Planning application
Land Between Hatston Brae And Grainbank Road, Kirkwall, Orkney
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erect a veterinary surgery, construct staff and visitor parking with a surface water drainage system, install four air source heat pumps, create two accesses, and associated landscaping
As published by the council, reference 26/049/PP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/049/PP
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 20 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 6 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Kirkwall West & Orphir
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Feb 2026
Received by Orkney Islands
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6 Mar 2026
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 1 May 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
Northvet Veterinary Group Ltd Applicant, registered in Kirkwall
Active · incorporated 2014 · Kirkwall
1 application on PlanIndex
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
94 documents on file for this application
- Policy Officer - Access & Biodiversity
- Engineering Services
- Staff car park cross-section
- Engineering Services - Further Comment
- Further Comment - R & V Learmonth
- Further Comment - J & B Copland
- Engineering Services
- Engineering Services
- Further Comment - E Roberts
- Further Comment - C Flett
- Furher Comment - D & E Fergus
- Further Comment - C Flett
- Further Comment - E & K Rendall
- Site Sections
- Cross Section
- Drainage Layout Plan
- Site Levels
- Drainage Report
- Comment - M Gilbert
- Scottish Water
- 2
- Site Plan
- Landscaping Plan
- Boundary Treatments
- Elevations
- Policy Officer - Access
- Supports - T Pottinger
- Roads Services
- Objection -R Ratter
- Agent to Officer
- Agent to Officer
- Air source heat pump
- Air source heat pump
- Ground Floor Plan
- Elevations
- Site Plan
- Landscaping Plan
- Supports - D Paterson
- Objection - J Smith
- Objection - Dr J Scott
- Objection - C Rendall
- Objection - P Martin
- Scottish Water
- Objection - E Rendall
- Objection - M Rendall
- Objection - R & M Rendall
- Objection - K Firth
- Objection - C Webb
- Objection - B Rendall
- Objection - T & E Bichan
- Objection - R & V Learmonth
- Supports - M Kemp
- Engineering Services
- Supports - W Harcus
- Supports -E Wood
- Supports- J Muir
- Supports- E Tait
- Further Comment - K Nicol
- Objection - D & E Fergus
- Objection - C W Flett
- Objection - J Wilson
- Environmental Health
- Objection - Mr & Mrs H Lucas
- Objection - J Craigie
- Objection - J Johnston
- Objection - E & K Rendall
- Objection - J Aim
- Objection - Mr & Mrs G Rendall
- Comment - C Sutherland
- Comment - J G Shearer
- Further Comment - A Campbell
- Objection -D Sinclair
- Objection - M Campbell
- Objection - J &B Copland
- Objection - E Roberts
- Objection - R Burton
- Objection-K Nicol
- Ground Floor Plan
- Cross Section
- Boundary Treatments
- Air Source Heat Pump
- Invalid Letter
- Drainage Layout Plan
- Biodiversity Enhancement Form
- Drainage Report
- Proposed Elevations
- Site Plan
- Site - Landscape Plan
- Site Sections
- Cross Section
- Location Plan
- Design and Access Statement
- Planning Permission
- Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Report
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 full applications in a median of 133 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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