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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 · 10,048 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

9,614 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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. Decided06/084/PPF

    Create hard-standing and access for Finstown WWTF

    Westgate Finstown

    Received 6 Feb 2006
  2. Decided06/083/PPF

    Installation of 2no. septic tanks

    Maitland Place Finstown

    Received 6 Feb 2006
  3. Withdrawn/Returned06/082/PPF

    Material variations to DCN ref. 02/19/057/PPF & BW

    The Knowes Deerness

    Received 6 Feb 2006
  4. Withdrawn/Returned06/081/PPF

    New Office Development

    46 Victoria Street Kirkwall

    Received 6 Feb 2006
  5. Decided06/080/LBC

    Convert and extend steading into a house and erect 5no. WTGs

    The Steading Westside Westray

    Received 7 Feb 2006
  6. Decided06/072

    Demolish former byre and erect house extension

    Milldam Tankerness

    Received 2 Feb 2006
  7. Decided06/069/PPR

    Erection of a house

    Plot 3 Harray Stores Harray

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  8. Decided06/064/PPF

    Demolition of redundant buildings

    Burnarvie House Old Rifle Range Castle Street Kirkwall

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  9. Decided06/063/PPF

    Erect a replacement house, detached stables, use old as store

    Berriedale Dounby

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  10. Decided06/062/PPF

    Erection of a replacement house

    Heatherquoy Inganess St Ola

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  11. Decided06/061/PPF

    Erect a house

    Dounby Garage Dounby

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  12. Decided06/060/PPF

    Erect a house and garage

    Trumland And Nearhouse Between Rousay

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  13. Decided06/059/PPF

    Amendment to Erection of a House (05/19/646/PPF)

    Plot 3 Westersands Deerness

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  14. Decided06/034/PPF

    Retrospective: Erection of agricultural sheds

    Golgotha Monastery Papa Stronsay

    Received 16 Jan 2006
  15. Withdrawn/Returned06/033/LBC

    Change of use of part of listed building

    31A Broad Street Kirkwall

    Received 22 Dec 2005
  16. Decided06/032/PPO

    Siting of a house

    Headbanks Field East Of Sanday

    Received 1 Feb 2006
  17. Decided06/031/PPF

    Erect dwelling house with integral garage

    Insabysetter Site At Birsay

    Received 16 Jan 2006
  18. Decided06/028/PPF

    Erection of a separate domestic library and study

    Everybist Rousay

    Received 13 Jan 2006
  19. Decided06/027/PPF

    Change of use to form dwelling

    Outbrecks Stenness

    Received 9 Jan 2006
  20. Decided06/026/PPF

    Erect a replacement house

    Tingwall Cottage Rendall

    Received 13 Jan 2006
  21. Decided06/025/PPF

    Extend a house

    Lower Fea Stenness KW16 3EZ

    Received 11 Jan 2006
  22. Decided06/023/PPF

    Sub-divide a house to give 2 dwelling units

    2 Broadsands Road Kirkwall

    Received 9 Jan 2006
  23. Decided06/022/PPF

    Erection of 2no. 2-storey houses and associated works

    Heatherdale (Land Near) Dounby

    Received 9 Jan 2006
  24. Withdrawn/Returned06/020/PPF

    Erection of 2 dwellings

    Dale Farm Sites 1 & 5 Evie

    Received 6 Jan 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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