Braeside (Land Near), Durkadale Road, Birsay, Orkney
Approved on 17 July 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to Conditions9 conditions
Proposal
Erect a house (replace a redundant building and retain as walled enclosure) (one for one)
- Received
- 9 June 2025
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- West Mainland
- ReceivedReceived
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
About this application
This is a full planning application at Braeside (Land Near), Durkadale Road, Birsay, Orkney,. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 402 days, 44 weeks 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
- Birsay Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2025
- Decision issued
- 16 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Shankha Weerasekara
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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