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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
11,981Searchable applications
139Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,077 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,643 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 1979 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided19/148/APN

    Erect a GP shed

    Stonelea, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3JX

    Received 3 Apr 2019
  2. Decided19/149/HH

    Demolish existing garage and extend a house

    Eastgarth, East Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LX

    Received 4 Apr 2019
  3. Decided19/150/PP

    Extend a workshop

    Quoyberstane, Craigiefield Road, St Ola, Orkney, KW15 1UF

    Received 5 Apr 2019
  4. Decided19/151/HH

    Extend a house and replace roof covering

    Twartquoy, Orphir, Orkney, KW17 2RA

    Received 8 Apr 2019
  5. Decided19/152/PP

    Construct access road and install services and drainage for four sites

    Vola (Land Near), Rendall, Orkney KW17 2NY

    Received 9 Apr 2019
  6. Decided19/153/HH

    Extend a domestic outbuilding

    Hundland Schoolhouse, Hundland Road, Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2NR

    Received 9 Apr 2019
  7. Decided19/155/PP

    Reinstate and extend a house, erect a garage, improve an access, and create a serviced site (two for one)

    Hundland Cottage, Hundland, Swannay, Birsay, KW17 2NR.

    Received 9 Apr 2019
  8. Decided19/156/HH

    Extend a house

    White Heather, Tankerness, St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QR

    Received 9 Apr 2019
  9. Decided19/157/PP

    Erect a replacement house with air source heat pump and create an access (one for one) (amendment to 18/100/PP)

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

    Received 10 Apr 2019
  10. Decided19/158/MARCON

    Rectification Works

    South Ronaldsay

    Received 11 Apr 2019
  11. Decided19/159/MAR

    Create an oyster farm comprising 664 trestles in 0.7 hectare site

    North Bay, Hoy, Orkney

    Received 12 Apr 2019
  12. Decided19/160/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump and detached garage (amendment to 18/257/AMC)

    Sunnyside (Plot 4), St Ola, Orkney

    Received 15 Apr 2019
  13. Decided19/161/PP

    Erect an agricultural shed

    Pole, Ness Road, Burray, Orkney, KW17 2TA

    Received 16 Apr 2019
  14. Decided19/162/PIP

    Siting of a house (in-fill development)

    Scarvataing (Land Near), Groatsetter Road, St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QT

    Received 17 Apr 2019
  15. Decided19/163/PP

    Convert agricultural building to 3 houses, install air source heat pumps and create parking

    Bain, Quoyloo Road, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LT

    Received 19 Apr 2019
  16. Decided19/164/PP

    Erect a house with an air source heat pump (subdivision of curtilage) (resubmission of 19/065/PP)

    Fea, Mussaquoy Road, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QQ

    Received 22 Apr 2019
  17. Withdrawn/Returned19/165/PP

    Siting of a temporary building

    Barony Mills, Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2LY

    Received 22 Apr 2019
  18. Decided19/166/PP

    Change of use of a hostel to create a house and two self-catering units, create parking and install an air source heat pump

    Garrison Hall, 6 Hellihole Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DE

    Received 22 Apr 2019
  19. Decided19/168/HH

    Extend a house

    6 Soulisquoy Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1TJ

    Received 23 Apr 2019
  20. Decided19/169/HH

    Extend a house

    Echnaview, Littlequoy Road, Burray, Orkney, KW17 2SX

    Received 23 Apr 2019
  21. Decided19/171/PP

    Erect a store and tanks with associated plant, and create a SuDS pond

    Highland Park Distillery, Holm Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1SU

    Received 24 Apr 2019
  22. Decided19/172/EB

    Erect new and replacement electricity poles

    Burgar Hill, Evie, Orkney

    Received 24 Apr 2019
  23. Decided19/173/PP

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

    3 Cusiter Close, Kirkwall, Orkney

    Received 26 Apr 2019
  24. Unknown19/174/SCO

    Scoping opinion request to erect 8 x 4MW wind turbines (max height 150 metres)

    Faray, Orkney

    Received 26 Apr 2019

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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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