25/417/HH

1. 5 Dec 2025

   Received by Orkney Islands

2. 23 Dec 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 12 Feb 2026

   Decision issued: Grant Subject to Conditions

4. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden: extensions, loft and garage conversions, porches, outbuildings and similar alterations within the boundary of the home. They cannot be used to create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. Councils aim to decide them within eight weeks, and immediate neighbours are usually notified and given a chance to comment.

More on householder applications in our guide

• 25/418/HH Granted

  5 Hornersquoy Lane, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1BE

  Re-roof a house and alterations to roof pitch

  5 Dec 2025 10m away Householder
• 26/182/LB Awaiting decision

  West End Hotel, 14 Main Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1BU

  Alter and extend a guest house including relocation of the bar/cafe

  10 Jun 2026 179m away Heritage and listed buildings
• 26/105/PP Awaiting decision

  West End Hotel, 14 Main Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1BU

  Alter and extend a guest house including relocation of the bar/cafe

  3 Apr 2026 180m away Full applications
• 26/019/HH Granted

  2 Scapa Crescent, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1RL

  Extend a house (domestic annexe)

  27 Jan 2026 276m away Householder
• 25/296/AD Granted

  British Red Cross, 68 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1DN

  Display two fascia signs

  1 Sep 2025 294m away Advertising
• 25/297/PP Granted

  British Red Cross, 68 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1DN

  Repaint windows and door

  1 Sep 2025 297m away Full applications

• 25/387/HH Granted

  2 Grays Noust, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3EB

  Replace all existing timber windows with timber tilt and turn windows

  17 Nov 2025 Householder
• 26/116/HH Granted

  Highcroft, Eastquoy Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LT

  Extend a house and install an air source heat pump

  20 Apr 2026 Householder
• 26/054/HH Granted

  Cedar Villa, Upper Crantit Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1RW

  Extend a house

  24 Feb 2026 Householder
• 26/111/HH Granted

  Stonehall, Cruan Road, Firth, Orkney, KW15 1TT

  Extend a House

  13 Apr 2026 Householder
• 26/199/HH Awaiting decision

  13 Papdale Crescent, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1JS

  Extend a house

  3 Jul 2026 Householder