Planning applications in Orkney Islands, February 2026

Albert Hotel, Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LB

Change of use of paved area to outdoor seating/dining area

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

Extend a house

63 John Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3AD

Install 14 solar panels

Bonnie Brae, Tankerness Hall Road, Tankerness, St Andrews, Orkney KW17 2QS

Siting of a house and create an access (subdivision of curtilage)

Lyness, Orkney, KW16 3PH

Install 1 x 9 metre wooden pole

Aria, 8 Seafield, Finstown, Firth, Orkney KW17 2EW

Extend a house

Land Between Hatston Brae And Grainbank Road, Kirkwall, Orkney

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

Caernarfon (Land Near), Aikerskaill Road, Deerness, Orkney, KW17 2QJ

Erect a house with an air source heat pump and create an access

Muckle Jocks Herston Road Herston South Ronaldsay Orkney Islands KW17 2RH

Reduce the size of an en-suite extension by moving two walls

Loth Quarry, Sanday, Orkney

Temporary change of use from quarry to industrial (Class 5) to construct fish farm pens (two years)

Upper Ellibister (Land Near), Rendall, Orkney

Erect a house with an air source heat pump and integral garage and detached garage (house for retiring farmer) (resubmission of 25/428/AMC)

School House (Land Near), Kirbister Road, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3HU

Change of use of former school to art studio, extend, re-roof, install rooflights, clad walls, alter window and door openings, alter outbuilding, create car parking and decking, and install foul drainage system and an air source heat pump

4 Graham Place, Stromness Orkney KW16 3BY

Install an air source heat pump (retrospective)

Braeside, Orphir Orkney KW17 2RB

Change of use of land from agriculture to domestic, extend a house, and erect an agricultural building (part retrospective)

25 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DF

Install three replacement windows, and install double glazing in nine existing window frames

Clickimin (Land Near), Rue Road, Sanday Orkney KW17 2AZ

Erect four self-catering pods with communal foul drainage system, bicycle storage and associated landscaping, and upgrade an access

Coplands Drive, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3BN

Install a temporary 5G mast (maximum height 17.75 metres) (until May 2026) (amendment to 25/240/PP, to extend existing temporary period)

Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm, Dounreay, Caithness

Variation to the existing section 36 consent and associated marine licence MD-00010578 for the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm.

Ha'Well, Shore Road, St Andrews Orkney KW17 2QT

Convert an annexe to a house (subdivision of curtilage)

Whome, Flotta, Orkney KW16 3NP

Re-roof building

Veensgarth (Land Near), Cromwell Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1LN

Erect a house, alter an access and create an access

88 - 90 Dundas Street, Stromness Orkney KW16 3DA

Install replacement windows, doors, and rainwater goods and re-harl

1 Orquil Cottage, Orquil Road, St Ola, Orkney KW15 1SA

Change of use of land to domestic and extend a house

Mounthoolie, Eday, Orkney KW17 2AB

Temporary change of use of shed from agriculture to storage (Class 6) (two years)

Ottersgill, Ness Road, Stenness, Orkney, KW16 3HA

Change of use of land to domestic and extend a house including integral garage and install an air source heat pump

Ingabreck, 8 Bellevue Park, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1XL

Install a dormer window

Flooers, 33 Broad Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1DH

Repaint shop front and door

Craigview, Tankerness Hall Road, Tankerness, St Andrews, Orkney, KW17 2QR

Change of use of land to domestic and extend a house

Perth, Ness Road, Westray, Orkney KW17 2DE

Erect a GP shed

30 Coplands Drive (Land Near), Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3BN

Add solar panels to west elevation

Skara Brae Visitors Centre, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3LR

Erect a toilet block, and siting of a seasonal hot food takeaway van (amendment to 25/122/PP)

Kirkhouse 1, South Ronaldsay, Orkney KW17 2RH

Erect an agricultural shed

Upper Mossetter, Dounby, Orkney

Erect a house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump (replacement house, one for one), reinstate redundant former house as an outbuilding, and create an access

Burnside, Yinstay Road, Tankerness, St Andrews, Orkney KW17 2QS

Siting of four houses (former house one for one; redundant building one for one; redundant building two for one) and upgrade existing access

Corse Farm (Land Near), Old Scapa Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1RZ

Install a 2.5 metre tower extension, nine antennas, 15 RFFs, and ancillary development