Planning application
6 Broad Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1NX
Works: Windows or glazing
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Internal alterations to create client working areas, remove partitions, replace secondary glazing, repair rear window, install signage and ventilation grilles
As published by the council, reference 25/408/LB
Application record
- Reference
- 25/408/LB
- Type
- Listed Building
- 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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25/407/PP Awaiting decision
6 Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NX
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
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
22 documents on file for this application
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Listed Building Consent
- Location Plan
- Site Plan
- Photographs - Applicant
- Photographs - Applicant
- Photographs - Applicant
- Photographs - Applicant
- Photographs - Applicant
- Existing Ground Floor Plan
- Existing First Floor Plan
- Existing Second Floor Plan
- Proposed Ground Floor Plan
- Proposed First Floor Plan
- Proposed Second Floor Plan
- Sections
- Elevations
- Elevations
- Details
- Details
- Listed Building
- Supporting Statement
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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 88 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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