Walkerhouse, The Palace, Birsay, Orkney KW17 2LY
Approved on 26 November 2025
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Extend a house
- Received
- 21 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- West Mainland
- Agent
- Breck Designs
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated29 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided26 Nov
Decided in 28 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Walkerhouse, The Palace, Birsay, Orkney KW17 2LY. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 8 weeks quicker 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. 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 2LY
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Birsay Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 26 November 2030
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Breck Designs
- Architect profile
- BRECK DESIGNS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Kveldsro Weyland Terrace Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1LS
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Miss Inga Davidson
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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