Planning application
6 Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from café bar, shop and music rooms, to mixed use community learning offices (Class 1A and Class 10) including training and drop-in facilities, and install ventilation grilles
As published by the council, reference 25/407/PP
Application record
- Reference
- 25/407/PP
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 9 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Kirkwall East
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
- Postcode
- KW15 1NX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Orkney Islands register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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25/408/LB Awaiting decision
6 Broad Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1NX
Internal alterations to create client working areas, remove partitions, replace secondary glazing, repair rear window, install signage and ventilation grilles
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2025
Received by Orkney Islands
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9 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 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 94 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
HRI Munro Architecture Agent, an architecture practice registered in Inverness
Active · incorporated 2011 · Inverness
6 applications on PlanIndex
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19 applications on PlanIndex · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
- Roads Services
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Engineering Services
- Scottish Water
- Orkney Heritage Society
- Affects Character or Appearance of Conservation Area
- Proposed Ground Floor Plan
- Proposed First Floor Plan
- Proposed Second Floor Plan
- Location Plan
- Site Plan
- Elevations
- Elevations
- Photograph - Applicant
- Photograph - Applicant
- Photograph - Applicant
- Photograph - Applicant
- Photograph - Applicant
- Existing Ground Floor Plan
- Existing First Floor Plan
- Existing Second Floor Plan
- Sections
- Details
- Details
- Planning Permission
- Supporting Statement
Trade members open them from here.
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This application is with Orkney Islands for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Orkney Islands decided full applications in a median of 133 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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