Midhouse, Tenston Road, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3JA
Approved on 26 March 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee
Proposal
Siting of a house (subdivision of curtilage)
- Received
- 10 November 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- West Mainland
- ReceivedReceived10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 128 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is an outline application at Midhouse, Tenston Road, Sandwick, Orkney, KW16 3JA. Orkney has handled 231 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 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 53 applications across West Mainland. We hold 136 applications in total for the KW16 postcode area.
97% of outline 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 3JA
- Application type
- Planning in Principle
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Harray & Sandwick Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 25 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- LBCA
- Agent address
- Seaview Halley Road Deerness Orkney United Kingdom KW17 2QL
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Isla McLeod
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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