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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9,614 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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. Decided05/089/AGR

    Erect cattle shelter

    Lingro St Ola

    Received 17 Feb 2005
  2. Decided05/088/PPO

    Siting of 2 houses

    Drainers' Cottage Peterstown Orphir

    Received 17 Feb 2005
  3. Decided04/588/PPF

    Erection of a house and garage

    Stackald (Land Near), Eday

    Received 2 Nov 2004
  4. Decided04/568/PPR

    Erect a replacement house

    Klondyke (Land Near), St Ola

    Received 19 Oct 2004
  5. Decided04/554/PPF

    Reconstruction of a conservatory

    Rickla Harray

    Received 14 Oct 2004
  6. Decided04/433/PPF

    Development of 13 house sites and associated works

    Lynnfield (Land Near), Kirkwall

    Received 6 Aug 2004
  7. Decided04/405/PPF

    Erection of a dwelling house

    Quoys Farm (Land Near), Houton

    Received 20 Jul 2004
  8. Decided04/474/PPR

    Erection of a House (outline 03/20/466/PPO)

    East Schoolhouse (Land Near), Holm

    Received 18 Aug 2005
  9. Decided04/476/PPF

    Erection of a self-catering holiday unit amendment to

    Blinkbonny (Land Near), St Ola

    Received 25 Aug 2004
  10. Decided04/244/PPF

    Erection of a house

    Brimbanks (Land Near), Eday

    Received 17 May 2004
  11. Decided04/231/PPF

    Erection of a replacement house

    Newcott, Stenness

    Received 11 May 2004
  12. Decided04/224/PPF

    Erection of wind turbine, alteration to turbine

    West Hill, Flotta

    Received 26 Apr 2004
  13. Decided04/199/PPF

    Garage extension to a house

    Tigh Na Ha, Holm, KW17 2RX

    Received 20 Apr 2004
  14. Decided04/304/PPF

    Alterations to a house

    Tomison's Cottage, The Breck, Orphir

    Received 8 Jun 2004
  15. Decided04/299/PPF

    Extension to 3 self-catering chalets

    Firth Bay Bungalows, Boathouse, Finstown

    Received 18 Jun 2004
  16. Decided04/365/PPF

    Erection of a church

    Evie Village (Land Near)

    Received 12 Jul 2004
  17. Decided04/091/PPF

    Erection of a replacement house

    Braemar, Deerness

    Received 23 Feb 2004
  18. Decided04/042/PPF

    Change of Use, Vetinary's surgery to residential flat

    69 Junction Road, Kirkwall

    Received 6 Feb 2004
  19. Decided04/017/PPF

    Retrospective erection of a house & detached garage

    Overhouse, Rendall

    Received 9 Jan 2004
  20. Decided04/013/PPF

    Change of Use, Shop, Framing and Teaching Areas, Accommodation.

    Flett & Firth Workshop, Former, Maitland Place, Finstown

    Received 14 Jan 2004
  21. Decided04/001/PPF

    Erection of 35 houses

    Corse Field (Land Near), Kirkwall

    Received 9 Jan 2004
  22. Decided03/568/PPF

    Repair, re-furbish and convert ex-manse for part B&B, part

    Old Manse Aka West Manse Westside Westray

    Received 12 Dec 2003
  23. Decided03/565/LBC

    Repair, Re-furbish, Convert ex-manse, B&B, S/C and residential

    Westside Westray

    Received 6 Jan 2004
  24. Decided03/485/PPF

    Erect replacement house & detached garage, re-roof outbuilding

    Grassethowe St Ola

    Received 30 Oct 2003

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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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