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The Manse, 5 Manse Lane, Stromness Orkney KW16 3AP

25/383/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Remove rooflights and install six replacement rooflights, form openings and install two windows in gable, paint and render walls, install replacement cills, gate, and garage door, and fell a tree

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stromness & South Isles
Agent
Crawford Architecture
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 103 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at The Manse, 5 Manse Lane, Stromness Orkney KW16 3AP. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 12 days longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Stromness & South Isles. We hold 136 applications in total for the KW16 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
KW16 3AP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stromness Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026
Permission expires
25 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Crawford Architecture
Agent address
72 New Wynd Montrose United Kingdom DD10 8RF

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Murray Couston
Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 Nov

    Remove rooflights and install six replacement rooflights, form openings and install two windows in gable…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/381/LB
  2. 2025
    14 Nov

    Remove rooflights and install six replacement rooflights, form openings and install two windows in gable…

    This applicationApprovedHouseholder25/383/HH

Source: Orkney

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