21 Bridge Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1HR

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

• 25/393/LB Awaiting decision

  21 Bridge Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1HR

  Internal alterations to facilitate change of use to short term let including installation of shower, WC and partition wall

  Submitted 20 Nov 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

1. 20 Nov 2025

   Received by Orkney Islands

2. 1 Dec 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 26 January 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 94 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• 21 Bridge Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1HR

  25/393/LB Submitted 20 Nov 2025 0m away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~15 Jan

  Internal alterations to facilitate change of use to short term let including installation of shower, WC and partition wall

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 12 docs

• Nationwide Building Society, 24 Bridge Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1HR

  26/175/LB Submitted 4 Jun 2026 10m away

  Install a defibrillator unit and bleed kit unit

  Decided Heritage and listed buildings 9 docs

• Leslie Burgher 21 Bridge Street Kirkwall Orkney Islands KW15 1HR

  23/247/NMV/01 Submitted 22 Apr 2026 11m away

  Minor amendments to internal layout

  Decided Conditions 1 doc

• Flat 2, Nicols House, St Olaf's Wynd, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1JB

  26/178/HH Submitted 5 Jun 2026 34m away

  Replace gable window and two rooflights

  Decided Householder Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 4 docs
  Domestic

• Flat 2, Nicols House, St Olaf's Wynd, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1JB

  26/177/LB Submitted 5 Jun 2026 34m away

  Replace gable window and two rooflights

  Decided Heritage and listed buildings Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 5 docs

• Anchor Building, Bridge Street, Kirkwall KW15 1HR

  26/065/PP Submitted 9 Mar 2026 37m away

  Paint and lime plaster walls, install replacement windows and doors, metal rainwater goods, soil/vent stacks, and CCTV (part retrospective)

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 6 docs

• 26/055/PP Granted

  Loth Quarry, Sanday, Orkney

  Temporary change of use from quarry to industrial (Class 5) to construct fish farm pens (two years)

  19 Feb 2026 Full applications
• 26/062/PP Granted

  Old Papdale Halls Of Residence, Berstane Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1NA

  Demolish former halls of residence and landscape site

  5 Mar 2026 Full applications
• 26/059/PP Granted

  South Breck, Burness Road, Firth, Orkney KW17 2ET

  Erect a slatted byre

  3 Mar 2026 Full applications
• 26/112/PP Granted

  John G Corse Funeral Home, Old Scapa Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1BB

  Extend a funeral home

  15 Apr 2026 Full applications
• 25/380/PP Refused

  Lower Fea (Land Near), Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2NS

  Erect three self-catering pods with communal foul drainage system and associated landscaping

  12 Nov 2025 Full applications