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18 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HR

25/083/PPPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

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
Ward
Kirkwall East
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided29 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    6 Mar

    Convert a former shop, bakery and store to a mixed use nightclub, bar, bowling alley and other indoor…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/083/PP
  2. 2023
    20 Nov

    Convert a former shop, bakery and store to a mixed use nightclub, bowling alley and other indoor recreation…

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionPart of23/422/PP

Source: Orkney

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