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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9,642 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided18/296/PP

    Construct a slurry lagoon

    Brettobreck, Kirbister, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3HU

    Received 25 Jul 2018
  2. Decided18/297/PP

    Create an access

    Biggings (Land Near), Biggings Road, St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QG

    Received 26 Jul 2018
  3. Decided18/299/HH

    Install an air source heat pump (retrospective)

    Bogton Park, 44 Hillside Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3HR

    Received 30 Jul 2018
  4. Withdrawn/Returned18/300/PP

    Install a surface water drainage pond

    Grainepark (Land Near), Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 31 Jul 2018
  5. Decided18/301/PP

    Erect a house with integral garage and air source heat pump

    1 Moar Drive, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 1 Aug 2018
  6. Decided18/302/EB

    Diversion of section of 11kv high voltage overhead line

    Northbigging (Land Near), Dounby, Orkney

    Received 2 Aug 2018
  7. Decided18/303/PP

    Change of use from retail and office (Class 1 and 2) to domestic (Class 9)

    28-28A St Catherines Place, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 2 Aug 2018
  8. Decided18/304/MARSS

    Screening and scoping request to create a salmon fish farm (including closure of existing site)

    Meil Bay, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 2 Aug 2018
  9. Decided18/305/HH

    Extend a house

    Lorston, Upper Crantit Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1RW

    Received 3 Aug 2018
  10. Decided18/306/PP

    Erect an agricultural building

    Gyre, Gyre Road, Orphir, Orkney, KW17 2RD

    Received 3 Aug 2018
  11. Decided18/308/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump (amendment to 17/179/PP)

    Afton Cottage (Land Near), St Marys, Holm, Orkney, KW17 2RT

    Received 6 Aug 2018
  12. Decided18/309/HH

    Erect a detached garage (amendment to 18/042/HH)

    Brekka, Harray, Orkney, KW17 2LG

    Received 8 Aug 2018
  13. Decided18/310/PP

    Change of use of GP shed to a metal store

    Cogar, Westside Road, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PS

    Received 8 Aug 2018
  14. Decided18/311/PP

    Erect a shed (retrospective)

    63 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DN

    Received 8 Aug 2018
  15. Decided18/312/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump and create an access (amendment to 16/250/PP)

    Cairn House (Land Near), Rousay, Orkney KW17 2PT

    Received 9 Aug 2018
  16. Decided18/313/PP

    Erect a house with air source heat pump and create an access

    Carnmore, Annfield Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NS

    Received 9 Aug 2018
  17. Decided18/314/HH

    Extend a house

    Sweenalay, Gorseness Road, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2EX

    Received 9 Aug 2018
  18. Decided18/316/PP

    Erect a replacement house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump (one for one)

    Heddle Cottage (Land Near), Heddle Road, Firth, Orkney, KW17 2JX

    Received 10 Aug 2018
  19. Withdrawn/Returned18/317/AMC

    Siting of a fishing industry building (following permission in principle 17/432/PIP)

    Kirkwall Pier, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 15 Aug 2018
  20. Decided18/318/LB

    Replace roof covering and rooflights and install replacement windows (part retrospective)

    Mill Of Tankerness, Tankerness, Orkney, KW17 2QS

    Received 15 Aug 2018
  21. Decided18/319/PP

    Erect five self-catering units and create parking

    Ayre Service Station, Burnmouth Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1QY

    Received 16 Aug 2018
  22. Decided18/320/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Lower Hammerfield, Westside Road, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PS

    Received 17 Aug 2018
  23. Decided18/321/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Hamarfiold, Westside Road, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PS

    Received 20 Aug 2018
  24. Decided18/322/PP

    Demolish a house and garage and erect two houses with air source heat pumps

    Clifton, Upper Crantit Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1RW

    Received 20 Aug 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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