23/247/NMV/01

1. 22 Apr 2026

   Received by Orkney Islands

2. 23 Apr 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 7 May 2026

   Decision issued: Non-Material Variation - Acceptance

4. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.

If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

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