Old Cinema, Former Aerodrome, Sandwick, Orkney
Approved on 14 August 2025
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Convert a redundant building (wartime cinema) to a house, construct an access track, and upgrade an access
- Received
- 5 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- West Mainland
- ReceivedReceived5 May
- ValidatedValidated5 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Jul
- DecidedDecided14 Aug
Decided in 101 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Old Cinema, Former Aerodrome, Sandwick, Orkney. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 10 days longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across West Mainland.
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
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Harray & Sandwick Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 13 August 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- KW15 1DN
- Agent address
- 14 Victoria Street Kirkwall United Kingdom KW15 1DN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Ms Margaret Gillon
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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