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Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3AA

25/241/LBListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 26 November 2025

Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Proposal

Construct an external staircase (amendment to 24/368/LB)

Received
7 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Stromness & South Isles
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 60 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3AA. Orkney has handled 209 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 7 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Stromness & South Isles. We hold 136 applications in total for the KW16 postcode area.

98% of heritage 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
KW16 3AA
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stromness Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2025
Target decision date
27 November 2025
Permission expires
25 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Murray Couston
Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Orkney

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