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Swanson Cottage (Land Near), Swanson Road, Westray, Orkney KW17 2DB

24/405/PPPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 February 2025

Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of land to domestic and create an access

Received
11 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Isles
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 119 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Swanson Cottage (Land Near), Swanson Road, Westray, Orkney KW17 2DB. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 days, 7 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across North Isles. We hold 544 applications in total for the KW17 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
KW17 2DB
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Westray Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2024
Target decision date
30 December 2024
Permission expires
25 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Tanmaur Orphir Orkney KW17 2RD

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Orkney

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