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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9,614 approved · 434 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided03/459/PPF

    Erection of a house

    10 Claymore Braes Kirkwall KW15 1UQ

    Received 6 Oct 2003
  2. Decided03/418/PPO

    Siting of Replacement house with domestic workshop & garage

    Queenamuckle Site Near Rendall

    Received 16 Sept 2003
  3. Decided03/505/PPF

    Convert Agricultural Building into 2 self catering units

    Banks Cleat S. Ronaldsay

    Received 18 Nov 2003
  4. Decided03/492/PPF

    Erection of a replacement house

    Millfield Stromness

    Received 31 Oct 2003
  5. Decided03/410/PPF

    Adjustment to siting of house previously approved

    Plot 3 Holm Road Kirkwall

    Received 15 Sept 2003
  6. Decided03/315/PPF

    Erection of a house

    Hermisgarth (Land Near), Sanday

    Received 10 Jul 2003
  7. Decided03/393/PPF

    Erection of a One for One replacement dwelling house

    Duntroon Next Harray

    Received 1 Sept 2003
  8. Decided03/386/PPF

    Erection of a house

    Bu Farm Near Stronsay

    Received 27 Aug 2003
  9. Decided03/362/PPF

    Erection of a house, 2 greenhouses, pool,integral garage

    West Links Burray

    Received 5 Aug 2003
  10. Decided03/360/PPF

    Conversion of commercial building into 4 houses

    Robertson's Laing St. Kirkwall

    Received 31 Jul 2003
  11. Decided03/366/PPF

    Extension to a house

    Banks Cleat South Ronaldsay

    Received 12 Aug 2003
  12. Decided03/401/LB

    Erect solar panels, wind generator, platform & oil tank

    Sule Skerry Lighthouse Sule Skerry

    Received 9 Sept 2003
  13. Decided03/325/PPF

    Erection of 4 self-catering holiday units, temp. caravan

    Blinkbonny (Land Near), St Ola

    Received 22 Jul 2003
  14. Decided03/253/PPF

    Demolish porch and erect new sun lounge

    Lyking Sandwick

    Received 3 Jun 2003
  15. Decided03/251/PPF

    Erection of a new house (one for one replacement)

    Houton Head (Land Near), Orphir

    Received 3 Jun 2003
  16. Decided03/143/LBC

    Relocate and restore the Groattie House

    Tankerness House Gardens Kirkwall

    Received 8 Apr 2003
  17. Decided03/142/PPF

    Relocate and restore the Groattie Hoose to west end of

    Tankerness House Gardens Kirkwall

    Received 8 Apr 2003
  18. Decided03/236/PPF

    Alterations to a house

    Sandygill, Waulkmill, Orphir

    Received 18 Jun 2003
  19. Decided03/216/PPF

    Erection of a house

    Downies (Land Near), Deerness

    Received 2 May 2003
  20. Decided03/103/PPF

    Extension to a house

    East Lynn Burray

    Received 10 Mar 2003
  21. Decided03/101/PPF

    Erect house for rural business

    Newburgh (Land Near), Stromness

    Received 13 Mar 2003
  22. Decided03/011/PPF

    Erection of House, change former house to domestic garage

    Myrtle Cottage (Land Near), Harray

    Received 10 Jan 2003
  23. Decided03/030/PPF

    Demolish existing buildings & Erect 11 houses

    Vacant Builders' Yard Holm Road Kirkwall

    Received 4 Feb 2003
  24. Decided03/086/LBC

    Demolish 2 derelict houses, erect Counselling Centre

    4 & 6 Gunn's Close, Kirkwall

    Received 20 Feb 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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