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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9,614 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected

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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. Decided05/650/PPF

    Erect a house

    Plot 7 Orphir Village Orphir

    Received 31 Oct 2005
  2. Decided05/649/VRC

    Change of use from house to bed & breakfast

    Caldale (Land Near) St Ola

    Received 26 Oct 2005
  3. Decided05/648/PPF

    Convert former storehouse into a dwelling unit with new extension

    Storehouse Of Skaill Westray

    Received 25 Oct 2005
  4. Decided05/647/PPF

    Erect a dwelling house

    Site 4 Maurinda (Land Near) Scapa

    Received 25 Oct 2005
  5. Decided05/646/PPF

    Erection of a house and garage

    Plot 3 Westersands Deerness

    Received 20 Oct 2005
  6. Decided05/644/PPO

    Siting of 2 replacement houses

    Walliwall Quarry (Land Near) St Ola

    Received 20 Oct 2005
  7. Decided05/642/EBN

    Erect freestanding H-pole construction

    St Mary's Holm

    Received 3 Nov 2005
  8. Decided05/641/PPF

    Extension to house & demolition of chimney

    Georth 21 Reid Crescent Kirkwall KW15 1UD

    Received 28 Oct 2005
  9. Decided05/609/PPF

    Erection of a garage

    4 Clumly Avenue Kirkwall

    Received 24 Oct 2005
  10. Decided05/607/PPF

    Change of use from visitor centre to office

    Burgar Hill Visitor Centre Evie

    Received 19 Oct 2005
  11. Decided05/606/LBC

    Enhancement works to a house

    Harbour View Front Road St Margaret's Hope

    Received 18 Oct 2005
  12. Decided05/605/AGR

    Erect grain store/GP shed

    Nistigar Westray

    Received 18 Oct 2005
  13. Decided05/604/PPF

    Erect a house

    Orcadee (Land Near) Pierowall

    Received 18 Oct 2005
  14. Decided05/601/PPF

    Installation of oil heating & tank base

    25 Victoria Street Kirkwall

    Received 4 Nov 2005
  15. Withdrawn/Returned05/578/CAC

    Retention of uPVC windows and door

    106 Victoria Street Stromness

    Received 12 Oct 2005
  16. Decided05/577/LBC

    Extend a house

    4 Hellihole Road Stromness

    Received 10 Oct 2005
  17. Decided05/576/PPF

    Extensions to a house

    4 Hellihole Road Stromness

    Received 10 Oct 2005
  18. Decided05/575/PPF

    Extend a house

    Acrelea Finstown

    Received 12 Oct 2005
  19. Decided05/574/PPF

    Extend a house

    Mossbank St Ola

    Received 12 Oct 2005
  20. Decided05/573/AGR

    Roof over existing concrete walled silo

    Tuquoy Westray

    Received 12 Oct 2005
  21. Decided05/571/PPF

    Locate 6 containers

    Plot 3 Crowness Park Hatston Industrial Estate Kirkwall

    Received 4 Oct 2005
  22. Decided05/569/RPF

    Installation of CCTV cameras in 8 locations

    Town Centre Kirkwall

    Received 30 Sept 2005
  23. Decided05/567/PPF

    Erect a 6kw wind turbine generator

    Squash Courts (Land Near) Hatston Industrial Estate Kirkwall

    Received 3 Oct 2005
  24. Decided05/565/RPF

    Demolish existing public toilets and erect new public toilets

    Waulkmill Road Orphir

    Received 28 Sept 2005

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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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