3 Castle Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DF
Approved on 26 March 2025
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee
Proposal
Change of use from three flats to a boarding house (Class 7), install replacement windows and doors and install air source heat pump
- Received
- 4 December 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Kirkwall West & Orphir
- ReceivedReceived4 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Apr
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 49 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 Castle Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DF. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 3 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 1DF
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 25 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- KW15 1DN
- Agent address
- 14 Victoria Street Kirkwall United Kingdom KW15 1DN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Shankha Weerasekara
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Orkney
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