Downatown, Twatt, Orkney
Approved on 21 July 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to Conditions14 conditions
Proposal
Erect two houses with integral garage and air source heat pump (including one for one) and a hydroponic agricultural building
- Received
- 16 October 2025
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- West Mainland
- ReceivedReceived
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Downatown, Twatt, Orkney. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 277 days, 27 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across West Mainland.
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
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Birsay Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2026
- Decision issued
- 20 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- LBCA
- Agent address
- Seaview Halley Road Deerness Orkney United Kingdom KW17 2QL
Nettel Group Limited
Company number SC659521
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 Apr 2020 (6 years old)
- Nature of business
- Buying and selling of own real estate
- Registered office
- Orkney
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Sue Doyle
- Statutory period
- 62 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 34
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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