25/176/NMV/02

1. 4 Feb 2026

   Received by Orkney Islands

2. 12 Feb 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 23 Feb 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.

More on conditions applications in our guide

• 25/176/NMV/01 Decided

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  Increase width of first floor window on South elevation by 300mm and install a roof mounted solar array

  19 Nov 2025 1m away Conditions
• 26/155/PP Awaiting decision

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  Erect nine houses with roof mounted solar panels, create an access, install a communal foul drainage system and associated landscaping

  22 May 2026 66m away Full applications
• 26/163/PP Awaiting decision

  Coplands Road (Land Near), Stromness Orkney

  Erect 16 houses with solar panels including associated roads, services, landscaping and infrastructure

  27 May 2026 119m away Full applications
• 26/077/PP Awaiting decision

  Site G20, Garson Industrial Estate, Stromness, KW16 3EE

  Erect an industrial building (Class 5) and boundary fence, change of use of land to storage (Class 6), create a hardstanding with vehicle parking, and associated services and landscaping

  17 Mar 2026 278m away Full applications
• 26/042/PP Granted

  Coplands Drive, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3BN

  Install a temporary 5G mast (maximum height 17.75 metres) (until May 2026) (amendment to 25/240/PP, to extend existing temporary period)

  12 Feb 2026 359m away Full applications
• 25/396/PP Granted

  27 North End Road, Stromness, Orkney

  Install windows and balconies, replace former window, and alter entrance door screen (amendment to 23/448/PP) (retrospective)

  21 Nov 2025 470m away Full applications

• 26/120/VR Granted

  Westray Junior High School, Noup Road, Westray, Orkney KW17 2DH

  Vary condition 01 of planning permission 23/320/PP (duration of temporary permission) extend duration by two years to 08/12/28

  23 Apr 2026 Conditions
• 26/089/VR Withdrawn

  Quoys (Land Near), Woodstock Road, Holm, Orkney KW17 2SD

  Vary condition 03 (existing building) of planning permission 23/151/PP

  24 Mar 2026 Conditions
• 24/388/NMV/01 Awaiting decision

  13 Links, Sandy Road, Westray, Orkney KW17 2DH

  Install solar panels

  18 Jun 2026 Conditions
• 25/429/AMC Granted

  Seaview (Land Near) Annfield Road, Tankerness St Andrews Orkney

  Erect a house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump, and create an access (following planning permission in principle 24/351/PIP)

  15 Dec 2025 Conditions
• 23/247/NMV/01 Decided

  Leslie Burgher 21 Bridge Street Kirkwall Orkney Islands KW15 1HR

  Minor amendments to internal layout

  22 Apr 2026 Conditions