52A Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1HQ
Approved on 18 September 2025
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from a flat to a self-catering unit
- Received
- 23 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Kirkwall East
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated30 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 50 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 52A Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1HQ. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 days quicker than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 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 1HQ
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 30 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 September 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 62 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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