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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9,614 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided05/302/PPF

    Erect a house with integral garage

    Isbister's Shop (Land Near) Quoyloo

    Received 17 May 2005
  2. Decided05/300/AGR

    Form earth-walled, concrete-floored silage pit

    Blinkbonny Stronsay

    Received 13 May 2005
  3. Decided05/299/PPF

    Extend a house

    Coldomo Cottage Stenness KW16 3HA

    Received 16 May 2005
  4. Decided05/298/AGR

    Re-roof cattle housing, profiled fc cladding on steel frame

    Quholmslie Stromness

    Received 18 May 2005
  5. Decided05/297/LBC

    Repairs to roof and walls of a listed building

    8 Albert Street Kirkwall

    Received 13 May 2005
  6. Decided05/296/PPO

    Siting of a house

    The Hatchery Rackwick Hoy

    Received 11 May 2005
  7. Decided05/294/PPF

    Conversion of a barn to a dwelling

    Tiffy Hall Deerness

    Received 11 May 2005
  8. Decided05/293/PPF

    Re-build garage, showroom and forecourt Services

    Ayre Service Station Kirkwall

    Received 4 May 2005
  9. Decided05/292/PPF

    Extend house for bedroom with en-suite shower & w.c

    Strathlyn Burray

    Received 9 May 2005
  10. Withdrawn/Returned05/291/PPF

    Erection of a house (amendment to App.04/02/559)

    Vanglee Weyland Park Kirkwall

    Received 9 May 2005
  11. Withdrawn/Returned05/290/PPO

    Siting of 3no. 3-bedroom self catering units

    Inganess St Ola

    Received 9 May 2005
  12. Decided05/289/PPF

    Erection of a house

    Woodhouse Skiddy Road Rendall Orkney Islands KW17 2HF

    Received 10 May 2005
  13. Decided05/288/PPF

    Change of Use, Convert barn to dwelling unit

    Twatt Farm Stenness

    Received 19 May 2005
  14. Decided05/287/PPF

    Extend a house

    Beachview St Ola KW15 1SD

    Received 9 May 2005
  15. Decided05/286/LBC

    Erect a conservatory and rear porch on a listed building

    Hestakelday Holm

    Received 6 May 2005
  16. Decided05/285/PPF

    Erect 2 buildings and form parking area

    H68 Grainshore Drive Hatston Industrial Estate Kirkwall

    Received 13 May 2005
  17. Decided05/284/PPF

    Extension to a house

    The Don Outertown Stromness

    Received 5 May 2005
  18. Decided05/282/AGR

    Erect GP shed

    Feaval Farm Birsay

    Received 3 May 2005
  19. Decided05/281/AGR

    Earth-walled, concrete floored silo

    Northbigging Dounby

    Received 3 May 2005
  20. Decided05/280/AGR

    Earth-walled, concrete floored silo

    Hewan Shapinsay

    Received 3 May 2005
  21. Decided05/279/PPR

    Erection of a new house (one for one replacement)

    Crook (Land Near) Langskaill Rendall

    Received 3 May 2005
  22. Decided05/278/EBN

    Proposed permitted development works located at Stenness

    Ireland Road Stenness

    Received 3 May 2005
  23. Decided05/277/PPO

    PPOSiting of 2 (semi-detached) replacement houses

    Hobbister Farm Orphir

    Received 29 Apr 2005
  24. Decided05/276/PPO

    Siting of a replacement house

    Steadaquoy Birsay

    Received 29 Apr 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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