18 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HR
Approved on 29 May 2025
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee11 conditions
Proposal
Convert a former shop, bakery and store to a mixed use nightclub, bar, bowling alley and other indoor recreation (Use Class 11), and ancillary storage, install five air source heat pumps, extend to create covered fire exit and storage (shed), install glazed screens, doors, and panelled cladding in courtyard openings, re-roof part of roof, install roof ducts and solar panels, convert part of courtyard to event space/garden and seating, erect four hot food takeaway kiosks, a temporary stretch tent, and gates including on street boundary, and associated landscaping including a sheet pile wall, resurfacing with flagstones, and planting including trees and shrubs (temporary for 10 years) (part amendment to 23/422/PP) (part retrospective)
- Received
- 6 March 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Kirkwall East
- ReceivedReceived6 Mar
- ValidatedValidated15 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date15 Jun
- DecidedDecided29 May
Decided in 44 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a roof replacement at 18 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HR. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 7 days quicker than Orkney's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Kirkwall East. 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 1HR
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 28 May 2028
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
- 21
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Associated applications
- 20256 Mar
Convert a former shop, bakery and store to a mixed use nightclub, bar, bowling alley and other indoor…
This applicationApprovedFull25/083/PP - 202320 Nov
Convert a former shop, bakery and store to a mixed use nightclub, bowling alley and other indoor recreation…
ApprovedPlanning PermissionPart of23/422/PP
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202518 Mar
Paint a mural
ApprovedPlanning Permission25/098/PP - 202323 Jan
Re-roof and install skews, alter openings, point, harl and clad walls, and install replacement rainwater goods
ApprovedPlanning Permission23/021/PP - 202216 Jun
Conversion of a former shop, bakery, store and adjoined courtyards to a mixed use restaurant/cafe, bowling…
ApprovedPlanning in Principle22/221/PIP - 20213 May
Change of use from store to gymnasium (Class 11)
ApprovedPlanning Permission21/191/PP
Source: Orkney
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