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Former Bus Station, Great Western Road, Kirkwall, Orkney

20/048/PPPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 September 2020

Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Proposal

Demolish former bus station and change of use of land to car park (resubmission of 19/271/PP

Received
7 February 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Kirkwall West & Orphir
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 196 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Bus Station, Great Western Road, Kirkwall, Orkney. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 208 days, 17 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Kirkwall West & Orphir.

96% of full applications at Orkney Islands Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 13 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2020
Target decision date
19 April 2020
Permission expires
1 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    7 Feb

    Demolish former bus station and change of use of land to car park (resubmission of 19/271/PP

    This applicationApprovedFull20/048/PP
  2. 2019
    10 Jul

    Demolish former bus station and change of use of land to car park

    WithdrawnPlanning PermissionPart of19/271/PP

Source: Orkney

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