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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9,642 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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. Decided18/218/PP

    Erect a slatted byre

    Midbigging, St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QG

    Received 31 May 2018
  2. Decided18/219/PP

    Alter an existing access

    Binscarth Farm, Firth, Orkney, KW17 2JZ

    Received 4 Jun 2018
  3. Decided18/222/AD

    Install two information boards

    Onziebust, Onziebust Road, Egilsay, Orkney, KW17 2QD

    Received 4 Jun 2018
  4. Decided18/223/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house (one for one)

    Weathertop, North Bigging Road, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2HZ

    Received 4 Jun 2018
  5. Decided18/224/PP

    Import soil for agricultural land improvement (retrospective)

    Mill House, Tankerness Hall Road, Tankerness, St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QS

    Received 5 Jun 2018
  6. Decided18/225/PP

    Install cable

    Upper Hammerfield (Land Near), Westside Road, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PS

    Received 5 Jun 2018
  7. Decided18/226/PP

    Erect a house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump (resubmission of 18/177/PP)

    Towerhill (Plot 4), St Ola, Orkney

    Received 6 Jun 2018
  8. Decided18/227/HH

    Erect replacement porch, replace flat roof with pitch roof and re-slate existing roof

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

    Received 7 Jun 2018
  9. Decided18/228/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house (one for one)

    Skelbister (Land Near), Orphir, Orkney, KW16 3HD

    Received 7 Jun 2018
  10. Decided18/229/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Heathercow, Eday, Orkney, KW17 2AB

    Received 8 Jun 2018
  11. Decided18/230/MARCON

    Install replacement 33kV HVAC cable

    Shapinsay To Stronsay

    Received 8 Jun 2018
  12. Decided18/231/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Banks Farm, Frotoft, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PT

    Received 8 Jun 2018
  13. Decided18/232/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Garson, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3JD

    Received 8 Jun 2018
  14. Decided18/233/PP

    Change of use from hotel (Class 7) to domestic

    Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DY

    Received 11 Jun 2018
  15. Decided18/234/HH

    Erect a garage

    Parkland, Weyland Terrace, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LS

    Received 12 Jun 2018
  16. Decided18/235/PP

    Change of use from workshop and store (class 6) to distillery (class 4), install door, and paint doors and windows

    Ayre Mills, Ayre Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1QZ

    Received 12 Jun 2018
  17. Decided18/236/LB

    Install a door and paint doors and windows

    Ayre Mills, Ayre Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1QZ

    Received 12 Jun 2018
  18. Decided18/237/HH

    Extend a house

    Glendale, Dounby, Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2HS

    Received 12 Jun 2018
  19. Decided18/238/PP

    Reinstate and extend a house, and erect a detached garage

    Coney Hall Grimeston Road Harray Orkney Islands KW17 2JT

    Received 12 Jun 2018
  20. Decided18/239/PP

    Erect a fence and a shed

    Office, Tower Building, Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1JY

    Received 12 Jun 2018
  21. Decided18/240/MARCON

    Replace submarine fibre-optic cable

    East Of Ayre Of Cara Orkney

    Received 13 Jun 2018
  22. Decided18/241/AMC

    Erect a replacement house with an air source heat pump (following permission 16/390/PIP)

    Bishops (Land Near), Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QL

    Received 13 Jun 2018
  23. Decided18/242/LB

    Install centre pivot rooflights (retrospective) (amendment to 16/044/LB)

    Storehouse, Bridge Street Wynd, Kirkwall

    Received 15 Jun 2018
  24. Decided18/243/PP

    Install a telecommunications box

    Newburgh (Land Near), Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3LL

    Received 15 Jun 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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