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Orgil Farm, Braebuster Road, Hoy, Orkney, KW16 3NJ

25/262/PPPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee3 conditions

Proposal

Erect an agricultural shed (retrospective)

Received
5 August 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Stromness & South Isles
Agent
Cindy Mackenzie Architectural Services
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 86 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Orgil Farm, Braebuster Road, Hoy, Orkney, KW16 3NJ. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 6 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.

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
KW16 3NJ
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Graemsay, Hoy & Walls Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Target decision date
23 November 2025
Permission expires
17 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Cindy Mackenzie Architectural Services
Agent address
Braeside Ontoft Road St. Margaret's Hope Orkney KW17 2TL

Planning decision

Case officer
Shankha Weerasekara
Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Orkney

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