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Hillbanks, Littlequoy Road, Burray, Orkney KW17 2SX

25/344/PPPlanning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 March 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Erect a house and create an access

Received
14 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
East Mainland, South Ronaldsay & Burray
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 108 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hillbanks, Littlequoy Road, Burray, Orkney KW17 2SX. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 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 39 applications across East Mainland, South Ronaldsay & Burray. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application site is in the countryside. The development meets none of the criteria to justify housing development in the countryside as set out in Supplementary Guidance: Housing in the Countryside (2021), as the spatial strategy for implementation of Policy 5 of the Orkney Local Development Plan 2017, and Policy 17 of National Planning Framework 4, and Supplementary Guidance: Housing in the Countryside (2021). No policy or other material considerations merit approval of the development.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
KW17 2SX
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
South Ronaldsay & Burray Com. Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Target decision date
13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Shankha Weerasekara
Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Orkney

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