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St Columbas Church, Hoy, Orkney,

Awaiting decision Orkney Islands 25/330/LB Listed Building

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Proposal

Install air source heat pump, ventilation ducts and grilles, and paths, and remove ground floor pews including box pews, pulpit, canopy, communion table, font, parts of gallery staircases, staircase doors, gallery floor, and gallery pews, cover flagstone floor with concrete, alter staircases, erect a partition to create a toilet, install replacement gallery floor, alter gallery panelling, and install a plastic-coated wire mesh screen to gallery

As published by the council, reference 25/330/LB

Application record

Reference
25/330/LB
Type
Listed Building
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
6 Oct 2025
Validated
23 Dec 2025
Ward
Stromness & South Isles
Parish
Graemsay, Hoy & Walls Community Council

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Oct 2025

    Received by Orkney Islands

  2. 23 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Orkney Islands took a median of 103 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

LBCA Agent, registered in Harpenden

Active · incorporated 2001 · Harpenden

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

15 documents on file for this application

  • Orkney Heritage Society Consultation Response · 27 Jan 2026
  • Listed Building Consent Site Notice · 13 Jan 2026
  • Conservation Statement Supporting Document · 23 Dec 2025
  • Location Plan Drawing · 26 Nov 2025
  • Site Plan Drawing · 26 Nov 2025
  • ASHP Specification Specification · 26 Nov 2025
  • Agent to Officer - Validaiton Correspondence · 13 Nov 2025
  • Invalid Letter Correspondence · 11 Nov 2025
  • Existing Elevations Drawing · 06 Oct 2025
  • Existing Floor Plan Drawing · 06 Oct 2025
  • Existing Sections Drawing · 06 Oct 2025
  • Listed Building Application Form · 06 Oct 2025
  • Proposed Elevations Drawing · 06 Oct 2025
  • Proposed Floor Plan Drawing · 06 Oct 2025
  • Proposed Sections Drawing · 06 Oct 2025

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Orkney Islands for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Orkney Islands decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 97 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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