    Convert redundant mill to a house, demolish modern structures, re-roof, extend, install timber windows and doors

    Greenwall Mill, Holm, Orkney

    Received 5 Mar 2018
  2. Decided18/089/PP

    Extend footway over parking bays, and lay flagstones

    The Orkney Distillery (Land Near), Ayre Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1QX

    Received 5 Mar 2018
  3. Decided18/090/PP

    Erect a house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump

    Plot 17 Grainepark, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1UL

    Received 6 Mar 2018
  4. Decided18/092/AD

    Display an illuminated sign

    Orkney Distillery, Ayre Road, Kirkwall

    Received 6 Mar 2018
  5. Decided18/093/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Braehead, Ontoft Road, St Margarets Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2TL

    Received 7 Mar 2018
  6. Decided18/094/PP

    Reinstate and extend a house and install an air source heat pump

    Soligeo, Geo Road, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QQ

    Received 8 Mar 2018
  7. Decided18/095/PP

    Erect a house for an agricultural worker

    Gorn (Land Near), Ness Road, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2JS

    Received 8 Mar 2018
  8. Decided18/096/PP

    Erect a GP shed

    Rossmyre Farm, Old Finstown Road, Firth, Orkney, KW15 1TS

    Received 8 Mar 2018
  9. Decided18/097/LB

    Install replacement windows and door and display signage

    23 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DN

    Received 9 Mar 2018
  10. Decided18/098/PP

    Install replacement windows and door

    23 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DN

    Received 9 Mar 2018
  11. Decided18/099/PP

    Erect a house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump

    Klahanie, Springfield Drive, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1XU

    Received 9 Mar 2018
  12. Decided18/100/PP

    Erect a replacement house (one for one) with an air source heat pump and create an access

    Lyking (Land Near), Lyking Road, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2HA

    Received 12 Mar 2018
  13. Decided18/101/PP

    Demolish chalet, erect a house with integral garage and fell two trees

    2 Firth Bay Bungalows, Finstown, Firth, Orkney

    Received 12 Mar 2018
  14. Decided18/103/CLEUD

    To regularise the creation of an additional dwelling unit

    Ha Breck, Grimeston Road, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2JT

    Received 13 Mar 2018
  15. Decided18/104/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Virginia, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3HG

    Received 13 Mar 2018
  16. Decided18/105/PP

    Erect a replacement house with domestic shed (amendment to 16/403/PP)

    Muckle Twinness (Land Near), St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QT

    Received 15 Mar 2018
  17. Decided18/106/HH

    Extend a house

    Fairview Cottage, Hillside Road, Dounby, Orkney, KW17 2HX

    Received 16 Mar 2018
  18. Decided18/108/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Quoholmslie, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3LL

    Received 19 Mar 2018
  19. Decided18/109/LB

    Internal alterations to toilet facilities

    35 Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DH

    Received 20 Mar 2018
  20. Decided18/110/MARSS

    Install an 80t feed barge

    Chalmers Hope, Scapa Flow, Orkney

    Received 22 Mar 2018
  21. Decided18/111/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump

    Plot 14, Watersfield, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 22 Mar 2018
  22. Decided18/112/HH

    Erect a detached garage

    Vanskavaig, Carness Road, St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1UE

    Received 23 Mar 2018
  23. Decided18/113/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Ploverhall, Aikerskaill Road, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QJ

    Received 23 Mar 2018
  24. Decided18/114/PP

    Erect a replacement house (one for one)

    Bosquoy Caravan, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2LQ

    Received 23 Mar 2018

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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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