Dounby Primary School, Dounby, Sandwick, Orkney KW17 2JA
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Install new and replacement play equipment
- Received
- 19 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- West Mainland
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated29 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 40 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Dounby Primary School, Dounby, Sandwick, Orkney KW17 2JA. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 172 days, 12 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across West Mainland. We hold 544 applications in total for the KW17 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
- KW17 2JA
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harray & Sandwick Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 9 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Isla McLeod
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Orkney
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- Dounby Primary School, Dounby, Sandwick, Orkney KW17 2JA19/331/NMV/01 · ConditionsApproved0.0 mi
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