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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
138Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,078 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,644 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Development and Marine Planning (policy)Pre-application advice Pre-application AdviceConservation areas Conservation Area Consent

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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. Decided23/439/PP

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

    Upper Bigswell (land Near), Bigswell Road, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3LA

    Received 5 Dec 2023
  2. Decided23/440/TC

    Crown reduction and remove deadwood

    26 Dundas Crescent, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1PS

    Received 5 Dec 2023
  3. Unknown23/020/NMV/01

    Change window from brown to grey

    Howe Howe Road Stromness Parish Orkney Islands KW16 3JU

    Received 1 Dec 2023
  4. Decided23/441/HH

    Extend a house

    The Works, Tankerness Hall Road, Tankerness, St Andrews, Orkney Islands KW17 2QR

    Received 6 Dec 2023
  5. Decided23/442/PP

    Temporary siting of a portable building for use as a shop (five years)

    Boathouse, Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DY

    Received 6 Dec 2023
  6. Decided23/443/PIP

    Siting of a house and create an access

    Burnside (Land Near), Evie, Orkney, KW17 2PH

    Received 7 Dec 2023
  7. Decided23/444/PIP

    Siting of a house

    Ness Road, Stromness, Orkney

    Received 7 Dec 2023
  8. Unknown23/168/NMV/01

    Amend number and location of air source heat pumps

    Stromness Surgery, 81 John Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AD

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  9. Decided23/446/HH

    Extend a house

    Papdale Farmhouse, Papdale Loan, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1JR

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  10. Decided23/447/HH

    Extend a house (re-submission of 23/089/HH)

    Heatherview, Sandwick, Orkney KW16 3LU

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  11. Decided23/448/PP

    Convert a communal hallway to a flat, re-roof and install new and replacement windows and doors and an air source heat pump

    Stockans Oatcakes, 27 North End Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AG

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  12. Decided23/449/PP

    Install replacement windows and doors

    Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy, Orkney

    Received 15 Dec 2023
  13. Decided23/452/HH

    Install a solar array

    West Manse, Langskaill Road West, Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DR

    Received 18 Dec 2023
  14. Decided23/453/LB

    Remove cement render, lime harl walls and install replacement window

    Kirkwall East Church, King Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1JF

    Received 18 Dec 2023
  15. Decided23/454/LB

    Lime harl wall

    Kirkwall East Church, King Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1JF

    Received 18 Dec 2023
  16. Decided23/455/PP

    Erect a storage shed, including workshop, welfare and offices facilities and create a concrete hardstanding including parking

    2 Whitehall (Land Near), Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AS

    Received 18 Dec 2023
  17. Decided23/456/PP

    Replace mash house floor and roof structure, install replacement tun and washbacks, and roof with steel sheeting

    Highland Park Distillery Holm Road Kirkwall Orkney Islands KW15 1SU

    Received 18 Dec 2023
  18. Decided23/457/HH

    Extend a house

    Quoholmslie, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3LL

    Received 18 Dec 2023
  19. Decided23/458/PP

    Alter and extend office building (Block 3) including three storey extension with roof terrace, and change of use, to create a mixed-use food and drink (Class 3), office (Class 4) and education (Class 10) facility, install six air source heat pumps, install external wall insulation and air source heat pumps (Charles Clouston Building), reconfigure and construct car parking, install electric vehicle charging infrastructure, associated hard and soft landscaping including construction of a ramp and steps, and install air source heat pumps (Robert Rendall Building)

    ORIC LLP, The Charles Clouston Building, Orkney Research And Innovation Campus, Back Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AW

    Received 18 Dec 2023
  20. Unknown22/128/NMV/01

    300mm increase in depth for house type 1

    Brookfield, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2NZ

    Received 15 Dec 2023
  21. Decided23/459/AMC

    Erect a house (following permission in principle 20/301/PIP)

    Plot 4 Burnbank, Burray, Orkney

    Received 19 Dec 2023
  22. Decided23/460/PP

    Change of use from a flat to a self-catering unit (retrospective)

    Ground Floor Flat, Front Road, St Margarets Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2SL

    Received 19 Dec 2023
  23. Decided23/462/PIP

    Siting of a replacement house and convert a redundant building to a house (two for one) and create an access (resubmission of 23/361/PIP)

    Shaird (Land Near), Hools Road, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2RJ

    Received 20 Dec 2023
  24. Decided23/463/PP

    Convert a self-catering unit and workshop to a house

    Blustery Braes (Land Near), Outertown Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3JP

    Received 21 Dec 2023

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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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