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St Ola Hotel, Harbour Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LE

24/181/PPPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 October 2024

Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from a hotel (Class 7) to a public house (ground floor) and create four self-catering units (upper floors) and extend to create a stairwell

Received
29 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Kirkwall West & Orphir
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Aug
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 102 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Ola Hotel, Harbour Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LE. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 10 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Kirkwall West & Orphir. We hold 949 applications in total for the KW15 postcode area.

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

Postcode
KW15 1LE
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2024
Target decision date
27 August 2024
Permission expires
6 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
KW15 1DN
Agent address
14 Victoria Street Kirkwall United Kingdom KW15 1DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Orkney

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