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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 · 10,054 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,620 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 1979 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Council contacts

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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. Decided06/437/AGR

    Erect a calving shed

    Blinkbonny Stronsay

    Received 27 Jun 2006
  2. Decided06/436/PPF

    Conversion to 4 Residential Units

    Walkerhouse Mill Woodwick

    Received 5 Jul 2006
  3. Decided06/435/PPF

    Erect a wind turbine

    Norston Cottage Quoyloo

    Received 4 Jul 2006
  4. Decided06/434/PPF

    Extend a House

    Husbreck Grimbister

    Received 5 Jul 2006
  5. Decided06/268/PPR

    Erect a new house

    Brookfield Site 2 Rendall

    Received 27 Apr 2006
  6. Decided06/267/AGR

    Erect a silage pit

    Ocklester Holm

    Received 19 May 2006
  7. Decided06/266/PPF

    Erect garage

    Mayfield House St Ola

    Received 27 Apr 2006
  8. Decided06/265/PPF

    Extend a house

    Mayfield Farmhouse St Ola KW15 1SU

    Received 27 Apr 2006
  9. Decided06/264/PPF

    Erect 4 houses (2 x Semidetached pairs)

    3A&B Coplands Rd 6A&B Coplands Dr Stromness

    Received 28 Apr 2006
  10. Decided06/263/PPF

    Erect silo and GP shed

    Lingro St Ola

    Received 27 Apr 2006
  11. Decided06/262/PPF

    Extension to Existing Shed

    Gallowhill Sanday

    Received 26 Apr 2006
  12. Decided06/260/PPF

    Extension to a House

    11 Craigie Crescent Kirkwall

    Received 2 May 2006
  13. Decided06/259/PPF

    Demolition of Existing Outbuilding & Erection of Workshop

    Glengarth Carters Park Road Kirkwall

    Received 2 May 2006
  14. Decided06/255/PPF

    Erection of a Garage

    Coraldon St Ola

    Received 25 Apr 2006
  15. Decided06/252/PPF

    Extension to a House

    Tarristae Old Finstown Road St Ola

    Received 1 May 2006
  16. Decided06/251/PPF

    Extend a house

    Bon Accord New Scapa Rd Kirkwall

    Received 28 Jun 2006
  17. Decided06/250/PPF

    Erect a slurry storage tank

    Hyval Northdyke Sandwick

    Received 20 Apr 2006
  18. Decided06/249/PPF

    Erection of steel-frame agricultural shed

    Biggings Dounby

    Received 20 Apr 2006
  19. Decided06/248/PPF

    Erect a replacement dwelling

    York Behind Knarston Dounby

    Received 19 Apr 2006
  20. Decided06/247/PPF

    Erect a dwelling house

    Cumlaquoy Birsay

    Received 19 Apr 2006
  21. Decided06/246/PPO

    Siting of a replacement house

    Lea (Land Near) Birsay

    Received 19 Apr 2006
  22. Decided06/245/PPO

    Siting of a replacement house

    Lower Grindally Birsay

    Received 19 Apr 2006
  23. Decided06/244/PPO

    Siting of a house

    Church Rd. Adjacent To Church St Margaret's Hope

    Received 19 Apr 2006
  24. Decided06/243/PPF

    Extend a house

    7 Papdale Drive Kirkwall

    Received 19 Apr 2006

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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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