Planning application
Exchange Cottage, Orphir Orkney KW17 2RD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Reinstate a house and extend (retrospective)
As published by the council, reference 26/114/PP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/114/PP
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 17 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 15 May 2026
- Ward
- Kirkwall West & Orphir
- Postcode
- KW17 2RD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Apr 2026
Received by Orkney Islands
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15 May 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 10 July 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
Crawford Architecture Agent, an architecture practice
45 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 96% granted
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
19 documents on file for this application
- Roads Services
- Written Scheme of Investigation
- Archaeological Survey Report
- Officer to Consultee
- Islands archaeologist
- HSE (Health & Safety Executive)
- HSE (Health & Safety Executive)
- HSE (Health & Safety Executive)
- Engineering Services
- Scottish Water
- Location Plan
- Invalid Letter
- Biodiversity Enhancement Form
- Design Statement
- Existing Plans
- Proposed Floor & Elevation Plan
- Site Plan
- Landscaping Plan
- Planning Permission
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's median decision took 94 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Orkney Islands's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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