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Scotland · Local authority
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 dates11,981Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,075 approved or refused records
434Refused applications
9,641 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 1979 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Development and Marine Planning (policy)Pre-application advice Pre-application AdviceConservation areas Conservation Area Consent
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01856873535Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@orkney.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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
- Decided07/075/PPF
Extend a house
Aviedale Cottage Rendall KW17 2PB
Received 14 Feb 2007 - Decided07/074/PPF
Erect GP shed
Quoydandy, St Ola
Received 12 Feb 2007 - Decided07/073/APN
Erect GP shed
Hobbister Farm Orphir KW17 2RA
Received 9 Feb 2007 - Decided07/072/PPF
Erect kiosk to house dosing equipment
Boardhouse WTW Nicol Point Birsay
Received 9 Feb 2007 - Decided07/071/PPF
COU to treatment & tattoo room (class 2) with ancillary sales
Mounthoolie Lane (Unit 8), Kirkwall
Received 9 Feb 2007 - Decided07/070/PPR
Erect a house
Gayliego (Site 2) Stoneyhill Road Harray Orkney
Received 15 Feb 2007 - Decided07/068/APN
Erect GP shed
Garth Corston Harray
Received 9 Feb 2007 - Decided07/067/PPF
Extend a house
Kruana Stromness
Received 8 Feb 2007 - Decided07/066/PPF
Erect a house
Ingavoe Drive (Plot 7), Kirkwall
Received 8 Feb 2007 - Withdrawn/Returned07/065/PPO
Siting of house
Easdale 27 Hillside Road Stromness
Received 8 Feb 2007 - Decided07/064/PPF
Erect telecoms building
Grimness, (land Near), South Ronaldsay
Received 8 Feb 2007 - Decided07/063/PPF
Extend a house
22 Summerdale Drive Kirkwall KW15 1ET
Received 8 Feb 2007 - Decided07/062/PPF
Erect a garage
Horries, Deerness, KW17 2QL
Received 7 Feb 2007 - Decided07/061/PPF
Erect replacement house
Newhouse Harray
Received 7 Feb 2007 - Decided07/060/PPO
Siting of house
Clifton Dounby
Received 7 Feb 2007 - Decided07/059/OIC
Two storey extensions to school to provide improved music,
Stromness Academy, Stromness
Received 6 Feb 2007 - Withdrawn/Returned07/058/PPF
Erect a house
The Commodore (Land Near), Holm, KW17 2RU
Received 6 Feb 2007 - Decided07/057/LB
Restore house
Breck Farm Rendall
Received 12 Feb 2007 - Decided07/056/PPF
Erect slatted byre
Ferness Eday
Received 6 Feb 2007 - Decided07/054/PPO
Siting of replacement house
South Breck Firth
Received 5 Feb 2007 - Decided07/053/PPO
Siting of house
Grip Of Grunkahowe (Land Near) Swartland Road Dounby
Received 5 Feb 2007 - Decided07/052/APN
Erect GP shed
Maesquoy Harray
Received 2 Feb 2007 - Decided07/051/PPF
Two storey hotel extension
Lynnfield Hotel, Holm Road, Kirkwall
Received 2 Feb 2007 - Decided07/050/PPF
Refurbishment of existing changing areas & 1st floor extension
Squash Court Caiston Road Stromness
Received 2 Feb 2007
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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